Pornography is a public health crisis much like drug abuse or smoking. Left unchecked, it will destroy your marriage and potentially your life.
Talking Points:
- Porn makes sex a one person thing. It becomes all about how to gratify yourself and not at all about thinking how your spouse should be a part of that gratification.
- Porn breaks marital intimacy. Sex should be a two-person thing where two people gratify one another. Porn removes the bonding aspect sex is designed to have. 1 Corinthians 7:3-4
- Porn damages your spouse’s self-worth. In the back of their mind, they’re thinking about how they don’t measure up to the people you’d rather look up online. 1 Corinthians 6:15-20
Discussion:
- Initial reactions to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- How do you see pornography being marketed in our culture? Why do you think it makes so much money?
- What is your experience with porn? How has it affected your life and marriage?
- Of the three reasons mentioned in the video, which one resonates most with you? Explain.
- Read 1 Corinthians 7:3-4. Would you say that this is your attitude when you are intimate with your spouse? How can you improve on looking to serve your spouse, even in sex?
- Read 1 Corinthians 6:18-20. Identify all that this passage says about sex. How does knowing that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit affect the way you view yourself and your sexual desires?
- Is there a step you need to take based on today’s topic?
