Cooper Stuff Ep. 176 - Quit Pornography Now w/Special Guests Covenant Eyes
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Pornography is a scourge upon society, but is it really affecting the Church? The statistics are nothing short of staggering. Today, we have two special guests from Covenant Eyes who are passionate about helping people quit porn. We discuss why porn has become so prevalent; the dangers of addiction; the descent into even more disturbing forms of porn; and finally, the good news: how Covenant Eyes can help people put it to death! Here at Cooper Stuff, we believe that God wants to set you free from addiction. Perhaps Covenant Eyes can help you in the fight.
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Pornography isn't just ripping families apart, it's also ripping the church's testimony apart.
Woman here, married 13 years to a phenomenal man who has come clean many times, openly shared and has overcome the struggles that started when about 8-10 years of age. It has pummeled my heart each time he has fallen in the past, but God has grown me through it. I also became tempted to look at stuff to “learn” in hopes of keeping our marriage together since I really can’t compete with porn. And I tell you now IT DOES NOT HELP TO LOOK AT IT TOO. And I looked at stuff from the 70’s-90’s. I don’t even want to know what modern porn is like. Key is truly being open with the struggles. This stuff thrives in the darkness. And people who struggle with it are not evil. Do not demonize them or they will not seek help and healing.
Also a lot of Christian men think that getting married will cure their addiction. My husband and I waited for sex til marriage and while that helped so much in general, it did not take away the struggles. And it’s not just the addiction but the lies that come with as well. And a lot of the time when I sensed my husband was struggling I would confront and the lies would start or the defense is there. And when the truth comes out then a wedge is out there and the thought is “well if he’s lying about this, what else is he lying about?” A lot of unloving things can be said and felt when someone is struggling with porn. And I will say when a man is set free and is victorious, he isn’t always cured by the temptation. It’s the strength to stay away from it that counts, and Ive seen my man transform.
Thanks for your honesty and words of wisdom.
Temptation is always there and the "promise" of immediate gratification is more accessible than ever.
Satan knows our weaknesses, and everyone is tempted by something. What the enemy blinds us to is the costs of sin and it's certain consequences.
Let us not forget the damage we help inflict upon the people in the porn industry, the human trafficking, the victims of that lifestyle, etc
This is one case where you want a Karen to tell you to stop
😂 yes!!!!!
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We need to get comfortable with talking about uncomfortable things. I've struggled with porn, but a bigger issue for me is the stuff that's already in my brain, not just what I've watched but the stuff I've imagined myself.
I know exactly what you mean. I have wished countless times that I had never opened my eyes, mind and heart to sexual immorality BUT I believe the LORD will be faithful in the cleansing of those things from us. I can already see the evidence, in that the things that used to tantalize me now bring the appropriate disgust and Godly shame that indicates repentance.
Thank you JESUS, I am free.
@@johnnyappleseed5029 I keep praying that He will cleanse my mind, and I try to fill it my mind with His word. It's a work in progress, but I believe it will happen.
@@johnnyappleseed5029 amen.
It's not just pornography in and of itself. It's also films and TV shows that display some of the most graphic sexuality in their programs, it's in our literature, and so very pervasive in our culture as a whole. It's all so easily accessable nowadays and it's getting ever harder to stay away from temptation. Not to mention social media sites. It's terrible.
Absolutely. Maybe a person could drop it if they weren't constantly having it shoved in their face whether they like it or not. I was on Facebook for the first time in years the other day, and some of the advertisements there would have been illegal in public, yet I can stumble across it online completely on accident on one of the most visited sites in the entire world (a website supposedly NOT all about that kind of thing according to their terms of service.)
Yes! I’ve notice a trend with shows. Typically the first season of a show has a lot nudity and sex scenes (I assume to get people hooked in with sex) and then the following seasons has much less nudity and sex scenes. Not zero but much much less. I mean even Yellowstone! First episode sex scene, a few episodes later full body nudity, seasons after hardly any sex scenes and the ones after season one were more tame (still inappropriate but not as graphic) then season that’s followed.
Hello John,
Really appreciate your podcasts, but mainly I appreciate your heart. Thank you for doing these podcasts and being you.
Wow, this really should have more views.. this is a message that is so needed.
John I encourage you to watch the follow up interview Dennis Prager did with Charlie Kirk. He clarifies his comment in detail. Kirk really held him to be accountable and in that I believe we are still all on the same page. Wonderful podcast you have and never be afraid to talk about anything. We need to be held accountable in this time especially for his return is near.
This is amazing!! Pornography has destroyed many marriages!!
Thanks for talking about this John not many people will and how bad and dangerous it is and we need to spread the word of God more out there
This needs to extend further than just our own morality. A society that allows this virus to run rampant is an evil society. We need to fight this in general, not just in the church and among believers. Nobody should be subject to random, graphic sexuality should they just go to some supposedly innocuous websites (social media), or if they take a trip to the store (via advertising/billboards/etc.)
Thank you John for covering this. I have struggled with it for years and through the Grace of God I am overcoming it.
I’m loving this episode! Talking about the reality and negative but then going to the positive about how we can be a part of the solution!
Also, I’m blessed to find out the female perspective and that there are women who are actively taking part in serving other women who are addicted to porn because we all know it can happen with anyone.
Bless you three and anyone who is fighting for God’s Kingdom on this!
Thank you for this episode, guys. I remember seeing pornography when I was a boy, and it affected me for a long time. I relapsed earlier, and I'm tired of it. Asking God the same prayers, but nothing happens. I want to be free from it!
You have to make it sickening to you....thank about your wife, girlfriend, daughter, or your Mom....I still relapse but is when I drink the night before. I have bought sex videos and magazines and then throw them away. Then I have returned to the trash bin 3 or 4 days later to retrieve it....SICK. I don't have a wife or girl friend but I am going months...like 4 months at not getting this stuff. Jesus says it IS better to Marry than to burn. I know what you feel but I am starting to actually feeling my prayers answered...I am starting to find this stuff is sick. I will pray for you but please pray for me. God Bless.
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It's really interesting how God works! I want to share with my community about sex trafficking and the dangers of pornography. I just didn't find good Christian resources for pornography. Then, you @Cooper popped up on my RUclips feed. Talking about pornography and covenant eyes.
Covenant Eyes is a great accountability tool. Also a great tool is SOPHOS. It's a software firewall that can block porn. Employers can block porn in the office. You can block it at home.
Another tool is Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered recovery group.
I love your music John, it can really help me when I am being tempted. Something about blasting the gospel and loud guitars into my eardrum really flips the finger to Satan when he’s trying to get me to fall. Mega based, keep it up
Ps the song you did featuring Adam Gontier was not a collab I expected but I am here for it
I gotta admit this is a really interesting and useful podcast episode along with being informative to opening my eyes better.
Dear John, had the pleasure of meeting you all recently, I am profoundly moved by the evidence of how God takes care of his children. the Lord knows each one of us loves us, and cares for all of us.
even the most seemingly rocksolid Christians are not perfect . The enemies appetite for the lords children is real and it’s voracious. But our shepherd knows our name, he knows our pain , I think the Lord directed you. I know he gave you the courage to air this, you’re doing gods work. God bless you. We love you so much. I got to go to a skillet concert recently, but I forgot my high blood pressure medicine and I was passing out. respect and love, never too many Skillet t shirt kids. God bless and love everyone .
Man!
This is such a topic that people must hear about!
Thank you John. Love Skillet it’s my favorite band and now -with Allie Beth Stuckey- you’re my favorite podcast!! Bless you and your family!
That's right we love the john cooper-ness.
I’ve got Covenant Eyes, it’s pretty good and very helpful in my battle, one funny thing though, the Babylon Bee takes forever to open.
BB a little sus 🤨
Probably all the third party hooks on the website.
It's about time you released another episode I've been waiting lol
It needs to be talked about.
Excellent topic ! The downfall as well in the community church is the accountability from what I've experienced is people fall out after 4 weeks.
I get it brothers and sisters get exhausted and burnt, though it's that time and place is it really worth it to have accountability after the fact we have fallen and need to tell someone.
There are also times people just take our time to some degree that says enough, this accountability falls off the cliff. Do I make sense?
There are fairly quick and easy ways around any kind of blocking app on any phone. I fear that many who use Covenant Eyes may still be struggling, and ashamed to be honest about it. I hope we are willing to be honest with each other, and go as far as we need to run from temptation.
That's the thing. It's a monitoring and reporting application. It tells your accountability partner what you've been up to. Even if you're watching a RUclips video of someone in a bathing suit, it'll let your accountability partner know. No reason to fear for others trying to find a loophole though because confession and forsaking sins is the way to life!
30 years...and now finally set free by the Lord. It's very scary when praying doesn't work. A crazy thing I read changed everything. A monk's prayer saying "The thing has me. I fall down, I pray then get up and the thing begins its hunt. It will catch me again and I feel hopeless. I can't pray. I'm defeated. What can I do?" The Lord said "When you fall down you stay there. Immediately get back up and come to me your Father."
"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind." (James 1:5-6)
I began walking and praying being very explicit with the Father. He gives a single word "darkness" and I see it in a much bigger way than if I thought of that word "darkness" I feel a little hope and keep coming to Him. God knows me more that I do and I begin to know I can say things I could never say to anyone else. Every day walk and pray. Then I stumble and fall and feel like a failure...but I sense God saying don't stop talking to Me. I would normally think "what's the use" but now I'm knowing I can immediately stand up and continue with God: part of the problem is we want immediate deliverance, but God knows we need to work with Him day by day. So I say "I just love the way the girl looks happy, pretty, smiling..." God says "bondage" and I see her as a prisoner of Satan and weep. This goes on slowly day after day *no matter what!* I slip up...keep taking it to Him. Then I slam my foot down and that's it. Images can show up suddenly in my mind but I will not go to the sites. 3 years free. Still got to ask the Lord to help me when I feel weak and images come. "Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, *_casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you."_* (1 Peter 5:6)
Just a heads up, I turned on "restricted mode" on youtube and this video became "unavailable". I turned it off, and this video came back.
I was born in 1964 and i remember as a kid that sex before marriage was not accepted in society . The only porn were the playboy magazines at the store behind the counter . It has been a long slow decay to the point we are at now .Technology sped things up a bit but little by little the decay was constant .
There's an old saying that goes something like'--"what doesn't get preached from the pulpit---gives license to the pew". Because pastors are no longer preaching against pornography, cussing, gambling, illegal drugs, etc--it makes people think its okay to do such things
Putin has banned porn while Ukraine is legalizing filming.
So, Hey John!! 👋You talked about the grandparents watching your show that love the podcast but not the music. John, I’m only a couple of years older than you and a mom to three adult daughters,25-30, and two granddaughters😂 I know you from Skillet before your podcast but maybe this will give you some more perspective on your broad audience! Great great episode🙏🏻👍🏻
Where is the “read the Bible” from the cop quote from?
Hey John !!!
From a "normie" pastor: Thank you John, and thank you Covenant Eyes. Stay in the light... Jesus is the light!
"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” (Ephesians 5:11-14)
Romans 12:1.I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Honestly, pornography is a big problem that has been known for its way of destroying people and families in so many ways. I want everyone to know that the apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 2:22 “But flee youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” John is so right, it is through the spirit that those who struggle with pornography can break free from it. The Lord payed the price for our sins. I want christains who are also struggling with porn to know that the lord gets really sad when we all give in to porn. And it gives the enemy Satan, not only a foodhold over you, but it also makes him happy, and YOU DON'T WANT THAT. For all christains and everyone in general, run from lust, and run from porn, and run to the Lord our God. In Psalms 46:1, it says "God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble". The lord will protect you and will help you with anything that you are struggling with in this world full of evil. In Jesus name, I hope this helps people, amen
Well this Gen-Z er is highly repulsed by pornography
Thank you so much for speaking about this.
I agree with you 100 percent.
I really really loved the podcast.
Thank you so much for liking my comment on Facebook.
You have a good day.
Ok, bye. 🖤🖤🖤
Problem is you can just delete covenant eyes from your device and then watch porn. Need a way to be unable to delete the app
I could be wrong, but this activity would show up on your accountability partner’s app.
Keep talk about think I trying to get my man i to do this where going to join….
I think the best way to overcome pornography is to just get a non smart phone if they still sell those at phone stores.
Does anyone know of a way I can try to talk to Jen?
I was hoping you would talk about women and literature pornography. Where they are reading books with "romance" and the effect it has on their ability to be intimate with their husband because they get that same neurological high from their "book boyfriend". Does covenant eyes block book pornography? Does it filter kindle, and e books, etc?
7 in 10 struggle with porn? Ha, more like 9.999 out of 10. Seriously I can’t believe how accepted porn in now. I haven’t watch porn in so long I can’t even remember last time I watched it. Other that watching a regular show and there is like nudity or a sex scene and recently I have been FF those.
One thing that helped me realized porn was more than bad is someone pointed out porn is a weapon, it literally leads to ED, and not to sound too gross but when you drain your balls you’re more docile which means your guard is down. It’s so bad for men,
And women too.
Hope this helps.
43 minute ad for filter ware. Some Bible and Theology on the subject would have been nice. They do have compeditors. Are you going to give them some cast time as well? The filtering industry is big bisiness now. The filter folks don't want to see the filth destroyed as it's bad for business. If the government would habe treated the internet like OTA tv/radio in the begining, it woildn't be as bad an issue. But that cat left the bag already.
Unfortunately, Josh Duggar proved why covenant eyes isn’t really a solution
In Christ alone there is freedom.
We can’t judge the organization by one person. Simply because we all have a free will, and get to choose if we will pursue true freedom or not.
@@aliemonique6489 but you can redeem the world by one person…
Agreed, this is NOT a solution...a tool that may be helpful, for some along the journey, but never worked for me. Where there is a will there is a way, no matter the road blocks. Christ alone set me free!
This is why The Adversary attacked him so vociferously so people like you would discredit a tool that would and can be beneficial to many. There are exceptions to everything.
Hallelujah Jesus can set you free from pornography
Yep dangerous when ur pregnant and partner has pornography addiction help!!!!
Do you have a local church you can help you in this regard to hold him accountable? Praying for you
Sorry a local church who can help you* pray to Jesus He will help you, trust me, I’ve been through it and He never fails those who trust in Him.