I've suffered from a pornography addiction for a few years now. I know it's wrong, and my parents and pastors have prayed for me and have given me advice. I just can't seem to stop. My mom and I believe that I'm called towards music ministry. ...
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And we'll be looking
forward to more.
Let's take some questions.
We've got questions.
All right, Joseph
writes in, "I've
suffered from a pornography
addiction for a few years now.
I know it's wrong, and
my parents and pastors
have prayed for me and
have given me advice.
I just can't seem to stop.
My mom and I believe that I'm
called towards music ministry.
How can I fulfill my
call if I can't stop?
Also, how can you
recognize God's voice
if you've never heard it?"
Well, you remember
the story about Samuel.
His little boy and God
called him, Samuel,
and he thought it was Eli.
He said, I'm here.
And Eli said, I didn't call you.
Went back to sleep,
called again.
I'm here, you know.
Finally, the man said,
the old man said, listen,
it's the Lord talking to you.
You just say, Lord,
here I am, your servant.
Tell him what to do.
So that's the whole idea.
God will speak to you.
You don't have to spend a lot
of time worrying about it.
He'll identify himself.
The question is the
pornography thing.
Look, you've got to get
your mind off that stuff.
If you look at Victoria's
Secret catalogs,
if you look at any of the
stuff that's on the air today,
there are just so many
movies, so many series,
having to do with
the immorality.
So much skin out
there, so much flesh,
so much-- every time you turn.
So Job said, I made a
covenant with mine eyes
and I won't look upon a maid.
You've got a problem
with porn, you've
got to get your
eyes away from that
and start reading and studying
something of some substance.
Start reading the Bible, start
praying, spending your time
in that way.
But as long as that's in your
mind, you're thinking about it.
And you've got to stop
thinking about it.
There's a lot more I can
say but we're out of time.
But we leave you with today's
Power Minute from Psalm 69.
"Blessed be the Lord, who
daily loads us with benefits,
the God of our salvation."
For Wendy and all of us,
this is Pat Robertson,
and we'll see you at the 700
Club, same time, same station.
Bye-bye.