Yearly Archives: 2019

Porn is addictive because it supplies instant gratification. And feeling good isn't easy to come by. The problem is there are 24 hours in...

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.Matthew 5:8

Remove yourself from temptation. Don't even look at something if you know you shouldn't have it.Lucy Diamond, Sweet Temptation

Bienaventurados los de limpio corazón, porque ellos verán a Dios.Mateo 5:8

Tú, enemiga mía, no te alegres de mí, porque aunque caí, me levantaré; aunque more en tinieblas, Jehová será mi luz.Miqueas 7:8

When I am tempted and feel the power of sin and its tug on my affections, the gospel gives me something to say: 'Christ...

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light...

You will not experience dramatic change in your struggle as long as you use accountability to describe your sins instead of declaring your need...

I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his...

Yo Jehová, que escudriño la mente, que pruebo el corazón, para dar a cada uno según su camino, según el fruto de sus obras.Jeremías...

JP has authored a number of best-selling books, including The Power of Right Believing: 7 Keys to Freedom from Fear, Guilt, and Addiction and...

There are many roads in this world that will guide you to pleasurable, fun, and exciting destinations that do not end in any form...

Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they...

Venid luego, dice Jehová, y estemos a cuenta: si vuestros pecados fueren como la grana, como la nieve serán emblanquecidos; si fueren rojos como...

No des a las mujeres tu fuerza, ni tus caminos a lo que destruye a los reyes.Proverbios 31:3

We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because he was the...

Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings.Proverbs 31:3

What goes on in the mind always precedes what goes on in the material world. And this is no more obviously the case than...

Just because a feeling is natural does not mean it should be indulged.Roseanna White

There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.Proverbs 30:12

Hay generación limpia en su propia opinión, si bien no se ha limpiado de su inmundicia.Proverbios 30:12

With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. All at once he follows her, as an ox goes...

Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my...

If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has left off...

Lo rindió con la suavidad de sus muchas palabras, le obligó con la zalamería de sus labios. Al punto se marchó tras ella, como...

The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest...

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes; for the price of a prostitute...

No codicies su hermosura en tu corazón, Ni ella te prenda con sus ojos; Porque a causa de la mujer ramera el hombre es...

A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to...

Hijo mío, está atento a mi sabiduría, y a mi inteligencia inclina tu oído, Para que guardes consejo, y tus labios conserven la ciencia....

My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge....

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.Frederick William Faber

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment...

No seas sabio en tu propia opinión; teme a Jehová, y apártate del mal; Porque será medicina a tu cuerpo, y refrigerio para tus...

Mass consumption of pornography is a relatively recent phenomenon made possible by the internet. As time has elapsed, scientific data and anecdotal evidence have...

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.Aristotle

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; let...

¿Con qué limpiará el joven su camino? Con guardar tu palabra. Con todo mi corazón te he buscado; No me dejes desviarme de tus...

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted What...

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take...

Crea en mí, oh Dios, un corazón limpio, y renueva un espíritu recto dentro de mí. No me eches de delante de ti, y...

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective...

Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure...

¿Quién subirá al monte de Jehová? ¿Y quién estará en su lugar santo? El limpio de manos y puro de corazón; El que no...

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself…the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. …And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.

I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin? What would be my portion from God above...

Hice pacto con mis ojos; ¿Cómo, pues, había yo de mirar a una virgen? Porque ¿qué galardón me daría de arriba Dios, y qué...

The title of this article is a quote I recently heard that resonated with me. It speaks to the idea that emotional trauma lies...

John Bevere is a best-selling author, conference speaker, and international evangelist. He wrote Killing Kryptonite: Destroy what Steals your Strength and Extraordinary: The Life...