A Prayer to Break Free from Pornography

Father, I am tired of the secret. The screen calls late at night when I am alone and worn down, and I go back to it knowing exactly how empty I will feel after. The shame the next morning is its own kind of prison.

I confess how it has dulled me, how it has crept between me and the people I love, how it has taught me to use instead of cherish. I am not bringing You a small habit. I am bringing You a chain.

I turn to You in the very place I hide from everyone else. You see what I clear from my history. You are not disgusted with me. You are reaching for me.

Give me a way out before the moment of wanting arrives, not just willpower after. Put a guard on my eyes and my thumb. Bring honest friends, accountability, and the courage to confess this in the light where it loses its power.

You promised that with every temptation You provide a way of escape so I can stand. Show me the exit and give me the legs to take it.

I surrender this appetite and the loneliness underneath it. Make me whole enough to love the real and let go of the counterfeit. Lead me into the clean light of honesty. Amen.