Delivered From 40 Years of Pornography Addiction | Testimony

Key Wellness, Self-Care, and Recovery Strategies Mentioned

• Complete surrender to God (release pain and shame)

  • Eric describes entering healing by giving God access to his entire heart—not hiding, not managing it alone.
  • He emphasizes stopping “striving” and letting God place peace into the heart once problems are handed over.

• Rebuilding from the “ground up” after collapse

  • After losing his marriage, jobs, and becoming homeless, he rebuilt life slowly through conversations, work, and a new business—beginning in very low circumstances.

• Spiritual “exposure” and accountability that leads to change

  • He describes God holding a “divine mirror” that exposed everything and removed excuses—followed by a permanent inner shift that enabled him to act rather than hide.
  • He notes he had accountability software and went to meetings for a long time, but couldn’t break free until deeper spiritual deliverance occurred.

• Resting in Christ (cessation of inner struggle)

  • He references Hebrews 3–4, teaching that true healing involves resting on what Christ has finished, not fearing rejection.
  • A powerful moment came when he stopped running up a mountain and chose to sit/rest, leading to surfacing and release of 40 years of trauma.

• Deliverance prayer as a turning point

  • At the Raised to Deliver conference, he went forward for prayer, and during prayer he heard phrases like:
    • “Come out of him…”
    • “Leave and never come back…”
  • He later realized he had been delivered from 40 years of pornography and sexual addictions.

• Confession aloud—making the issue no longer hidden

  • He strongly stresses that addiction/pain won’t be solved by willpower alone:
    • Confess it and get it out in the open
    • Speak it out loud, even though it’s the scariest thing to do

• Understand the real purpose: healing pain, not just stopping behavior

  • He teaches that God won’t just remove the burden—He will strengthen the person:
    • addiction won’t automatically erase the underlying pain
    • recovery requires addressing what’s underneath

• A mindset for endurance: “Don’t quit”

  • Advice repeated throughout:
    • Don’t give up
    • Don’t quit
  • He frames this as reclaiming a “second half” of life after long struggle.

• Acting on love and reconciliation (fighting the right battle)

  • He describes God calling him to fight from within and then take action toward his adult daughter, which became part of the rebuilding process.

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Presenters / Sources

• Eric (speaker/testimony)