The moral & mental ‘Kryptonite’ of the 21st Century, of SAINT & SINNER ALIKE…

• 10 to 14 BILLION DOLLAR industry in the U.S.- it’s influence has permeated the popular culture…
• One of the great values upon which this country was built was the ‘Puritan Work Ethic’, which embraced the cherished tenants of hard work, thrift and industry.
• We now live in ‘party culture’ – are we working hard at working, or are we working hard at partying?
• Note how many of our industries are now geared towards entertainment in one form or another…
• Notice the increase of ‘holidays’ in this country. For example, note how Halloween is becoming a week-long event, rife with reveling and sexy parties, not to mention the occult theme.
• The instruction/injunction of Proverbs 21:7 “He that loves pleasures shall be a poor man…”
• Historical lessons of Rome – as pleasure replaced productivity, empire went into decline…
• Did you know that Rome had nearly 200 official ‘holidays’ leading into the decline of its’ empire?

A Cycle of Mediocrity & Failure

“As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse CAUSELESS shall NOT come” Proverbs 26:2

Drains Your Time

Many addictions such as gambling, drug usage AND pornography have the ‘time disappearance’ and/or timelessness element…

“WASTED DAYS & WASTED NIGHTS”

OPPORTUNITY COST – What could you have done with those HUNDREDS/THOUSANDS of HOURS squandered on pornography?

What if John D. Rockerfeller, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and other men of the ‘gilded age’ had the access to porn that we do?

What if we apply the Malcolm Gladwell TEN-THOUSAND HOUR principle to porn?

TIME can be more valuable than MONEY…the effective USE of time PRODUCES MONEY…

What can you do with those hours NOW?

DRAINS YOUR DRIVE

Hosea 4:11 – Whoredom & new wine take away the HEART

Heart = Enery, Drive Direction, Motivation

LOSS OF MOMENTUM

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD & GREAT?

HOW IS GREAT ACHIEVED VERSUS GOOD?

After intense sessions with porn, what is your energy level?

What type of negative emotions are you dealing with? Guilt, shame, condemnation?

What do these negative emotions do to your drive, ambition & direction?

DRAINS YOUR BRAIN

Porn produces a high, using the chemical ‘factory’ of the brain

• this high alters/affects brain function…
• this high has been likened to cocaine in strength…
• this high has been likened to crack cocaine in addictive properties…

Much of creativity and innovation is driven by previous thought processes…

What are you MEDITATING ON?

Good success versus bad success…

DRAINS YOUR PROSPERITY

After your time, drive and brain have been drained, this malicious cycle continues in its natural path, as your prosperity is drained…

Job 31 – One of the biblical promises/warnings for the thinking/meditating upon a maid (woman) that is NOT your wife- “rooting out all my increase…”

DRAINS YOUR POSTERITY

David – Obtained the kingdom

Solomon – Grew the kingdom

Rehoboam – Divided the kingdom

THE REMEDY

‘Salt & Light’

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