My Personal Struggle With Pornography and Lust as a Wife

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About This Episode We are sexual beings, created by God with a beautiful way of expressing deep love in marriage, and the enemy has found a way to destroy it. In our last episode we talked about Aaron's struggle with pornography. Today Jennifer shares her own story to pull into the light the truth that pornography is not just a guy problem. She talks about her first exposure as a young girl, growing up without teaching on sexual purity or marriage, and how pornography, lust, and romance novels became an escape during the sexless early years of our marriage. She also shares about confessing everything to Aaron, and we talk about why confession, repentance, and holiness matter.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode Not just a guy problem — why women struggle with pornography and lust too First exposure — Jennifer's story of encountering pornography around age 10 or 11 No one talked about it — growing up without teaching on sexual purity or marriage An escape — how fantasy, romance novels, and pornography became a way to cope in our sexless early years Confession — telling Aaron everything Going forward — the church service where the pastor addressed pornography as a women's issue too Defining pornography — immodest images, fantasy books, and movies with explicit scenes Walking in holiness — why confession and repentance help couples see clearly to help each other

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