AN INSIDIOUS VIRUS
The head of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program declared: The “whole world needs to be on alert” to fight the coronavirus. Dr Mike Ryan praised China’s response to the deadly outbreak: “The challenge is great but the response has been massive.”
This virus has spread across China and to at least 16 countries globally. More than 130 people have died in China and close to 6,000 have been infected. There is no specific cure or vaccine.
I applaud efforts being made to contain this epidemic. it’s only natural that all of us are concerned about what might happen. Lives are in danger.
Yet there are other epidemics out there which it seems we have grown so accustomed to that we prefer to ignore them and act as if they don’t exist. How many addictions have become epidemics in the city where you live and yet we have not done everything we can to rescue the perishing?
When the subject of pornography comes up most people prefer to close their eyes and put their hands over their ears. It’s an ugly subject, one that leaves us embarrassed. Yet statistics show that 90% of children ages 9 – 16 have viewed porn. One in six women struggle with porn addiction. 25% of search engine requests are for porn. 70% of men ages 18-36 visit a porn site in a typical month. 68% of Christian men view porn on a regular basis. 38% of adults say that porn is morally acceptable.
How can we be so blind to this deadly epidemic which touches the lives of so many on our streets and in our churches? How can we sit idly by, next to this elephant in the pew?
Thank God people all around the world are concerned and taking action to fight and contain the coronavirus. I pray that we will all wake up and see that other battles must be waged.
Porn is destroying lives, marriages and families. This insidious virus thrives in the darkness. Only the light can put a stop to this terrible plague.
The cure already exists. Thousands have been set free and found a new life. We must spread the good news that there is hope. The compulsive cycle of lust can be broken.
Are you with me? Will you do your part to sound the alarm and point people to help? Let’s let everyone know that while the truth may hurt, lies kill. Jesus is better. He is the way, the truth, the light and the life. He is here to point us home.
You can find my book here: Jesus Is Better Than Porn
