Build a Strategy for Ongoing Sexual Purity — Renew Your Mind Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Build a Strategy for Ongoing Sexual Purity — Renew Your Mind ------Date: 4/28/2002 Keywords: "mind” “renew” “truth" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Romans 12:2* And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Questions 1. What effect does smut have on your mind?   2. Why is God concerned with doing a renewal project in your mind?   Practical help Psychologists report that our brains are capable of storing away an infinite number of details and memories. The pornographic images and fantasies that we pour into our brains are never completely erased. These stored images can be replayed in our thoughts at any time — they tend to come up most when we’re not expecting it. That’s not all. Our view and perspective on life becomes tainted and twisted by the fantasy life of porn use and addiction. It damages our relationships with others, drains us of creative energy and erodes our standards for personal character. You may experience other damaging effects in your own case. While all of this is true, there is hope! By God’s grace, our minds can be renewed even though we can’t erase the images from our brains. Our perspective on life can be brought back in line with reality. Since our source of truth is God’s Word, it makes sense for us to meditate on it. We can ask that the Spirit of God do a cleansing work in us, filling our minds (and our brains) with truth and images of those things which are pure and acceptable to the Lord. In the process of building a strategy for ongoing sexual purity, God’s Word plays an integral role in the renewal project of our minds. Take some time in His Word today. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2002 by eXXit *Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission. ---