Romans 13:14 says “...make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.” (ESV)

I want to put this first step into the context of an overall recovery strategy.

I believe that creating distance and barriers between the addict and the pornography is an important first step in recovery. However, it also completely insufficient for recovery on its own. And yet, many times folks never go beyond this step.

What this step does is remove the provision for the flesh so that the addict’s ability to gratify his or her desires is made much more difficult.

But what we are missing out when we only put barriers in place is the first part of Romans 13:14 which says “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ…” (ESV). That’s actually the much more involved, much more intensive part of the process.

So this episode is a vital part of recovery, but it is only the first step in the process. We'll get to the deeper heart issues in future episodes of this Pornography Recovery mini-series.

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