Pornography, shopping, countless hours wasted on entertainment, social media scrolling that hardly gives us anything…

The age of the Internet is an age of huge potential and opportunities for mission, networking and activism, but it is also an endless sea of temptations and distractions right at our fingertips.

We often take the latter path, even when we don’t want to. I’m sure most of us clearly can relate to Paul’s words:

“For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.” (Rom 7:19)

I myself have struggled with this for a long time. But as the title of this blog post suggests, a simple tip from Jesus Christ himself in his amazing Sermon on the Mount has been a game-changer for me.

And it might not be what you expect:

If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell. (Matthew 5:29-30)

Jesus gives this advice as he teaches on fighting sexual temptation. I took this to heart and now I look like this:

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