Overcoming lust
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- After reflecting on this video some time after I made it, I can honestly say that we must flee lust more so than overcome it. In our own strength we cannot overcome it but by the power of the Spirit we put to death the things of the flesh and walk in triumph over sin so that we can do the good things He has called us to.
Oof, I heavily relate!! 🙏 “darkness loses its power when you bring it into the light” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Amen!!
Your reflection after the original posting to flee instead of overcoming is the key. Our flesh will fail us when trying to battle temptation in our own strength. Opening that door the slightest amount means the flesh already has the upper hand. Flee! Great video, thanks.
@@roadkingrocks5067 FLEE yes. haha it took me time to learn that. 🙏
Hello! Just wanted to say thank you for speaking this out since I'm still struggling with this and been fighting back. It may be hard but I know I can do it!! ⚔💪
Thank you for sharing ❤️ God is good, surrender it to him and FLEe from any thing lustful.
Hi Sarah
I've found this battle hardest of all
The devil definitely knew this was my weak spot
Being married never even altered it .
Quitting alcohol was 100 times easier for me.
One of the most powerful bondages
The devil ain't stupid, we have to be aware he knows exactly how to keep us from Christ or try to.
This bondage kept me from engaging at my church fully, , because I was always ashamed of it and felt distant from the Lord.
Your right to bring this out in the open.
Thanks Sarah. Amen to your message Sister ❤
For me is relying on Christ. I am going to seek deliverance
I can totally relate. Jesus protect our minds and thoughts
..many spirit realms
...stay in each for as long as it takes.
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...to realize...
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.....whatever it is you have to...
(...realize..)
Absolutely love this! I too go to a deliverance church. I’m working on 9 months since I’ve been delivered from alcohol and drugs. I’ve had very vivid dreams and the lust spirit has been my biggest test. I thought it’d be the drugs and alcohol but this particular spirit attached to me at a very young age. I haven’t been protecting my gates but God showed me this morning to do exactly what you mentioned. Using his word, song or prayer in those moments of weakness. Not a lot of people on my space understand this journey, so it’s refreshing to hear others experiencing similar things. God bless🙏🏾
Thank you for sharing and relating. We are more than conquerors in Christ 💓
I love you my friend in Christ…thank you…..
Sarah, thank you so much for this! I currently am fighting a 48 year battle with porn, I am finally believe being convicted and would like to ask for prayer in this battle, Your story is inspiring and I am gonna trust in Him and win this victory. I am thankful God directed me to your channel.
I am just now seeing this my friend - you are in my prayers and the victory over sin has already been won, now actively walk in it and fill your mind and time with good things
@@sarahspeaksup thank you. I am working on that a lot nowadays. With help and prayers from people such as yourself, that definitely helps. God bless you always, sister Sarah 🙏💞
Well said. Reading and studying the Bible is so important in overcoming sin. Some people may also need deliverance.
@@warwickpayne3338 true! Follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.
Thanks Sarah I needed to hear these words this morning it was very helpful God bless 🙏❤
Thank you so much! I really love your videos you’re encouraging!
So I’m 36 and It took me 26 years to get the damned demonic spirit out of me! Many many attempts with failures but the on going fighting and a spirit of NEVER GIVE UP ON GOD I grew and still growing to becoming a WARRIOR OF GODS KINGDOM.
so i've walked and felt this lust and tried to pray out of that feeling saying Lord you are Lord over this area of my heart.. it helped. glory to God
It is so hard my friend but God is truly greater than our struggles His power will rest on you if you truly repent of this and get rid of anything that might open the door. highly recommend fasting even if a short one, it helps with flesh cravings.
I watched this knowing what I would hear and I was not wrong, yet I still cannot kick it off. In fact it has got to the point where I don't even feel that shameful. I'm broken. But I give it another try in hopes that I'll overcome this time.
God bless you, Sarah in Jesus' Name Amen ✝️
🔥 beautiful testimony; we Love your Words; keep sharing the Light with Love;🔥
hugs
I just wanted to share this with you because I feel you deserve to know. I watched your video today because it was placed in front of me, and I couldn't ignore it. We have so much in common. In one of your previous videos, I commented, "I keep going back to the same sin," which is the one sin I truly struggle with.
A few weeks ago, I had a vivid and terrifying dream where a demon was screaming in my face. When I woke up, I could still see it with my eyes open, even while my wife was peacefully asleep next to me. I immediately began praying and rebuking the demon. Then an angel appeared, drew his sword, and confronted the demon. The demon couldn't get past the angel and eventually left me.
Despite this powerful experience, a few days later, I found myself falling back into the same sin. It's been a spiritual battle, and I just felt compelled to share this with you.
@@therookiefisherman5234 wow 🤯 I believe you and know the feeling… I’m happy you landed on this channel bc i feel broken for my brothers and sisters who are struggling with ongoing sin.. I was there and God freed me so I must tell others .. you WILL be free bc that is what Christ died for.. sin has no power. God bless
I'm really glad I came across your channel this morning. The video that brought me in is your more recent one regarding relapse. Just wanted you to know that God is working through you. I appreciate your honesty and candor.
To God be the glory ❤
Powerful message.
God bless you and your ministry my sister.
Thank you for speaking openly about such things.
So true! The struggles are real, but so is our God🙌
I'm wrestling against it 😔
Call on Him !
I relate to what you ate saying very much. You make it feel very real, and it is. I like your truth and honestly. I pray after devotions in the morning. I pray for people at church through our prayer chain. Plus, I have been reading the read the Bible for one year. I have found there are many different ways that different Christian organizations do the read the Bible in one year. Amen ❤❤❤
Hey Sarah! Always happy to see you post :)
Thanks for this message. It was blessing to me, thank you for being so vulnerable. God bless you!
Really appreciate your realness and vulnerability. Keep on keeping on! 👍
I struggled with this same exact thing and exactly one year ago God intervened. I felt the presence of God bringing the lust demon to my full awareness. Part of the reason why I wasn't seeing it was because I was not aware. God brought the awareness to me and within a day I went through a whole spectrum of realizations that opened my eyes in ways I had never experienced before. And I am so very grateful for God that helped me see with clarity where I was losing my personal power. I was giving my power away to that lust demon. And the clarity of things shocked me. I couldn't believe how unaware I was for so long. I was so so shocked by all this. But now I have the awareness and it was women up other awarenesses of myself that have nothing to do with lust but other things. And I'm so thankful. I'm so thankful to Jesus. I am just so grateful. I feel this awareness saved my life ❤
Praise God. Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world! Thanks for sharing
Thank you sis! God bless you
Thank you so much Sarah for bringing up how to overcome lust! I just came across your u tube site a couple of days ago! I work 2 jobs, and in the evening I listen to you while doing my janitorial work! I feel like your my mentor! I feel like God wants me to fast next weekend! I believe God will deliver me from porn! Jesus told his decipeles the only way to bring deliverance sometimes only is by prayer and fasting! I am praying for you! Please keep me in your prayers! Thanks!
I totally agree with you that prayer and fasting nips things at the root. Gets us back in line. And it’s not to say that we must do some thing to earn God’s forgiveness and grace because we know that is always there, but the flesh is very strong and we need to take action. Thank you Dave!
Thank you for sharing this. I've struggled with lust for years as a coping mechanism because of so much trauma, tragedy, losses, heartbreaks and heartaches that ive endured but I hate myself for it. I haven't had sex in 5 years but struggle with other forms of lust. Your awesome for being so open about your struggle. I know that can't be easy or comfortable. It's inspiring to listen to you. I want to say and I don't mean this as a bad thing but you have those eyes that if I just saw you without knowing your story I would still probably think that your a girl who struggles with lust just by your eyes... I don't know why your eyes give me that impression they just do.. But keep up the good work. I only recently discovered you on youtube but have enjoyed your content that I have seen thus far.
thank you for being vulnerable in sharing your struggles.. I know God can work healing in your life because He has absolutely done it for me. Thank you for your kind words. This video was almost 2 years ago - and there was major suffering I had to endure for this to finally break off of me. I am glad you are on this channel
@sarahspeaksup 😇
That's why I pray that us Christians will start dressing modestly to help eachother out in love , and that's more than just covering skin , that's also covering our curves and shapes with loose clothing
OR maybe just maybe take your lustful thoughts captive as the Bible instructs instead of saying "she was asking for it"
@graybushlive3583 being a true born again Christian comes with a cost, brothers and sisters need to help eachother, read your Bible and give up those video games
Finally! A beautiful woman that is help fight against lust instead of being helping to feed lust like the majority of the females on UA-cam. Thank you Sarah. God bless. We are all on the same boat to the same place. Might as well help each other because it's gonna be a long ride. 😏👍🙏✝️ God is good!
Putting her light on a lampstand for all to see. A great testimony. May God keep her until the end. We tend to slip so we shouldn't be on our own and God is close to those who draw near to Him. Greetings from Bulgaria.
And a question for Sarah. I watched your testimony on another channel (called Touching the Afterlife, I believe). You came to Christ in your late teens and then got married to a Christian man, but he fell away from the faith and you followed him. What were you lacking then so you succumbed? Looking back now. I know women more often seduce men than vice versa, but hey, we men have such a responsibility. And always our choices and shortcomings have consequences and impact those around us.
Just to add that bouts our lust and pornography have plagued me periodically since my youth. I believe it is demonic and it takes so no e determination and bringing it into the light of Christ to see it for what it is. I really did have some lows that made me tremble at how far I had gone, and the enemy is good at leading us to do something horrible with the ensuing shame and alienation. But I also realize that if there's no shame and sensitivity, then we've really drifted.
Now I can't say I'm completely free all the time, but I am seeing that freedom will require a wholehearted devotion and submission on my part, without giving the enemy a foothold. I used to live in the USA years ago, if you wonder. Now I'm 41.
Beautiful story. Stay blessed sister.
Thanks so much for your Honesty about this! As a guy who has struggled with lust. It’s so hard to get over constant thoughts of lust and sex. I pray that God takes this away once and for all! Thanks so much for your encouraging words of truth!
you are very welcome. It is part of the human existence but we are conquerors over sin through Christ and He is faithful to deliver us from this but we need to be proactive and rebuke the thoughts that come in. We can train our mind to focus differently.
Finally, someone legit to listen to among all the false prophets. I had the same experience with the dreams but it was my drug use I needed deliverance from. I have since quit meth, coke, percoset, alcohol, cannabis and cigarettes. I went cold turkey with all of it and had no problem at all because I finally wanted to stop for real and therefore, was ready. I did also give up masturbating too as I have been alone for almost 10 years and have barely even seen any women. I'm not happy and I'm actually extremely sad and lonely but I was sad and lonely before I quit too. I didn't expect that to change.
@@CriticalThinker70 thank you for sharing that testimony 🙏 do you ever read the psalms? It has helped me in times of sadness and loneliness ❤️🩹
Thank you for your message, Sarah...you have helped me. God Bless you, all who are part of your channel and all who watched this video. Please Pray for my mom to be healed from her illness, and to come home if it is His Will. 😌🙏God Bless you all!
@@dennisbaker4206 yes thank you 🙏 prayers
I kinda struggle a lil with looking at women still, but I've been better about it by God's grace. However, you spoke about staying close to God by reading His Word, listening to worship music and such. Because if we don't intentionally do that, we may slip up. Which is what the enemy wants. I was hit by those words because lately, and please don't laugh, I've been watching a lot of big foot stories. It's one of the things I've looked at cuz I've had this desire to know if it actually exists, lol. Anyhow, I've been letting that get in the way of me reading and listening to worship music. So... it's time for me to get back to listening and watching things that are better for my mind and spirit. I'm sure Jesus will love that. He loves me regardless, but I'm pretty sure that He'd rather me be drawing near to Him. Anyhow, thank you. Have a blessed day.
Thank you for sharing .. we can get distracted by the most random things lol. I hear you. Keep fighting the good fight, we are at spiritual war. The enemy tried attacking me again after I made this video.
nothing wrong with looking at a woman!
I can relate. Thank you for being real. I pray that you continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ!
God is faithful to the cries of His children!
Amen
Interesting topic and discussion
This is so emotional, God is greater than that spirit of lust, I can see you are delivered in your eyes. Amen. Keep praying and cut out TV and read the word play lots of worship music. Stay close to the kingdom of God intentionally
Amen thank you
Isn't it amazing how much the eyes reveal!
Thank you Sarah for sharing. Hi my name is David. I've only listened to a couple of your videos and you really help me see and understand about the spirit of lust I myself struggle with it as well as my significant other her name is Rachel keep us in your prayers. It is a spiritual battle and I know through Christ anything's possible so I just want to say thank you for sharing You're really open my eyes God is working. God bless you again thank you for sharing
@@boostfan123 beautiful thank you for telling me 🙏🙏🙏
Btw you’re a beautiful woman, keep at it, don’t quit the fight! 💪🏼
Thank you
I have experienced the same and can relate to it. I am still trying to find a way out of my failures. Thank you Sarah for your video.
I am going to lift you up in prayer brother today. I know what it feels like, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We must seek the Lord morning and night.❤
@sarahspeaksup Thank you. I wish I could tell my story someday.
5:42 God only comes in weakness S. When we are weak, we are powerful by God.(2Cor.12:10).
I struggle with this too.
Listening to David Diga Hernandez ministry has also helped me realise that the 'flesh" does grow weaker. It is a process. Sometimes I think if I didn't sin I would be so proud.
@@EamonnS I listen to him all the time !! I agree with you, we need to strengthen the spirit. And sin definitely humbles us lol - God bless Sister 💓
The transparency in this video is amazing, kudos!!
Thanks for taking about uncomfortable things! ❤
You are heroic.
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
@@sarahspeaksup Amen.
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What a great message for many who just need to hear this message. Many of us have gone through very similar spirits we had to lay down and stomp on....
Yes I didn't realize how much of a struggle this would be - nothing stirs up the flesh more than lust and sexual desire. Apart from Christ it was never an issue of course but being led by the Spirit , I can no longer do whatever my flesh wants and I must submit to HIM daily!
You have the wisdom and knowledge and amazing gift to get what is needed across to the believers and those who will hear. So today you get a platinum star ⭐ in your goode book ❤️❤️🙏🙏
THANK YOU SO MUCH I STILL STRUGGLE BUT HAVE SMALL VICOTRIES BUT NOT TO MANY IN MY CIRCLE CHRIST LIKE TO LEAN ON IT CLOSE REACH
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"But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion." 1 Kor.7:9
I hear you but I’m not ready for marriage and don’t know if thats in the cards for me. Others feel like that too. It is the power of The Holy Spirit that keeps me on the straight and narrow. “My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness” 2Cor12:9 🙏✨
My story is so much like yours. All my life. I had fellow believers pray over me, too. I have been faithful to God and my wife for almost 3 yrs now. But the lust thing never completely goes away. A daily struggle. Is this the same you continue to deal with on a daily basis?
Thank you brother for sharing.. My lust problem went from a 9 to a 1. I was actually planning/praying about a video talking about my deliverance from lust and how that happened over time... I don't know if it is different for men but I do know men who experience freedom from it when they starve it and are fervent about renewing our mind to the word, having patience for ourselves simultaneously... There is so much to be said on the topic which is why I do want to make an updated perspective.. Stay tuned for that. I pray the Lord strengthens you to the point that is no longer a daily struggle
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains and fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
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Michael Angelo's
Not love but lawless impulse that is desire,that slays the soul.Nay, things that suffer death, quench not the fire of the deathless Spirit.
Michel Angelo.
Great video… I’d like to hear about your dreams u had ✝️❤️
Basically was performing sexual acts with people but it was different than a usual sex dream, it was way more life like which made me think maybe it was a demon in disguise. Either way, three of those in a row I knew something was up on a spiritual level.
Oh wow!!! Most definitely love your worship songs 💯 keep your light lit 🔥 in Jesus name 😁
@@soldiers4god353 thank you Brother
Hell yeah! Jesus🦍
I’ve been there!!!
I was exposed to something when I was like 4 and have struggled for decades since.
@@blueboy2935 God can heal that.. bring it to Him. He is fully able.
I thought my alcoholism was my biggest demon 😈 it’s definitely lust - I can relate to the dreams too. It happens to a lot of addicts becoming Sober - This is why I started about a year ago- when I wake up the first thing I do is bend the knee in prayer 🙏 then I make my coffee and 30 minutes of scripture reading and meditation- start your day armoring yourself with the sword 🗡️ Jesus promised. Matthew 10: 34-36 my sobriety and spiritual awakening really took off - still seeking never stopping or changing course again. Worship music hours of the day - I barely listen to secular music anymore. If I do clean zero profanity music 🎼 and no song’s singing of alcohol. Carve out time for the King of kings who died for you.
We do have the desire to procreate and that can be mistaken for lust or turned into lust if not checked in the spirit. Having the knowledge of the Crown 👑 of Incorruptibility that the Holy Spirit helps us resist temptations. Knowing you may receive this Crown helps you say to Satan you will not steal my Crowns for being a good steward of Jesus. Helping you hold fast in the spirit. To give you the power to be a overcomer. Helping you to be able to become one in your relationship to get married and become one in your marriage. Ephesians 5:31-32. Which is one of the Twelve Kingdom Mysteries of God written in 27 verses. To reveal God’s good and perfect, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Stay Awesome my fellow bond servant’s in Christ Jesus.
Lust is indeed a spirit.
@@mistydoty5706 one of the biggest strong holds ! Didn’t Paul say no other sin so seriously affects the body?!
Hi Sarah, thanks for this, Amen to all you shared with us. This brings up another questions, now that one is able to overcome his/her lust in terms of sex in this case, how does one approaches masturbation? Some doctors say that for men's health they should ejaculate regularly for prostate's health mainly (especially over age 40, 50). Can you share your thoughts on that? I feel masturbating is a sin a well, especially if one starts thinking lustfully or watch porn and so on. Many thanks in advance. God bless!
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Sometimes I feel splendid, and I fall. Maybe i don't want to be splendid, I'm not sure. Taking my supplements, prayer, bible reading helps.
@@jonasbauer3942 I hear you. Keep sewing into the things of the spirit my friend 🫶 His grace is sufficient
The spirit of lust is such a sneaky demonic and tricky one. But through the King of Kings you can become a much more powerful force against it.
“Open your mouth wide and I will fill it” - Psalm 81:10; Hi Sister, I think ultimately our Lord loves intimacy, have you ever seen the sculpture of St. Teresa of Avila in ecstasy! The main thing is that we orient our passions in the right direction! If we do so, we can receive the Fullness of joy! 👍
I am coming to understand this! It’s very easy to be polarized and demonize things. What God created is beautiful it’s the enemy who tries to pervert it.
Lust becomes lust when you cannot differentiate it from true or genuine love... That's my opinion I respect your opinion to
Thanks for sharing. I can agree with that. I definitely think that it can be a demonically oppressive force in someone’s life as well even if they have no relationships to make that differentiation.
September what?! Just wondering? Haha my birthday is September 21st
@@Eliaspaguada7 I don’t remember what I said in this video but my birthday is March 5 🤗
@sarahspeaksup oh whoops 😬 haha my bad. Hope your having a great day today. Love the Boston accent that slips out every once in a while aha 😂
How is your walk with lust currently? A year later?
Great question thank you for asking! I just did a video on how God completely delivered me from it and shared three huge things I had to realize in order for this to be put to death. It doesn't mean I am invincible, I am just more reliant on God than ever and seek Him every morning and night. So praise God He has replaced my old self desires with His desires.
Is there a way to reach out to you? I’d love for you to pray for me! And I just watched! Great stuff!! So good!
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Sarah that's confession is absolutely beautiful explanation on self sin in God's sight needed conference and do it no more come and call upon the lord to vanish all thus sin ,get in touch with God in everyday of your life read bible feeding your spirit pray always for help thus what God's need ,for life on earthly doing is not perfect at all to all human races days to come and be honest to your self be kind to God asking your rite needs for he can surely ans you thus God said if you ask and seek thus all be given ,m forgiven from life like yours and l conface ,infrot of the crowded ,wow what abuden't that my tears wash my checks l completely kneel on my knees ,ldid what's wrong no more ,because l was thinking in after life ,l spend most of my times praying removing waste thoughts from my min everyday there's lots more that we can satisfied God while we live.
Sarah truly I went to drink tea ,please can you start from first ? I did not listen
Nothing wrong with a high sex drive per-se. (It can be useful when married). Beyond what is normal for you is not good, and your desire for multiple partners, for illicit sex - that can be dangerous if you are thinking about acting on it. That is what King David did when he saw Bathsheba across the rooftops - he desired to possess another man's wife - serious sin.
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I know who 😂
Just ruba dub dub without porn. Each person is pure for themself. If thinking the Bible has an issue Read Galatians 1-4 to understand the "Flesh of the Law". And learn about Abstract Language.
Just make sure your thoughts are consistent with your worldview
Going to a sex Heaven to glorify God in thought for example would be better than doing harmful and sinful acts in your fantasy
The content of your fantasies matter
2 Corinthians 10:5
Matthew 22:37-39
@@EricLovesCHRIST There is a lesson in knowing exactly how Faith overwrites the Knowledge of Good and Evil. First it gives the accurate definition for Faith. Then the mind builds from the teachings in the correct perspective.
You say you had lust when you were a little, little girl? Come on. That’s nonsense.
@@henryaiksaylaintay227 I have heard the same thing from many people. It’s not nonsense, it is a reality. Certain things that I was exposed..
Nonsense to you but not to me.She speaks the truth.
Anyone who condemns 'pleasures of the flesh' and eats animal flesh is a hypocrite! Anyone who condemns the very process that GAVE them life is also a hypocrite! And anyone who doesn't condemn all religions that promote GUILT and ambivalence by stating that the experiencing of sensual pleasure is the work of the devil (apart from the sexual abuse of choirboys, that is) is also a hypocrite!
Cripes! There must be a hell of a lot of hypocrites out there, lol!
I’m trying to abstain from all sexuality to grow closer to God because all in all, His way is greater that our way and I gain *more* pleasure than sexuality would give me when I am walking with God. You gotta experience it to know it Robin Hood! sending you 💓💓💓
God is the one condemning the pleasures of the flesh outside of marriage !!!!
He doesn’t like it very much!!!
In our world view, God is very wise and smart and Holy
He has earned our obedience via oxygen for example
Wow. talk about confusion and bible illiteracy. People with the least knowledge often have the most to say.
@@user-or9cj3vk6t And people with the most knowledge know well to keep it to themselves. And this applies both to the 'bad guys' who keep the truth hidden in order to safeguard their own vested interests and also the 'good guys' who know that by shouting it from the rooftops might cause them to fall from those very rooftops.
Sarah, I believe that we can be together. I am saved and purchased by the blood of Jesus. I want to have children that know Jesus. I want you Sarah.