The Strategy
1. Confess to Holy God that what you have been doing is sinful and repent of the behavior.
2. In faith, depend on the self-control of God the Holy Spirit and not only on your self-control. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, ask God the Father to give you the self-control of God the Holy Spirit.
3. Thank God that He provided you with the opportunity to be faithful and accept God the Spirit’s self-control to resist the devil’s temptations; in that way, every time the devil tempts you, you turn it into praise for God -- Satan hates that.
4. Thank God that He has defeated Satan and that at the final judgement, Satan will be cast into the Lake of Fire for eternity; therefore, Satan will be reminded of his ultimate eternal destination every time he tries to tempt you to sin; Satan hates that and it will further reduce the number of times he tries to tempt you to sin.
5. Keep track of how many times you successfully resist the temptation to view pornography. Record the times you chose to depend upon God’s self-control instead of just yours.
6. Invoke the whole armor of God to extinguish all temptations.
7. Ask yourself: Is viewing pornography consistent with my new identity in Christ as a child of God?
8. Ask yourself: Am I like a “temporary atheist” if I yield to the temptation?
9. Realize the guilt and deep repentance you will experience if you give in to the temptation.
10. Decide what you will do BEFORE the next temptation comes.