Pornography

I know if you struggle with pornography there is help out there for you. It is through the power of the Atonement you overcome your addiction. Elder Oaks has asked us to improve our personal behavior and protect our love ones. I need to be careful what comes into my home and not sit on the sidelines. Once an image gets in your head it is hard to get it out. Pornography ruins lives and families it is one of Satan's destructive tools. “Pornography will always repel the Spirit of Christ and will interrupt the communications between our Heavenly Father and His children and disrupt the tender relationships between husband and wife.”( President Packer). As a wife and mother I need to recognize when the spirit can't dwell because of what is going on in the home. My goal for pornography is to protect my family. I will monitor what my children watch and read. 

"There is hope for the addicted, and this hope comes through the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ."

 M. Russell Ballard -October 2010 General Conference "O That Cunning Plan of the Evil One" 

"Medical research describes addiction as “a disease of the brain.” This is true, but I believe that once Satan has someone in his grasp, it also becomes a disease of the spirit. But no matter what addictive cycle one is caught in, there is always hope." 

M. Russell Ballard -October 2010 General Conference "O That Cunning Plan of the Evil One" 

"Let us all improve our personal behavior and redouble our efforts to protect our loved ones and our environment from the onslaught of pornography." 

Dallin H. Oaks-April 2005 General Conference "Pornography"

"Pornographic or erotic stories and pictures are worse than filthy or polluted food. The body has defenses to rid itself of unwholesome food. With a few fatal exceptions, bad food will only make you sick but do no permanent harm. In contrast, a person who feasts upon filthy stories or pornographic or erotic pictures and literature records them in this marvelous retrieval system we call a brain. The brain won’t vomit back filth. Once recorded, it will always remain subject to recall, flashing its perverted images across your mind and drawing you away from the wholesome things in life.” 

Dallin H. Oaks-April 2005 General Conference "Pornography"

"This deacon’s example had a positive influence on at least one of his classmates. Undoubtedly, he and his friend faced mockery and persecution because of that decision. On the other hand, they had followed the admonition of Alma to his people when he said, “Come ye out from the wicked, and be ye separate, and touch not their unclean things." 

Ulisses Soares-April 2015 General Conference "Yes, We Can and Will Win!" 

"We as parents and leaders need to counsel with our children and youth on an ongoing basis, listening with love and understanding. They need to know the dangers of pornography and how it overtakes lives, causing loss of the Spirit, distorted feelings, deceit, damaged relationships, loss of self-control, and nearly total consumption of time, thought, and energy." 

Linda S. Reeves-April 2014 General Conference "Protection from Pornography—a Christ-Focused Home"

“Pornography will always repel the Spirit of Christ and will interrupt the communications between our Heavenly Father and His children and disrupt the tender relationships between husband and wife.”

President Boyd K. Packer October 2010 General Conference “Cleaning the Inner Vessel” 

“Priesthood holders carry with them the antidote to remove the terrible images of pornography and to wash away the guilt. The priesthood has the power to unlock the influence of our habits, even to unchain form addiction, however tight the grip. It can heal over the scars of past mistakes.”

President Boyd K. Packer October 2010 General Conference “Cleaning the Inner Vessel” 

"Like thieves in the night, unwelcome thoughts can and do seek entrance to our minds. But we don’t have to throw open the door, serve them tea and crumpets, and then tell them where the silverware is kept! (You shouldn’t be serving tea anyway.) Throw the rascals out! Replace lewd thoughts with hopeful images and joyful memories; picture the faces of those who love you and would be shattered if you let them down. More than one man has been saved from sin or stupidity by remembering the face of his mother, his wife, or his child waiting somewhere for him at home. Whatever thoughts you have, make sure they are welcome in your heart by invitation only."

Jeffery R. Holland April 2009 General Conference “Place no More for the Enemy of My Soul”

"Cultivate and be where the Spirit of the Lord is. Make sure that includes your own home or apartment, dictating the kind of art, music, and literature you keep there. If you are endowed, go to the temple as often as your circumstances allow. Remember that the temple arms you “with [God’s] power, … [puts His] glory … round about [you], and [gives His] angels … charge over [you].” 7 And when you leave the temple, remember the symbols you take with you, never to be set aside or forgotten."

Jeffery R. Holland April 2009 General Conference “Place no More for the Enemy of My Soul”

"An understanding of who we are and what God expects us to become will prompt us to pray—as individuals and as families. Such a return reveals the constant truth: “Wickedness never was happiness.” Let not the evil one dissuade. We can yet be guided by that still, small voice—unerring in its direction and all-powerful in its influence."

Thomas S. Monson July 2011 The First Presidency Message "Pornography, the Deadly Carrier"