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Jessica Harris is the founder of Beggar’s Daughter, a ministry dedicated to walking with women who have an addiction to pornography. Telling her own story of porn addiction and struggle with lust, Jessica seeks to help other women find hope, healing, and grace. Jessica enjoys traveling and speaking on the topic of female lust addiction and how churches can minister to women who struggle. She resides just outside of Washington DC where she works as a teacher and serves on the Biblical counseling team in her church. She is the author of Love Done Right: Devos—A Journey From Lust into the Love of God.

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Pornography Damaged My View of Sex: Jessica Harris’ Story

“You need to stop viewing your past with pornography as addiction and sin and start viewing it as trauma and abuse.” I sat in a chair across from my counselor, weeks away from my wedding,…

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Talking to Your Daughter About Sex and Porn: A Stage-by-Stage Guide

When it comes to discussing sex and pornography, how soon is too soon? It’s a question many parents ask. They don’t want to overexpose their children or be guilty of stirring up temptation in their…

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5 Ways to Serve the Sexually Broken

When someone mentions missions, there are usually a few thoughts that come to mind: Perhaps that is a shallow misrepresentation of how some people view missions. For many, though, it is a sad reality. Missions…

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The Sexually Broken: Our New Mission Field

At the time of this publishing, I am on a trip to the Philippines. It has been my dream for nearly a decade to some day serve in Asia. When I began my website in 2009,…

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3 Clicks Away: How Porn Is Finding Your Kids

Many people are not aware of how readily available pornography is. There is a common misconception that, in order for porn to find you, you have to be looking for it. If pornography shows up…

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4 Words for Sexual Purity for 2014

“This year will be the year.” How many times have you uttered that as you woke up on January 1? How often can you say it actually was the year? You are likely inundated with…

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5 Signs Your Son or Daughter Might Be Struggling With Porn

Hindsight is always 20/20. In so many areas of life, when we look back on things that have happened we ask, “Why didn’t I see the signs? I should have seen this coming.” In a…

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What Are You Really Getting Done Online? 5 Ways to Manage Time Online

Recently, I have seen a lot of chatter about how to exercise self-control with online activities. Of course, these conversation are happening online, and of course, there’s an app for that. The problem with advances…

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3 Critical Things Your Daughter Needs to Be Sexually Pure

“I am sixteen and I’ve struggled with lust for a very long time. Tonight, I was going to sext a boy I don’t even know.” When I read that line from a recent e-mail to…