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Purity Resources #1 Purity Resources Marriage Resources Marriage 911 - Offered various times throughout the year at NLCC by Mark & Debbie Johnson. Family Life Ministries - www.familylife.com Love and Respect - www.loveandrespect.com The Love Dare - http://www.lovedarestories.com Recovery from Adultery - “Hope and Healing” book and local support group. Hope and Healing Ministry - www.hopeandhealing.us Parenting Websites www.HomeWord.com www.CPYU.org www.AlMenconi.com www.familylife.com Porn Help and Resources PARENTS, please see this site from Josh McDowell: http://just1clickaway.org Local Support Groups Celebrate Recovery - Every Monday night, 7pm here at NLCC. Porn Recovery & Help Websites www.xxxchurch.com www.freedomeveryday.org www.avenueresource.com www.x3pure.com - OnLine Workshop -$99.00 Family Safety Websites www.safefamilies.org www.ikeepsafe.org http://www.puresight.com/Resource-Center/welcome.html http://www.internetsafety.com www.no-porn.com Homosexuality SOUL Ministries -- www.servingsouls.com Exodus International - www.exodusinternational.org Crisis Pregnancy Resources Turlock Pregnancy Center offers support, resources, and post-abortion counseling - www.turlockpregnancycenter.com Computer Internet Filters – K9 Web Filter - www1.k9webprotection.com Free – PC & Mac If you're like most of us, parenting in the age of the Internet has you facing a new set of challenges. Blue Coat is committed to helping you and all communities through this 'First Generation of Internet Parenting'. Net Nanny www.netnanny.com Pros: Comprehensive filtering and blocking. Can block or filter social media sites such as Facebook or MySpace. Very affordable pricing plans for multiple computers. Blocks proxy sites. Settings to regulate time spent on individual websites or playing PC games. Cyber Sitter www.solidoak.com Safe Eyes www.internetsafety.com Content Barrier www.intego.com/internet-security-barrier OpenDNS www.opendns.com/familyshield Accountability Software – Does not filter! Sends your accountability Partner an email with your web browsing history. Covenaneyes http://www.covenanteyes.com/ X3Watch http://x3watch.com Iphone / Itouch BeSecure safe Browser for Iphone / Ipod Touch www.bsecure.com Itunes Store: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware? id=329198773&mt=8 How to configure iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch bsecure application? The bsecure Mobile Browser protects the iPhone/iPod Touch users from accessing objectionable Web sites. This free browser prevents users from viewing sites categorized as pornography or malware. It also provides a password protected local block list to block uncategorized or unwanted sites (click here for Custom Block List). Please follow the steps below so that your iPhone/iPod Touch and the bsecure app will be configured correctly. 1. Tap on the Settings App 2. Tap General 3. Tap Restrictions 4. Enter and confirm a four digit code 5. Once in the restrictions menu toggle off Safari, Youtube, Itunes and Installing apps • Please note restoring the iPhone/iPod Touch in iTunes removes these restrictions. Books – Internet Protect Your Kids - By Stephen Arterburn / Roger Mars The Drug of the New Millennium - By Mark B. Kastleman The Purity Code: God's Plan for Sex and Your Body By Jim Burns Logged On and Tuned Out - By Vicki Courtney Every Man’s Battle -- Every Man's Battle including workbook By Steve Arterburn and Fred Stoeker. This 10th Anniversary revised edition is a practical, detailed plan to help men find freedom from sexual temptation God's way. Includes a special section for women, designed to help them understand, empathize, and support the men they love. Every Women’s Battle -- Every Woman's Marriage including workbook by Shannon and Greg Ethridge. If you're ready to stop the blame game and pursue the marriage of your dreams, let authors Shannon and Greg Ethridge show you how to reignite your relationship with spiritual, emotional, and physical passion. Drawing on real-life stories from both men and women, as well as lessons from their own less-than-satisfying early years of marriage. Every Young Man’s Battle -- Every Young Man's Battle including workbook by Steve Arterburn and Fred Stoeker. Every Young Man's Battle will show young men how to train their eyes and minds, how to clean up their thought life, and develop a realistic battle plan for remaining pure in today's sexually soaked culture. Every Young Women’s Battle -- Every Young Woman's Battle including workbook by Shannon Ethridge. Ethridge and Arterburn offer interviews, research, and godly advice to help young women avoid these pitfalls and achieve sexual integrity. Articles The Drug of the New Millennium By Mark B. Kastleman Understanding and Overcoming an addiction to The Drug of the New Millennium Healing Hearts & Mending Minds The Essential, Comprehensive Guidebook for Individuals, Parents, Couples, Clergy and Counselors. With Simple Steps & Tools for Prevention and Recovery. One man's journey from the darkness of addiction to the brilliant light of loving relationships and personal power, and how you can find this light. This update to The Drug of the New Millennium is a powerful message of hope and healing. Learn how to protect your family, rescue those addicted, and recover your life and relationships. Alarming Statistics: • 60 million people in the US admitted to purposely visiting Internet porn sites this year (70% indicate that they keep their online porn use a secret). • There are over 4.2 million known separate and distinct porn websites on the Internet, with 2,500 new sites coming online every week. • The 12-17 age group is the largest consumer of Internet porn. • In the last year, 1 out of 5 young chatroom users received an unwanted sexual solicitation. Benefits: • Discover the tricks pornographers use to entrap the innocent -- especially youth • Find out how to keep children, teens, and adults safe on the Internet • Learn how to identify porn addiction • Help lead loved ones to full recovery The 'Brain Science' Behind Internet Porn Addiction Mark Kastleman If you or someone you care about is struggling under the heavy burden of pornography addiction, it can be a very confusing, frustrating and hopeless experience. I know. I was hooked at age 13 and battled my addiction for nearly 25 years, before breaking free and moving forward to a happy, peaceful, successful life. You may be wondering as I did in those early years, "Why is pornography so incredibly powerful? There's got to be more to this than just 'dirty pictures'!" After more than 12 years of intensive research and clinical trials, we now know for certain that pornography addiction is a "chemical addiction" producing a response in the brain very similar to street drugs. When I learned that there was a logical, reasonable, scientific explanation behind my struggles, it removed a heavy load of shame from my shoulders, and radically changed the way I viewed myself. For the first time I knew that I wasn't a freak, a loser or a lost cause. This new-found knowledge was a huge advantage in moving me forward. Pornography is powerful because it takes advantage of and taps into intense emotional, biological and chemical connections throughout the brain and the entire body. We are born with many of these connections "pre-wired" or "pre-set" to switch on at certain times in our development. Pornography seeks to twist the truth and "mimic" or "counterfeit" this built-in attraction. Its goal is to ignite, excite and exploit these natural built-in urges and desires. During sexual process, the brain begins narrowing its focus as it releases a tidal wave of endorphins and other neurochemicals like dopamine, norepinephrine, oxytocin and serotonin. These "natural drugs" produce a tremendous rush or high. When these chemicals are released during healthy marital intimacy we refer to them as "the fabulous four" because of the myriad positive benefits they generate between husband and wife. When they are released during pornography use and other sexual addiction behaviors, we call them "the fearsome four" due to the severe addiction and many negative consequences they produce in the brain and nervous system. Now you know why we refer to pornography use as "substance abuse." In fact, the neurochemical release triggered by pornography viewing is so intense, many scientists refer to it as an "eroto-toxin" and the most powerful drug in history. Many would agree that we live in the most stressful time in the history of the world-there are more than enough pressures to push us to seek escape through many forms of self- medication-both healthy and destructive. Imagine taking the most powerful drug in history and making it instantly available at the push of a button, at little or no cost. Your drug use is secret, and the drug dealers come to you! That's exactly what the Internet has done with pornography. It's what we call the "4 A's of the Internet"-Accessible, Affordable, Anonymous and Aggressive. Now can you understand why some estimates show more than 60 million people in the U.S. caught up in this "drug use" at some level? The good news is that while there is a logical, scientific explanation behind how and why individuals get trapped in pornography addiction, there is also a tested and proven process for getting them out! For more information on the Candeo Six Weeks to Freedom recovery program, please read about it here. 1. Become a net-savvy parent The best safeguard against online dangers is being informed. Jump in and learn the basics of the Internet—read articles, take a class, and talk to other parents. A good place to start is www.LearnTheNet.com. You don’t have to be an expert to have a handle on your child’s online world. 2. "Chat" with your kids Develop an open dialogue so that you can talk with your kids about the benefits and dangers of the Internet.
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