Against Porn

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Posted by MiltonVincent under pornography,russell moore

Pornography is a universal temptation precisely because it does exactly what the satanic powers wish to do. It lashes out at the Trinitarian nature of reality, a loving communion of persons, replacing it with a masturbatory Unitarianism.

And pornography strikes out against the picture of Christ and his church by disrupting the one-flesh union, leaving couples like our prehistoric ancestors, hiding from one another and from God in the darkness of shame.

And pornography rages, as Satan always does, against Incarnation (1 Jn. 4:2-3), replacing flesh-to-flesh intimacy with the illusion of fleshless intimacy."  (from Russell Moore at russellmoore.com, in his January 23, 2012 blog entitled, "Should I Marry a Man with Pornography Struggles?  My Reponse")

Lord Help Me

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Posted by MiltonVincent under Prayer,Battle,Help

Lord, help me not to think too much of tomorrow’s battles,

lest I grow discouraged in the face of what confronts me today.

 

Lord, help me to make much of yesterday’s victories,

cherishing them as wonders wrought by You

and as indicators of Your power to help me always.

 

But save me, Lord, from making too much of yesterday’s victories,

as if those victories are to my credit,

and as if yesterday’s grace makes failure impossible today.

 

Help me to think of today, of Your abiding presence with me,

and of Your loving resolve to make me more than a conqueror today.