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1. Stop digital pressures. Carve out blocks of time—whether for work, exercise or people you care about—and turn off your phone and computer. Download the free app SelfControl, which shuts off.
2. I can tell you that having fun while doing the workout is not a sin. Quite the contrary, it distracts you from the pain and takes your mind off tiredness and straining exercises. We all face obstacles in pursuing our goals, whether they're personal or professional. But if we confront them with a light sense of humor life gets much easier.

You just have to understand the one you need to diagnose, so you can understand the reason for doing the things you do. If you want to free yourself from distractions, here are the 4 things you need to take care off. Thought is the first stumbling block that causes people to become distracted.

• Whitney HoplerCrosswalk.com Contributing Writer
• 200726 Mar

Editor's Note: The following is a report on the practical applications of Mike Genung's recent book,The Road to Grace: Finding True Freedom from the Bondage of Sexual Addiction, (Blazing Grace Publishing, 2006).

Sexual addictions – from porn and masturbation to adultery and prostitution – leave you trapped in sin and shame. No matter what you've done or how long you've been struggling, Jesus will give you the power to change your life if you turn to Him. The freedom Jesus offers you is so powerful that the short-lived pleasure of sex can't compare to it. Here are 11 steps to help break free from sexual addiction:

1. Come out of isolation.

Ask God to give you the courage to admit your weaknesses and faults to others who can help you. Confess your struggles to God and pray for His help to overcome shame, pride, and the fear of rejection so you can open up with some other men. Remember that you're not alone; many other Christians struggle with sexual addictions, and plenty of people will understand the issues you're facing. Know that it's impossible for you to overcome your challenges unless you have the support and encouragement of others. Expect that if you don't expose your addiction, God will orchestrate circumstances that will eventually expose it anyway, since He loves you too much to let you continue to harm yourself and others. Start meeting with either an accountability partner or a support group every week. If you need help locating a support group in your area, visit www.blazinggrace.org for information. Whenever temptations hit you, call your accountability partner or a member of your support group to talk and pray. If you're married, don't hide your struggles from your wife; realize that you need to be accountable to her. But don't burden her with the responsibilities that should belong just to your support group or accountability partner, and make sure your wife has the support she needs to pursue healing herself from the ways your addiction has hurt her.

2. Make the necessary sacrifices

Be willing to sacrifice whatever it takes to keep lust from controlling you. Realize that it's worth it to give up whatever you need to give up to build healthy relationships with God and your wife. If you have stored pornographic magazines, burn the whole stash. If you have CDs of porn, throw them out. If you've downloaded porn from the Internet, clean your hard drive by formatting it. Install porn blocking software, don't use your computer unless your wife is home and awake, and give her your access passwords. If you're seduced by images on TV, shut off your cable service and remove the antenna. If you've engaged in phone sex, block access to 900 numbers from your home. If any of your mail tempts you (such as a lingerie catalog your wife receives), call to get your address removed from the mailing lists. When you're on a business trip, don't turn on the TV in your hotel room and, every night, call a man who's supporting you in your healing journey. If you still stumble, travel less or get another job that doesn't involve travel. If you've been having an affair, cut off all contact with the person, delete all e-mail, burn letters, and throw away anything she has given you. If she lives nearby and the temptation is too much for you, move to another region. If you've been visiting adult bookstores or bars, avoid those areas when you're driving. Be sure to cut off everything that makes you stumble, but don't worry about areas that aren't a problem for you. Cut off your temptations now; don't procrastinate.

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3. Don't settle for just sobriety; go for purity

Understand that, while physical abstinence from your sexual addiction is a noble goal, it's not enough, because you can still fall back into your addiction after a temporary break. Pursue purity, which gives you the power you need to say 'no' to every temptation or lustful thought. Know that, to be sexually pure, you need a new heart, and only God can give you that. Ask God to create a clean heart within you. Stop depending on your own limited abilities and decide to rely on God's unlimited power working through you. Realize that you'll find purity not through counseling, reading the Bible, or any other endeavor you can do, but through the simple yet profound act of trusting God moment-by-moment in your life. Accept the reality of your brokenness and let it cause you to depend more on God and less on yourself.

4. Turn and connect

Whenever you encounter a temptation, turn away from the thought and connect with God by focusing your mind on Him and praying for His help and power. Understand that, ultimately, lust is an attempt to fill an emptiness inside you with another person. Acknowledge Jesus as the source of your life and turn to Him – instead of a broken person – for love and comfort. Rather than soaking your mind in sexual images, think about Jesus in all His glory. Ponder His awesome holiness, and as you do expect yourself to want to know Him more and spend more time thinking about Him than about sex. Make sure that no unresolved sin is blocking the process of you connecting to God; regularly confess and repent of your sins to Him, and keep short accounts with your spouse and other people. Don't become complacent when you start to make progress fighting your addiction. Remember that it's crucial for you to take every thought captive and stay closely connected to God every day. Read the Bible frequently to saturate your mind in God's truths. Ask the Holy Spirit to renew your mind daily as you spend time praying. As often as possible, spend some time praying in solitude and silence to get away from distractions. Know that the closer you grow to God, the more natural it will become for you to turn to Him instead of sex to fulfill your needs and desires.

5. Move beyond yourself to others

Realize that God designed sex as a way of connecting with another person and that He intends it to always be used to strengthen a relationship with a spouse. Focus your sexual desires outward toward your wife instead of inward toward yourself as happens with masturbation. Understand that, contrary to the popular belief that masturbation doesn't hurt anyone, it actually harms you tremendously by making you selfish and leading you to expect instant gratification in other situations. Know that masturbation also harms your marriage because it robs you and your wife of the intimacy God wants you both to enjoy together. Don't let your sexual urges rule over you; ask God to give you the power to master them. Use healthier means of releasing physical tension, such as vigorous exercise at least several times a week.

6. Confront other sins your sexual addiction has been fueling

Recognize that, when you're caught in sexual addiction, it soaks your heart in an evil that leads to sins of other kinds, such as lying, stealing, cheating, and compromise both at home and at work. Pray for the courage you need to be completely honest about sins in all aspects of your life. Confess your sins to God and also your accountability partner or people in your support group, dealing with each one specifically. Repent and do what it takes to be reconciled to those you've hurt. For example, if you've lied to your wife about other issues besides your sexual behaviors, do more than just apologize. Work to rebuild trust in your marriage. If you've stolen from your employer, repay the company the full amount. If you've neglected your kids, give them significant amounts of your time and energy from now on and fully express your love to them.

7. Descend into the valley of your heart

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Know that, in order to truly have 'mountaintop' experiences of joy and peace, you must first go down into the valley of your heart to confront the sins, lies, wounds, and distorted perceptions that lurk there. Confess all of it, one part at a time, repent, and accept the forgiveness and grace God offers you. Remember that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ. Ask God to give you the faith you need to believe that He loves you deeply, and to embrace His love and receive it into your heart.

8. Heal from sexual abuse

If you've been sexually abused, seek God's help to go through the forgiveness process so you can get the poison of bitterness out of your heart. Acknowledge the reality of what you went through, and process your thoughts and feelings about it in safe relationships with the people who are supporting you as you break free of addiction, plus a professional counselor or pastor if you'd like. Express your sorrow and painfully; don't be afraid to cry or yell or journal your feelings. Realize that God can transform even the worst suffering into something good. Ask God what you can learn from your suffering that will help you grow as a person and equip you to minister to others. Remember how deeply Jesus suffered while He was on Earth, and know that He identifies with you in your pain. Understand that Jesus loves you regardless of your past; ask Him to help you overcome shame. Choose to forgive the person who abused you. Don't wait until you feel like it since you likely never will; realize that you need to decide to do so and rely on the help God will provide. Write a letter of forgiveness and either read it aloud to the people who are supporting you in the healing process, or mail it to the person who abused you.

9. Heal from father wounds

If your dad was either physically or emotionally absent or neglectful during your childhood, pursue healing for the wounds that left on your heart. Pray for God to guide in the healing process. Face the truth about what happened and how it has affected you. Cultivate authentic friendships with other men who will accept and love you in spite of your faults. Allow yourself to grieve what you lost because of your flawed relationship with your father. Write your thoughts and feelings in a journal. Talk with your accountability partner or support group about what happened and ask them to pray for you in specific ways. Write a letter to your dad explaining how you were wounded, expressing your forgiveness, and blessing him. Pray about potentially mailing the letter to your dad if he is still alive.

10. Accept God's love

Recognize that God's love for you is completely unconditional. Stop the futile effort of trying to earn it and embrace the fact that you are already worthy of it because God says you are. Understand that it's impossible to sin too much for God to love you. Stop trying to pass a test and simply accept the gift of His deep love for you, no matter what.

11. Accept God's grace

Welcome God's grace to help you move from brokenness to wholeness. Realize that God gives His very best and that His grace outshines even your worst sin. Know that God's love cannot be earned or deserved and that your sin doesn't stop God from loving you. Understand that God's grace doesn't nullify His holiness or remove the consequences of sin, but He patiently meets you where you are, even if you're trapped deep in sin. Trust that God will gently restore the broken pieces of your life, and shower His love on you. Expect God to continue to seek you. Choose to see God as He truly is – a kind and loving God who is willing to give you his favor if you turn to Him. Know that you can approach God, no matter what you've done or how ashamed you feel. Make pursuing God your top priority in life. Do whatever it takes so that nothing else distracts you from developing a closer relationship with Him. Celebrate the fact that God has given you a gift much more powerful than anything sex can offer you.

Remember the most meaningful things in life are not to be found by expedient intentions. If you or a friend is struggling with an addiction to pornography, learn the best ways to recover here.

Manuscripts 1 2 6. Adapted fromThe Road to Grace: Finding True Freedom from the Bondage of Sexual Addiction, copyright 2006 by Mike Genung. Published by Blazing Grace Publishing, Colorado Springs, Co., www.roadtograce.com.
Mike Genung, a former porn addict, is now the director of Blazing Grace, a ministry to those who struggle with sexual addiction. He has published articles on the topic, leads and helps others set up support groups, speaks, and is a co-host of the Blazing Grace Radio show.

I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. [13] No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, [14] I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

Opening Questions

• God calls each of us toward a greater purpose for our lives; we just have to keep moving forward to reach it.
• What purpose is God calling you toward? Are you focused on achieving this vision, or is something distracting you?

Here are 4 distractions that can take away your focus, and how to get your focus back to moving forward toward your purpose.

1. Guilt and Regret

My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear. Tripmode 1 0 5 download free.

Before I confessed my sins, I kept it all inside; my dishonesty devastated my inner life, causing my life to be filled with frustration, irrepressible anguish, and misery. [4] The pain never let up, for your hand of conviction was heavy on my heart. My strength was sapped, my inner life dried up like a spiritual drought within my soul.

• When we don't talk about and deal with the things that make us guilty, we become overwhelmed and frustrated. We become more easily fatigued and wiped out, and even small tasks or circumstances feel like they are more than we can handle.
• We get distracted because we either focus too much on the guilt or try to do everything we can to avoid the guilt. Either way our focus is in the wrong place.
• What guilt is weighing you down? (bitterness in a relationship, jealousy, deceit, etc. Look at Galatians 5:19-21 for other examples of what may be weighing you down)

Then I let it all out; I said, 'I'll make a clean breast of my failures to GOD.' Suddenly the pressure was gone— my guilt dissolved, my sin disappeared.

Since we are surrounded by so many examples of faith, we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us. We must run the race that lies ahead of us and never give up. [2] We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Then he received the highest position in heaven, the one next to the throne of God.

• Being honest with God and people about all of our guilt relieves the weight that slowed us down and gets us back on track toward our goal and purpose.
• God doesn't want us to be honest about our guilt because he wants us to feel bad about ourselves, but because he knows it's distracting us from actually being happy and moving forward toward our purpose.
• What can you be honest about today to stop being distracted by your guilt? Pray about it and pick two to three people to be honest with today.

2. Unchecked Emotions

My eyes of faith won't focus anymore, for sorrow fills my heart. There are so many enemies who come against me!

Dear, dear Corinthians, I can't tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life. We didn't fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren't small, but you're living them in a small way. I'm speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your lives. Live openly and expansively!

• There are two ways we can become distracted by unchecked emotions.
• As the first scripture says, we may let our emotions take over. We get tossed back and forth because we ride the waves of each emotion that comes, so there is no way to focus on anything because we have let our emotions get out of control.
• The second way we may become distracted by unchecked emotions is that we stay closed up, and are unwilling to be open and vulnerable about what we feel. We end up thinking and living small, because our main focus is to just keep everything in.
• Which is your response to dealing with emotions? Regardless of your response, both distract us from becoming who we are meant to be with God.

My eyes of faith won't focus anymore, for sorrow fills my heart. There are so many enemies who come against me!

Dear, dear Corinthians, I can't tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life. We didn't fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren't small, but you're living them in a small way. I'm speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your lives. Live openly and expansively!

• There are two ways we can become distracted by unchecked emotions.
• As the first scripture says, we may let our emotions take over. We get tossed back and forth because we ride the waves of each emotion that comes, so there is no way to focus on anything because we have let our emotions get out of control.
• The second way we may become distracted by unchecked emotions is that we stay closed up, and are unwilling to be open and vulnerable about what we feel. We end up thinking and living small, because our main focus is to just keep everything in.
• Which is your response to dealing with emotions? Regardless of your response, both distract us from becoming who we are meant to be with God.

Why am I so overwrought? Why am I so disturbed? Why can't I just hope in God? Despite all my emotions, I will believe and praise the One who saves me and is my life.

• In this Scripture, the sons of Korah acknowledged their emotions but did not let them distract them from keeping their hope in God. They made the choice to be honest about their emotions and not let them keep them from focusing on their purpose and relationship with God.
• What emotions do you need to take to God so that you can move forward?

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3. Fear and Anxiety

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[40] But Martha became exasperated by finishing the numerous household chores in preparation for her guests, so she interrupted Jesus and said, 'Lord, don't you think it's unfair that my sister left me to do all the work by myself? You should tell her to get up and help me.' [41] The Lord answered her, 'Martha, my beloved Martha. Why are you upset and troubled, pulled away by all these many distractions? Are they really that important? [42] Mary has discovered the one thing most important by choosing to sit at my feet. She is undistracted, and I won't take this privilege from her.'Luke 10:40-42 TPT

[25] 'Therefore I tell you, stop being worried or anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted) about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing? [26] Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow [seed] nor reap [the harvest] nor gather [the crops] into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?Matthew 6:25-26 AMP

• Fear and anxiety can distract us from what really matters. The chores Martha worried so much about still needed to get done, but they didn't need to be her number one priority. Jesus reminded her what he reminds us – God takes care of our needs, so we don't need to worry about them!
• What worries and 'to-do's' are distracting you? How is God trying to show you what is truly important?

4. No Vision

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

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And if anyone longs to be wise, ask God for wisdom and he will give it! He won't see your lack of wisdom as an opportunity to scold you over your failures but he will overwhelm your failures with his generous grace. [6] Just make sure you ask empowered by confident faith without doubting that you will receive. For the ambivalent person believes one minute and doubts the next. Being undecided makes you become like the rough seas driven and tossed by the wind. You're up one minute and tossed down the next. [7] When you are half-hearted and wavering it leaves you unstable. Can you really expect to receive anything from the Lord when you're in that condition?

• Vision is the thing that makes us keep moving forward. When we don't believe that God will help us accomplish our purpose, we end up half-hearted and wavering, constantly tossed back and forth and never willing to fully commit to the vision God has for us.
• What vision have you stopped believing in?

Jesus passionately determined to leave for Jerusalem and let nothing distract him from fulfilling his mission there, for the time for him to be lifted up was drawing near.

• Jesus didn't let anything distract him from his vision and purpose. He wholeheartedly believed that he was meant for something greater, and so kept moving forward, relentless in his mission.
• What purpose is God calling you toward? How can you turn to God today to help you not get distracted and keep moving forward?