But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. - Ephesians 5:3
Covenant Eyes has been a life-saver for many men and women who are tempted to look at porn on their computer.
It’s a tool that not only offers a filter (so that certain content is inaccessible), but accountability. When you sign-up for an account your internet activity is logged, and the details sent to one or more accountability partners.
It’s also a very useful tool for parents who want to keep their children safe from unsuitable content. If you’re a parent, I strongly recommend you sign-up for Covenant Eyes today, especially when 90% of boys and 60% of girls will have been exposed to internet pornography by age 18. I’d also suggest checking out this list of resources for keeping your kids safe online.
But back to Covenant Eyes - watch this video to see how it works:
While Covenant Eyes has been a great help to men and women as they access the internet on their computers, the battle for purity has moved off the computer, and onto phones, where the internet makes porn almost as accessible as it is on a personal computer.
The good news is that Covenant Eyes has developed an app for the iPhone (as well as the iPod Touch, and the iPad). While some people might ask about Blackberrys and Android phones (and there’s a need here too), the reality is that the iPhone is the dominant phone in Australia. 60% of phone are now smartphones, and 36.5% of these are iPhones.
How does it work?
Covenant Eyes has developed an app, that is very similar to Safari - the app used to browse the internet on an iPhone. To get started, follow these four steps:
- Sign-up for a Covenant Eyes account.
- Download the Covenant Eyes iPhone app.
- Click on the app, and sign-in with your Covenant Eyes username and password.
- Disable Safari and YouTube, and ask your accountability partner to use a password to prevent you from accessing these apps. This means that if you access internet on your phone, the only way to do it will be via Covenant Eyes, and therefore all your activity will be tracked, and sent to your accountability partner. Read more here.
Got questions? View the iPhone User Guide.
Got a friend or a spouse who can access the internet on their phone? Ask them how they’re going with online purity - it’s a bigger problem than most people think. The Covenant Eyes blog has some great resources on the problem of porn.
Disclosure: I am a part of the Covenant Eyes affiliate program. What does this mean? I get a 15% commission on all sign-ups from people who click-through to Covenant Eyes from the links in this post. Is this a get-rich-quick scheme? Hardly! So why am I a part of the program? Because I believe in the product. So why don’t I just promote it without being an affiliate? Being an affiliate helps me to promote a product I believe in and use, while also helping to cover the costs of running Communicate Jesus.
