Additional Resources

12-week Daily Study on Breaking Free From Bondage to
Pornography, Masturbation, Lust, and Fantasy:

PROVEN Men Ministries, doing business as 1 Way Out of Pornography, has several resources available in its bookstore. For instance, it has newly revised its 12-week Daily Study, named: Striving for Absolute Purity. It is designed to position you to meet daily with God and receive the healing power of Christ. You will learn how to stop striving in vane and to put into place a PROVEN™ lifestyle. If you are willing to yield to the Lord and do whatever it takes to break free, you will be set upon a path leading to victory.

Proven Men Ministries also prepared a Leader's Guide as a companion to the Striving for Absolute Purity study. The Leader's Guide is a detailed how to form and lead a small support group. You may be surprised to find out that you are able to lead a group. To read the draft table of contents to the Leader's Guide click here.

Books on Sexual Purity or Healing:

False Intimacy by Harry Schaumburg (NavPress, 1997; 800-366-7788) [explaining how we came to form false and shallow relationships and why we need an intimate relationship with Jesus and others];

Sexual Healing by Mastering Life Ministries (904-220-7474; www.gospelcom.net/mlm/index.htm) [guiding you further away from sexual immorality and into yet a deeper relationship with Jesus];

The Wounded Heart by Dr. Dan Allender (NavPress). [exposing how inappropriate sexual influences during childhood lead to closed relationships which carry over into adulthood, and discussing how to tear down walls].

Other Daily Work Books:

By studying the Bible you will grow deeper in your relationship with God. Other tools that may help assist you in your study of the Scriptures are: Self Confrontation, by John Broger (Thomas Nelson Publishers) (619-773-2667); Experiencing God: knowing and doing the Will of God, by Henry Blackaby and Claude King (Lifeway Press) (800-458-2772); Lord is it Warfare?: teach me to stand, by Kay Arthur (Questar Publishing).

Other workbooks to consider include The Walk of Repentance, (www.purelifeministries.org) and Self Confrontation, by John Broger (Thomas Nelson Publishers) (619-773-2667). Spending time daily in study is vital to breaking free from (and remaining victorious over) sexual bondage. In addition, these help develop the discipline necessary to battle temptations. Remember, a changed heart is demonstrated by your willingness to do “whatever it takes.” By meeting with the Lord and flooding your mind with godly inputs (while starving the self-centered inputs) your mind and heart will be “renewed and transformed” into the image of the Lord Jesus Christ. Once an intimate relationship with Jesus is established and ongoing, the byproduct is a loosening of the grip of lust replaced with a heart felt desire for things above.

Books on Prayer and Spiritual Growth:

As you begin leading a victorious life, you will thirst for deeper spiritual things and to yield more and more of your life to the Holy Spirit. Some examples of books on seeking the face of God, include Moving Through Your Problems Towards FINDING GOD by Larry Crabb (Zondervan Publishing) or Inside Out by Larry Crabb (NavPress). Perhaps the best books on prayer that we have seen are the handful written by E.M. Bounds and are available at most book stores.

Television and Music:

Chances are you have been spending a lot of time watching TV or listening to music. While there are no absolutes about whether TV and music are bad, we know that it takes time away from other things. In addition, we are told: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – His good and pleasing perfect will (Romans 12:2).” It seems wise, therefore, to strictly limit the time and content of what TV you watch, and to switch over completely to Christian music. You will be pleasantly surprised to learn about the variety and quality of Christian music! Give you mind a break, and fill it (renew it) with the type of godly inputs discussed above.

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