Pornography (Part 2: The Path to Purity)

Fierce Marriage

Ryan and Selena Frederick

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This is the second part of a two-part series aimed at helping couples start conversations around pornography and a pathway to freedom from addiction. In today's episode we shared our personal story of struggling with pornography and discussed ways to find freedom from addiction and healing throughout the process. Resources: * TOP Recommendation: Sex Addiction Recovery: Pure Desire (http://PureDesire.org) (find a group near you) * Pornography (Part 1: The Problem) (http://smarturl.it/fmpod-pornography1) (Part 1 of this 2 part series) * Accountability questions: Get them here (https://fiercemarriage.com/accountability-questions-for-your-marriage-that-actually-work) * The Spectrum of Sex (http://smarturl.it/fmpod-spectrum) (past episode: for establishing healthy expectations around your sex life) * MarriageHelp.org (http://MarriageHelp.org) (Find a group near you) * CelebrateRecovery.com (https://www.celebraterecovery.com/) (Find a group near you) Resources Recommended by Listeners: Note, these haven't been vetted by us or verified as theologically solid. That's not to say that they aren't, it's just to say please proceed with the Bible as your ultimate guide. * L.I.F.E recovery guide and groups * Brainbuddy app (not Christian, but seems to be biblically motivated) * Echo prayer app (not pornography related but helps us be intentional in prayer daily) * Pure Desire book * Fight The New Drug website * Ransomed Heart Ministries * Restoring the Foundations Biblical healing. * Podcast: "Porn Free Radio" * Podcast: "The Grizz" Thanks for listening! Please remember to subscribe, rate, and review. As always, we welcome feedback... simply go to FierceMarriage.com/Podcast (https://FierceMarriage.com/Podcast) to leave a comment or to ask a question! Become a Patron! Support for the Fierce Marriage Podcast comes from partners like you via Patreon. If our content has helped you, we'd be honored if you'd consider becoming a Patreon supporter! Visit Patreon.com/FierceMarriage (https://Patreon.com/FierceMarriage).

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0:00.0	All right, so just like last week, this episode is going to be a little bit on this
0:04.1	sensitive side in terms of little ears listening. So if you have any of your
0:08.3	kids around, you're in the car, there may be listening in or doing whatever
0:11.5	you're doing around the house, listening to it. Make sure they can't hear it
0:14.2	because you may not want them to be exposed to some of these ideas right now.
0:17.9	At some point you ought to talk about it with them of course, but for now I
0:20.9	guess, yeah, maybe just turn down the volume or put in some headphones. Yeah?
0:24.3	Okay. Yeah. So yeah, last week we talked about the problem of pornography.
0:29.8	And really tried to lay out the problems that presents for the individual, for
0:34.6	the family and for society at large. And I think some of the information, the
0:38.0	data that we were able to dig up is pretty compelling in terms of just the
0:41.4	science behind how problematic it is. Yeah. Also from a spiritual standpoint,
0:45.4	it's very problematic because all kinds of issues and marriage with intimacy,
0:49.3	with self-image, with your image of each other, your image of others, just in your
0:53.6	community. So today we're getting into the other side of that, which is getting
0:56.8	out of the addiction, right? Journying in the light out of the darkness. And so
1:02.6	we're going to share a bit of our story. We're going to share some tangible
1:05.1	steps to make that walk happen, to make those steps out of there. Anyway, we
1:10.7	thank you for joining us and we'll see you on the other side. Welcome to the
1:14.4	Fierce Marriage Podcast where we believe that marriage takes a fierce
1:17.2	tenacity that never gives up and refuses to give in. Here we'll share openly
1:21.1	and honestly about all things marriage, sex, communication,
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