I am addiction free and I have one piece of advice. You need to have a desire that is immovable. Dont listen to all these "mind tricks" because if you have to resort to tricks, you dont have a pure desire to change. For the first weeks where I had urges, I said "I am willing to die to live a virtous life." No matter the intensity of the urge I always said "If this kills me but it means I can live a clean life, so be it." When you are willing to DIE for a noble cause, your spirit kicks into a different level. God requires a broken heart and contrite spirit.
The broken heart and contrite spirit result from the Holy Spirit, not self-effort. While effort is essential, the very desire for deliverance is a gift from the Lord Jesus Christ. We cannot even desire correctly without Jesus!
aye baller I am in the same area as you brother! I have been struggling with this as well. One thing that has been helping me is setting goals in the name of Christ! Set it for one week, and then two and just continue on. Journaling in your phone or on paper helps as well. Write a journal entry every night before bed declaring your victory for Jesus on that day! Good luck to you brother and God Bless! Praying for you! Please pray for me! 🙏🏻😃 Much love to you❤️
Please see this post with information that will help you overcome (Revelation 2:7): Freedom From Sin yestothetruth.blogspot.com/2019/08/freedom-from-sin.html Peace to you! EOM
@aye baller Stick closer to God-when those lusts visions, thoughts and fellings attacking you, immediately turn your face to Jesus. You cannot overcome it by yourself but Jesus can. Today was really hard for me - i thought i will crash in pornography and masturbation - it was overwhelming, but immediately i started to read Bible and God take those lusts visions, thoughts and fellings from me. Draw near to Jesus and He will be your refuge and your strenght. Blessing!
tomze I praying for you my friend. There is victory on the other side of your battle . Please take time to share with a trusted leader in your church about your struggles as they too may be struggling. Gods wanting people with courage to stand up and know it’s a time for us as brothers to lovingly come together and walk each other on to victory. God bless you my friend. I help facilitate a course in our church here in Australia The helps guys break free from porn addiction. Continue your journey brother. Don’t give up. God see your heart.
I overcame pornography through Jesus, I kept praying and reading the word. Temptations are still there but I find it easier to flee from ❤️ 2 weeks ago I remember the temptation was so strong but then I switched to my Bible app then read a few verses and then prayed for the temptation to go away. Do not compromise, do not treat it as a little sin or it's okay, it'll seep in slowly if you do not act fiercely over that sin.
Praise God. The power of reading scripture is real. Sharper than any double edged sword, dividing even soul and spirit, bone and marrow. Cutting to the heart of me and you. Let us keep reading.
Tysm for this lately I keep telling myself to just stop. I started off well but I broke my streak lately and now I feel guilty and shredded with Disgust. I always bargain with myself saying “ehh it’s just temptation just don’t go in bed or whatever don’t look at your phone” I didn’t exactly turn to God for help. So I rlly appreciate this advice
So much truth. I watched porn several times a day from 12 to the age of 34. Did not exercise self control. I lost relationships, financial opportunities, nearly got arrested and expelled from university. Still didn't realize I had a problem. But the moment my wife left me, and I thought I would lose her if I kept watching, I refrained for over a month and my viewership cut by 90%. Since getting to know Christ, it's down by 99%, with the occasional lapse in judgment. It only happens when I fall for the enemy's lies. As I continue to increase my love, faith, and willpower in Jesus, I know he will completely deliver me from it.
I have a similar story brother. This month marks 1 year free of pornography in my life since a kid after walking with Christ Jesus..stay strong, stay determined, stay committed...stay faithful.
that had nothing to do with you watching porn it had everything to do with you not living an honest life. God gave you genitals and we only come into this world because of lust. Jesus did not come to save your flesh and you gritting your teeth and stopping for a while till you succumb and then the cycle starting all over again is never going to impress God and just means that you are still lying to yourself . God cares less about you jerking off or what you jerk off to what he does care about is you lying about it to yourself and others. piper is a liar and he teaches a lie and when he had any libido decades ago he jerked off and lied about it too. Why young people with God given raging hormones listen to dried up evil liars like piper is a mystery to me to this day. Stop playing the victim and live and honest life in everything no matter how small.
I’m 26 years old and I got liberated not to long ago. I know how hard it is to stop. The “I’m not going to do it anymore” then falling back into old ways and then crying over the shame and guilt. What I started doing is the moment a thought pops in my head, or I look at a woman the wrong way, or a picture pops up on my phone, I ask God to renew my mind in the name of Jesus. The stronger the urge the louder and more times a repeat it. No joke this has helped me. Romans 12.2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Im praying blessings over you warriors. Don’t give up the good fight.
@@night4837 I was and am in the same boat as you. my advice is dont make promises you cant keep, God knows your heart and by saying things like "if i do it again this will happen" will just make you feel 10x worse if you relapse and break you even more. keep praying, reading the word and speak out if you need to, weve got this bro im praying for you.
Why are Christians addicted? How to overcome addiction? For more details, please watch the sermon of the Light of Wisdom Church, welcome everyone to study and discuss together. Video “Happiness Increases Greed, and Greed Increases Suffering ｜The Essence of Happiness & True Freedom 03” If you think it makes sense, we must not only believe it ourselves, but also spread it to more people. Evangelism is not only the job of pastors, but also the responsibility of every believer. This is also the aspect that the Lord values most when ascending to the kingdom of heaven.
_This kind (of demons) only go away through _*_FASTING_*_ and _*_PRAYER_* For yearsss I tried to overcome porn under my own strength and failed. I followed a bunch of secular advice..and failed. Relapsed hundreds of times..if not thousands. It was ONLY through a couple days of intentional *FASTING* and *PRAYING* that I received my deliverance. God had to root out the hunger I had for the sinful lusts and desires. I am praying deeply for those who TRULY want deliverance from these strongholds 🙏🏿🙌🏿
Boimah Sambola Fasting is the way, remember Jesus was in the desert preparing himself! You’re lying to yourself if you haven’t had trouble with addiction, not just pornography. Try to fast for one day, you won’t!
Hello, @@putdislikehere8760, I did a water fast..4 whole days. (Some people go longer, some do less, for a beginner I would recommend one day. Be mindful of any health issues that may interfere). No food whatsoever, just water whenever I felt hungry or thirsty, an occasional pinch of salt to balance sodium (electrolytes), and a daily multivitamin.. It feels like you're about to die (but you're not lol). Your body will go into ketosis (battery saver mode) and burn fat for energy (best way to lose fat). The point of it is not starving yourself, but to say _"Lord, I need you. I desire your Word more than I desire to satisfy my body's cravings. Strengthen me; Deliver me"_ In these moments of denying our flesh and opening our hearts to God through *Prayer and Thanksgiving* , He speaks to us. He delivers us. Praying for you, The victory is already won! 🙏🏿🙌🏿
I've been struggling for porn for over 13 years and I'm 25 years old, can more than one person call out to God along with me? I need this desire to perish daily and that I may see his strength and my weakness
I have been struggling with this for more than 8 years and the constant thoughts of past films and desires return more often. God's giving me victory and all I need is to depend on him and discipline myself. I will pray for us.it's a fight and God will give us victory
@@SHARPEYE1 Although this may prove to be beneficial to one's walk, I don't think the center of our trust should be in porn blocks. We have to learn to trust God to deliver us from this, this has to become our primary source of defense against pornography. Come before Him relying not on my own strength and wits, but acknowledging my weakness and asking his strength.
God delivered me from the gay lifestyle, porn, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes 10 years ago. I still have temptation with lust here and there but I rely on the Lord for strength to say no. We can’t do it without Him. I wouldn’t want to.
Amen bro! I got delivered of the same stuff. It’s by His strength. We must take everything captive in obedience to Christ. The enemy lies, steals, kills and destroys. But we have life and life abundantly!
One thing that helped me in my worst moments struggling with lust was that I used to say to myself that "I'm not going to hell because of porn/sex...I'm not going to miss being with God because of this" I want to see and be with God one day, and I'm not going to exchange that for 70 years of sexual gratification - even with the most attractive women. It is just not worth it
We are saved by grace, and that's important to remember. You're right, you will not go to hell because of lust or porn, no matter how many times you fail in those areas. Because your own ability to refrain from sin is not what guarantees your salvation. It's the work of Jesus that was finished on the cross. Do good and right by God because you love Him and want to please Him, not because you are worried about trying to earn your salvation.
@@CassTeaElle Yeah. I know the gospel. I know that we are saved by God's grace and not as a result of our works. Thank you for your comment anyway. I don't want to discuss theology so I am just going to say this - I'm sure everyone understands my point. I think you guys get what I'm trying to say in the comment. Including you.
Pornography is Satan's favorite attack on men because it's the most successful. We must understand though that the devil only tempts us with our own desires. It's in us. We have to love God more than our sin and choose Him instead when we're tempted. We can have victory as it is written, "Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." James 4:7 NKJV Suit up, put your armor on and with sword and shield in hand, fight the good fight of faith my brothers.
Brother today sathan tempt me in my friends What's up group porn vidio.. But word of God teach me in right time I was escaped... 1Corinthians 6:18, NIV: "Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body
Watching this video 2years after gives me goosebumps. Truth be told I was broke and used pornography and masturbation as a means of getting away. The moment I got busy and had something doing my priorities changed. 2 years ago when I first came across this video, I was on the verge of being homeless, broke and dealing with insecurities. I could barely stay outside my room for long. Thank God for change and the man I am today. I own multiple houses, debt free and I live my best life without letting my insecurities control me. Never give up in life
You're right friend. We're all not born with the Silver spoon, but we have to craft ours. My divorce almost ended my life. I had almost nothing to fall back to..I found out the hard way, savings are overrated. Thank God for a stroke of luck and cryptocurrencies.
As someone who has gone through ups and downs I am happy for you...Everything is subject to time and chance. Money comes and goes. Rockerfellers are no longer worth as they used to. If you don't find a means of multiplying your money time, chance and inflation will happen to it.
I got lucky when a Bostonian friend introduced me to an expert who helped me trade. He also advised me to buy Meta token. This was before the Metaverse thing. By the end of the month my token had done 7000 percent.
The turning point for me after 20 years of porn and sexual fantasy addiction. I was talking with an older Christian friend who told me that after he was addicted for many years, and feeling like no amount of prayer would heal him, one morning he woke up and he said he knew that his addiction was cured, and he never feel again. After that testimony, I felt faith like I never felt before. That day I prayed to Jesus like I had so many times before, asking him to take my addiction to hell and to free me of this bond. The difference this time, I really believed that he could do it, I really believed I could surrender to him. I am 3 weeks clean at the time of writing this and have never had so much self control in my life. I still get temptation all the time but now I feel I have the strength in my Messiah to resist, and it definitely feels like the strength of another power, not my power, the healing power of Jesus. I feel like the woman who knew if she could just touch Jesus' cloak, she would be healed of her internal bleeding. Jesus said, "your faith has healed you". Have faith my brothers and sisters, faith in the One Saviour will heal a multitude of sins.
1 Corinthians 7 Paul states that he wished every Christian had the gift of sexual purity, but admits few do, so he advices those that do not to marry. Christ in Matthew 12:11 states the gift is given to few. If God healed you, great, but most of us will not get healing because Christ did not promise and on the contrary he said the opposite. So I would think people need to chill over this, the blood of Christ was shed for this sin, and that is sufficient for those of us that cannot stop watching porn.
@@henrka Sexual purity and heart purity in general are essential for anyone hoping to see God (Matthew 5:8). That has nothing to do with remaining unmarried like Paul. You said, "most of us will not get healing because Christ did not promise and on the contrary he said the opposite." That was false. Deliverance from sin to live for God will never happen on the basis of denial and lies.
@@yestothetruth no disrespect to you but you sound like either a legalist or one of those Roman Catholics or Wesleyans that believe grace is infused. and not imputed. In heaven there will be prostitutes, lesbians, porn addicts, adulterers, and all sorts of people that have no sexual purity of their own but have the righteousness of Jesus Christ which includes Christ’s sexual purity (not mine). My salvation depends on Christ’s obedience, not on my obedience. Nobody, not one single man goes to heaven because he is sexually pure but because Christ was sexually pure. it is Christ that kept the commandments for us, we do not keep the commandments, Christ has done it for us and has abolished the law by fulfilling it (Ephesians 2:15). I am under grace and not under the law, there is no condemnation for me when I watch pornography, period. God has issued his non-guilty verdict at Calvary which I received by faith and no sin of mine no matter how grievous can undo the non-guilty verdict pronounced 2000 years ago (2 Corinthians 5:19).
@@henrka Excuse-me. In heaven, there will be ex-prostitutes, ex-lesbians, ex-porn addicts, ex-adulterers... I don't need to continue. You have believed a lie and deny the transformation that happens when a believer obeys Jesus and gets saved.
Jesus Christ broke my addiction to pornography and masturbation. it's something that I never thought that I'd be able to give up. I am in awe at the power of Christ.
Why are Christians addicted? How to overcome addiction? For more details, please watch the sermon of the Light of Wisdom Church, welcome everyone to study and discuss together. Video “Happiness Increases Greed, and Greed Increases Suffering ｜The Essence of Happiness & True Freedom 03” If you think it makes sense, we must not only believe it ourselves, but also spread it to more people. Evangelism is not only the job of pastors, but also the responsibility of every believer. This is also the aspect that the Lord values most when ascending to the kingdom of heaven.
I really want to help you, but the victory over sin is only possible, when Jesus is our lord. "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." (Romans 6,14) So that's the first and most important question: Did you ever repent and come to christ as a lost sinner, who needs the lord? Do you know about that specific time in your life, when christ called you into his grace? These things have to be clear first. "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." (Romans 8, 3-4) Please think about these astonishing words once again.
When he said 'dishonors the object', I felt something in my soul pull the dust from my eyes. Women are to be respected both in person (which I always do) and online in the secret of your bedroom and mind. God does something when you hear a word that he has just for you. I have in the past struggled with porn. I justified it because I only watched girls solo, so it's technically not porn -- just nude women. I realized that it's a dishonor to God's creation.
it is, 1 Chorintians 13, Love is not Dishonor. 1 John 4, God is Love and we are His Children. So love is our identity in Christ, and in love there is no dishonor 😇❤️🔥
I have never in my life, heard something as ground breaking as this. This short video has changed my life. A Psychiatrist tried to say I was an addict when I I was in the psych ward, but I knew I wasn't an addict fighting against my corrupt mind, but a sinner rebelling against my Creator
By saying this video has changed your life, do you mean that you have been set free from bondage to sin and are now living a new life in Jesus with purity of heart? Ultimately, that is what the Gospel is about (James 4:8, 1 Timothy 1:5, Matthew 5:8).
Why are Christians addicted? How to overcome addiction? For more details, please watch the sermon of the Light of Wisdom Church, welcome everyone to study and discuss together. Video “Happiness Increases Greed, and Greed Increases Suffering ｜The Essence of Happiness & True Freedom 03” If you think it makes sense, we must not only believe it ourselves, but also spread it to more people. Evangelism is not only the job of pastors, but also the responsibility of every believer. This is also the aspect that the Lord values most when ascending to the kingdom of heaven.
Amen brother! I believed I was a slave to sexual sin and porn for 20 years until I understood Paul in Romans saying I am not longer a slave (we who were baptised to Christ), and the true cost of continued choice of this sin was eternal punishment. I didn't understand that I could be free and that I must be free. It has been almost four years since I have learned this and God has helped me overcome this and I walk in freedom since (almost four years now). Praise God. The stakes are too high to ignore, and the freedom is available to all who are born again of water and spirit. Thank you Lord Jesus Christ! I don't know what would have happened if I died five years ago, but I'm not willing to find out now!
Could you please explain your statement a little more? Really want/need to understand this truth. Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you. God bless.
@@rjhorn1 I hope you get this comment. Please see this post to answer your questions and guide you to that freedom in Jesus: Freedom From Sin yestothetruth.blogspot.com/2019/08/freedom-from-sin.html Peace to you!
@@rjhorn1 First of all, are you born again? Have you repented towards God of your old life of sin and been baptized to Jesus for the washing away of your sins? Have you received the gift of the Holy Spirit who helps you walk in the new life you have been given? Read Acts 2. Romans says if we have died with Christ (baptism) then we are no longer slaves but have been set free, but warns us even though we are now free not to think we are unable to go back to our sins and suffer the eternal consequences. This bred a healthy fear of God and unwillingness to turn from Him and loose it all. There are far too many warnings to the saints about the dangers of continuing to choose sin and being cut off from Christ. I obey Jesus because I love him and I fear him, and he has given me his Holy Spirit to walk in victory. He has done everything and given me everything necessary to walk as He wants. He did not come just to cover sin but to remove it!
My eternal does not depend on whether I watch porn or not, thank God. Your expounding poor theology, if you trust in stopping porn for your salvation instead of the blood of Christ, you my brother have a problem. You are correct that the Christian is no longer a slave to sin as Paul says in Romans 6, but Paul also says in Romans 7 that there is another law in the members of our body and that when we sin it is no longer I that do it but sin that dwells in me. Do not confuse being a slave to righteousness with not having indwelling sin in us that we all have.
I pray for all of us to overcome any kind of sin. ♡ The first action of overcoming lust is acknowledging that it is a sin. One tip to turn away from lust is to be aware of the things you see online. Sometimes even though you don't want to see things that trigger lust, it comes up as ads or retweets on twitter. I honestly stop using twitter due to this reason. Evil can easily slide its way to your attention. Second of all, I am proud that everyone here is being honest with themselves and to the people that saw each comment. Letting other people know about your struggle helps you realize that it is something that will never benefit your life in general. You may not know but they might have similar struggles as you do. And lastly, lust corrupts the soul and it eventually corrupts your mind. I don't like myself whenever I do such sins and I also don't want to be around people who are corrupted by lustful doings and thoughts. We have CONTROL over ourselves through the help of God. Humble yourselves that you can't overcome the struggle of lust without allowing him to help you.
They lust on ads is so crazy . So many times I been strolling innocently on TikTok even UA-cam . And something in the category of nudity pops up . I had to delete TikTok and Snapchat because of the spotlight because it’s so many stumbling blocks on those apps it’s ridiculous.
For those who would like to be part of a Christian group as learning from the video is important but accountability, praying and having Bible study as a family consistently or as an individual and with others with no shame or fear really helps 😊. God wants to help you. The group's link is below: chat.whatsapp.com/DNhfAHZvGBN8AxIKhiQK27
In my life I've found power and victory over lust grows more and more as I grow as a person. For example, when I realized there really is a spiritual battle and that it was satan who convinced me I was a loser, I grew a little, he could no longer oppress me with that lie. Or when God showed me that I have already been set free from sin, I grew a little more because I realized I didn't have to give in to temptation. Or when I stopped believing that God was gonna take away all temptation from my life so that there would never be a temptation ever again - like God was going to totally and instantly transform my heart all at once because I prayed about it- when I stopped believing that lie and realized that there will always be a fight, but a fight i could win with God's strategies, (because my own strategies were not working) I grew some more and the power of lust grew weaker still. It goes on and on like this. Step by step as we grow.
You need allot more than prayer dude! Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
@@junegerber4028 thank you. Once you learn what the porn industry is, how can you allow yourself to get off to the torture and victimization of human beings 😭
Not giving in to sin is a powerful thing. When you get the urges, even if you feel them, it is far more "dignified" to feel yet not let it control you. Feelings come and go. But acts... they are what defines us and our willpower. We sometimes can't control our lust. But we can control whether or not we act on it. If we can keep it in our minds that acting on it is bad for us and will shatter our dignity and honor, and if in those moments we CHOOSE not to crumble under desire (and it IS a choice, no one's forcing you to do it, you make the choice to do it because it feels good) the feelings will pass, and we won't feel guilty (at least I don't, feeling lust vs acting on it is worlds apart in terms of how it makes you feel later on). When you get desires, accept them, let them do what they want in your body, don't act on them, and they will pass. When you sin, you choose to obey them, you WANT to obey them in a way, because it feels good to give in at that moment. Once you realize that it is your choice, you will be set free. It is YOUR choice to seek God. It is YOUR choice not to act on your feelings. There isn't a force in the world that can make you sin, there are only forces that can CHARM you into sinning, and you WILLINGLY fall for it.
Your heart just needs to be in the right place to lose all interest in porn. But you don't just want to be free from interest in porn by whatever means, you want the freedom that comes from a relationship with Jesus.
You need allot more than prayer dude! Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
@riny swanson What you don't understand is that the people profiting from and perpetrating the subjugative environment of porn/sex trafficking are the same people creating the porn you were watching. What you are trying to say is that you don't eat pork but do eat bacon. They have to kill the pig to get your bacon but you don't want to be responsible for the killing of the pig. Do you understand the problem with this argument? The Bible says when you commit one sin you are guilty of all sin. Just repent for all of it because it is all connected. I'm not down on you.... I have my own issues. But I take full responsibility of ALL victims of my sin. You need to do the same.
Saul, please see this post with information that will help you overcome (Revelation 2:7): Freedom From Sin yestothetruth.blogspot.com/2019/08/freedom-from-sin.html Peace to you!
I think John actually makes a good point. If the stakes are high enough, if we are desperate enough, we will trust in God that he can save us from the bondage of sexual lust. The fact is, having struggled with this for most of my life, I don’t always go to God. I don’t always fight. I don’t feel desperate enough to go to God. If I did on a daily basis, I’d beat this thing. I wholeheartedly believe that. Addiction is a spirit, but you can cast it off and break the chains. Believe God is stronger and really internalize that, and you can break those chains and live in freedom
Austin Hendel, I hope you are now living what you preached because it is on point. And God is waiting to have an agreement with you so He can act on your behalf. You can't be double-minded (James 4:8), especially if you understand the two ways you can be walking on (Matthew 7:13-14). We don't have time to be doing the devil's will, brother. We need to be doing God's will and be the light of the world now (Matthew 5:14-16) and then we will enter into eternal life (Matthew 19:17).
There is only one source of genuine self-control. It comes as fruit of the Spirit. It does not come as a result of being frightened momentarily by one incident or the other. The question then is - what is it to walk in the Spirit and exhibit this fruit, as prescribed in the book of Galatians? The answer to this is very clear in the Bible and is the reward to those who diligently seek. God's mighty grace is available for His children to help them navigate the rots of this life, including addictions. Our dear leaders surely do not as yet have the solid answers. Answers we can rely on at all times and in all circumstances. These answers reside in the ENVIRONMENT of the Gospel of Christ.
Remember this brothers ,when we sin, we sin before His Holy eyes , He is there with you in that room. When you are alone think about this and it helps. God bless you all and may He keep you pure!
He's a brilliant man, God bless him. In this case I think he indirectly misdefines addiction as absolute inability to exercise self-control. Part of the destruction in addiction lies in the delusion that one is in complete control, while simultaneously destroying one's life by temporarily yielding, or readily embracing, the object of one's lust--despite knowing the Truth. Granted, a 5-minute clip lacks context, but I see this message offering little encouragement to struggling people. Regardless, hope for deliverance lies In the Lord Jesus Christ through the renewing of the mind by the Word of God.
Well, there it is. I’ve struggled with this sin for years, but the pastor’s argument is solid. I need to put on my big boy pants and say no. Because, in the end, the stakes are very high. I am a recovering alcoholic and I know real addiction. There was a time I’d give up my family for a drink. I know this because I did it. I cannot truthfully say that I’d give up my family at the end of the day for the sake of porn. So, I do have control over it. This revelation is not condemning, it is freeing. I can do something about this terrible perversion of somebody’s daughter or sister or mother or friend. My God is a big God. He can set me free if I am willing. I am willing. I declare, in Jesus name, that I am able.
Please see the videos in my playlist called _"Be Set Free From Sin"_ for help. It is God's grace that will help you overcome sin and live a new life that is pleasing to Him (Titus 2:11-14). But it starts with repentance first, in the way that the Bible teaches it. Peace to you!
I've been struggling with this for as long as I can remember. I've gone some months without falling into sin and I feel like I'm set free and then I fall again seemingly out of nowhere and it's like I'm back to square one again. Please pray for me that I may be truly set free and that my heart would desire the Lord more than any other temptation of the enemy. God bless you brothers, the Lord is able to accomplish in is what we can't do ourselves. Bless you all abundantly
Alex Marinaccio, please see my video titled _"Be Set Free From Sin."_ It's right on my channel's home page. It will link you to a post with information that will help you overcome (Revelation 2:7). Peace to you!
As Piper mentioned at the end, the problem is in what we believe. Many engage in the sin of lust because we do not truly understand the glory and majesty of our Lord. We do not have a reverential fear of Him. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, look to the Lord and be in awe, read scripture and seek His beauty. All things, temptations and false promises of this world, will lose its effect and become worthless.
You need allot more than prayer dude! Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
@@marcellofunhouse1234When you masturbate, it would eventually lead you to addiction. Anything that is taking control over your body is a sin. This body is not a slave to anything in this world but this body is my Lord's house!!!
It's Hard especially when you have endless data that you don't have use for. I found that Prayer really helps and I fasted and prayed until I stopped. it does cross my mind sometimes to just watch a little bit but I also remember that I'm breaking a promise iv made to Myself and God. I feel so at peace knowing that I will never go back there again.
J. J. Con I just prayed for you. But don't forget that there's no unforgivable sin. Jesus' power is greater than anything you have done and you will do. Pray for forgiveness and strength. You can do it with the help of the Lord. Be blessed!
^what Nora said. As far as i know the Lord forgives basically everything, you gotta just gotta accept the forgiveness fam. The only "unpardonable sin" is not wanting to be forgiven, but dont get too thinky on it. It's not like if you say "no thanks" itll be fire and brimstone unto your head, yo. It really wont lol. I mean, the passage in the Bible that speaks about it is p enigmatic by itself but if you see it in the context it makes more sense in my opinion. Jesus was giving the most literal, obvious and sure proof that He was God and still the pharisees were all like "nah that not tru fam". It's like if you were starving, Jesus was there giving you a loaf of bread and you reject it. That'd mean sure death, wouldnt it? Hope you understand what i mean. Well, that's what the Bible meant there imho. Dont ever think that God will abandon you forever, cause He wont! He loves you, fam, dont ever doubt it. Stay strong on this, you'll make it out bro. There is always a way outta it, you just gotta try more and more.
There is an unforgivable sin. It is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 12: 31-32 and Mark 3: 28-29. I believe it still applies today. But don't worry, you can be saved through prayer and fasting if you're battling this hardcore.
Basically the way lust works is on the anxieties/guilt. The more you feel worse due to it, the worse it makes you feel, and the more it makes you crave lust. The only way out is finding freedom in the Lord, His love and His forgiveness.. and that means a big walk on faith. But stay strong, prayers are on your way! God bless, mate!
Anyone who says "no one is addicted to porn" has never been through it. I understand the sentiment and we are in the same boat that we need to live for God. But your message of "if you want it bad enough you will have self control", that premise can apply to any addiction, and surely you don't think there is no such thing as addictions? I think the message is understating this issue. Your "million dollar offer" example is only a temporary resistance. Regardless, as brothers & sisters in Christ, we all want out and to stop the sin.
Please see the videos in my playlist called _"Be Set Free From Sin"_ for help. Take some time to understand well the way you need to approach God. Your obedience to God out of love for God (John 14:15) is the key to your deliverance from any sin that you are bound in (Hebrews 5:9). That is what the grace of God leads you to (Titus 2:11-14). We need to learn from Jesus and follow his example. That will not lead us to sin but to break free from sin and also not return to it (John 8:31-36, 1 John 3:6). Peace to you!
I totally agree with him. I am walking this narrow path to freedom for several months now and I can recognise that it had a lot to do with my belief and what the world has impressed upon me regarding sexuality. I am finding total freedom in Christi alone
I will respectfully say this is the exact type of talk that makes it harder for people that are addicted to pornography. The analogies you gave doesn't display self control, but they are momentarily controlled by something that is stronger than their addiction. Once out of the situation, it will be back. I am a child of God and what I had to learn after years of struggling is what was really going on in my brain. Porn addition needs to be treated as such.
The problem with this analogy is that addiction almost always masks itself as a lesser choice that seems oh so mundane. One small act won't hurt, will it? It is death by a thousand cuts or the frog in the kettle. Once we see it for what it is, we can begin to let go. But it takes honesty, community and the action steps of recovery to get there.
As a truck driver I definitely struggle with the lust. Porn ain't my thing. But to be a single man and seeing what women wear these days, (yoga pants, leggings and form fitting and revealing clothing) it gets harder and harder out here not to lust but I oftentimes catch myself and think about what Jesus said. "Whosoever look upon a woman to lust hath committed adultery with her in his heart already." God is bigger than any situation so keep me in your prayers everyone. I wanna see and live eternity with God our father.
The horrible thing about lust and pornography, is that it gets to a point where it so consumes you that not only do you want to stop but can't, but it also reaches a point where "regular" pornography doesn't satisfy you anymore. Its like drinking cyanide, you know it's going to kill you but you just can't stop. I was introduced to all of that at a very young age and it's had a hold of me my entire life up to this point.
I recommend this post to you: _"09 - Struggling with Lust? (Message for Men)."_ Please see my video titled _"Be Set Free From Sin."_ You will find the link to the post in the video's description. Peace to you!
Please listen to the messages on my playlist called _"Freedom From Porn Addiction"_ for encouragement and help to quit. Make a serious investment into quitting through your diligent seeking of the truth about why you are addicted, why you keep on going to porn for the "good" it _seems_ to bring you. And then as you seek God with all your heart for *his* goodness, you will see results. You need to repent so a new life can come from you coming into 100% agreement with God about what's good and what is evil and that you need to turn away from. If you're still enjoying porn, then you are not showing to God that you want to quit it for good. Now, if you do hate it, you will stop watching it out of your own free will to do that. You will probably suffer for not giving in to the temptation to watch porn and that is normal. No pain no gain. That is the cost you pay or the sacrifice you make out of love for God if you want to live for God and please God. Peace to you!
You need to come to true repentance. Please go to my playlists and see the one called →Freedom From Porn Addiction← for encouragement and help. See also my video titled →Be Set Free From Sin.← Peace to you!
I am porn free for quite some time now, don’t really count anymore. There’s no need to count. I’ll never look back. I am morally repulsed by it. I remember when I watched this video the first time it brought tears to my eyes. It is what we believe. And that’s why there’s people out there trying to tell us what to believe , especially in regards to pornography.
I think the problem with a lot of counsel is, it focuses on the act of the sin (sex, masturbation, watching something, etc.) but doesn’t ever target the desire/lust behind it. What if it isn’t about the act but the driving desire behind it? What if we aren’t supposed to want it anymore? This is great counsel.
T.L. That's right. See this message on UA-cam: _Born Again Through Repentance And Faith_ by Zac Poonen. You can start listening at 23:38. The point is clearly made. The outward acts are only expressions of the desire within.
I love pastor Johns speaking, but in this case I think there is a misunderstanding of what addiction is. Many people beat addiction when the stakes are high enough, that doesn’t mean they were never addicted. If we don’t acknowledge that addiction is real how are we supposed to help those who suffer from it?
I have found that we must keep our minds on purpose at all times. A purpose for why you are alive today and for this life. Keep eternity in your eyes for what your purpose is. And know every day that this life is so short compared to that eternity. Every day we must know that we are going to die! And that this life is temporary. Just like when you’re working out, you know eventually that effort is going to stop and you will be stronger because of it. So know that every day is a workout to conquer sin. I’m in this with you brothers
I absolutely agree. I clicked on this video because I saw the title and it angered me. Porn addiction is REAL. There is a lot of research to back up the fact that using porn has very similar effects on the brain as using drugs does. Some would argue even worse effects, in some ways. I really don't appreciate the statement that porn addiction isn't real, just because we can overcome it. You know what else humans are capable of overcoming? Drug addiction. But we still recognize the addiction, because it's valid and important. Also, in some ways I would say a porn addict might not be able to completely overcome their addiction, in the same way that people who haven't touched a drink in years still call themselves alcoholics. You aren't going to see them in a bar, because they are addicts. For some people, barring a miracle, that might never fully go away. And ignoring that or pretending addiction isnt real is incredibly dangerous, and leads to complacency that could lead to relapse.
I would recommend people check on the site yourbrainonporn.com for more info. And nofap.com is a pretty good - although secular - recovery site for porn addicts to support each other.
You need allot more than prayer dude! Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
I have been addicted to pornography since i was 11 years old. I am now 39. I am a servent of god as a missionary. I have been knowing god for 4 years now and i ask him everyday to help me and give me strenght. Please brothers and sisters pray for me. God bless!
You need allot more than prayer dude! Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
June Gerber stop commenting if you don’t know much about the subject. I feel like you have never been in this type of sin. First of all the bible does mention that masturbation is a sin, although it doesn’t mention the word itself. Your body was not made for self gratification and your sexual organs are not made for that they were made for reproducing. Second of all, you cannot say that because one watched pornography they are guilty of child pornography, of sex trafficking. That’s like me saying if you smoke and do drugs you are guilty of what the drug dealers do with the money you gave them. Third of all why are you talking about child sex trafficking, that is illegal and has nothing to do with the legal porn industry that everyone watches
@@jojosiwa8945 you are so so ignorant. Do you honestly think a woman wants to do porn... please do yourself a favor and read up on the many ABUSES grown women face in the industry! It's getting more and more violent and children ARE watching and trying to do horrible things to other children. Teenage porn is one of the highest looked upon section... the girls LOOK preteen... they may be of age but men are at HIGH rates are getting off to women who look like TEENS!!!! The average porn woman lasts 3 months in the industry bc of the damage to her private areas!!! Get a grip and see porn for what its worth!
I struggle with porn and I fight it within me I confess it my sin before you all And you wonder why many christians struggle because many have been taught a false positive and negative confession gospel that has people in bondage and they don't veven know it Confess your sin I did and admit it I need the Lord help in my walk by he's grace and strength not mine he's alone
You need allot more than prayer dude! Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
I've been struggling since I was 14 and now I'm 19. I'm able to go on decent streaks but once I don't pray or read the Bible I'm so weak to the devil's lies and I give in. I realize now everytime I've failed it's because I chose to listen to the lies rather than talk to God or read the Word. It's always nice to know once I repent I'm truly forgiven. Please pray for me!
Yep I can totally relate to that. It’s a struggle for real. I just hold onto the promise that one day the desires will be gone for good. Praying for you!🩷
Elijah is Elias in Spanish, brother in faith. My name is Elías. So I'm here to write to you that you can listen to Joseph Prince sermons about addictions and grace. God Is So Good.
Make sure you approach God the way He expects you to with the right mindset. Prayers work together with what you need to have a resolve to do yourself. You must submit to God. That is essential: James 4:7-8 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. That's what your attitude needs to be when you are going through the process of *repentance* and committing to be obedient to God for the rest of your life (that's the kind of "change of mind" God wants to see). You must sincerely regret having sinned against God, and come to the point of hearing and agreeing 100% with Jesus' message saying, "I do not condemn you, now go and don't sin anymore" (John 8:11). Your obedience as you choose to follow God's ways is key--that's how you show your faith to God (John 3:36, Luke 6:46, Hebrews 3:17-18). That opens the door to receiving his *forgiveness* for your past sins (2 Peter 1:9), *healing* (Luke 5:31-32), *freedom from sin/addictions* (John 8:34-36), and the gift of *a new life* that you will live for God and no longer for sin and the passing things of the world (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). That is the salvation you must make sure you have experienced: freedom from sin (John 8:36, Romans 8:1-2) versus bondage to sin (John 8:34, Romans 7:23). Approaching God in genuine repentance will lead to you receiving the Holy Spirit to lead you to "walk by the Spirit" (Acts 2:38, Galatians 5:16)--with a pure heart and self-control, which is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Any habit that controls you reveals idolatry in your heart. You have to choose to be done with that and it will be part of your past. That's one thing that will come out of your commitment to be obedient to God for the rest of your life. Please see 1 Peter 4:1-3 and 1 Thessalonians 1:9. James 1:21-22 21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls [that's repentance]. 22 But be doers of the word [that's faith, which implies obedience], and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. Hebrews 5:9 And having been made perfect, He [Jesus] became the author of 👉 *eternal salvation to all those who obey Him [...].* Please stay in the word and obey it (James 1:21-22). The word of God is fuel for your faith. To live as a follower of Jesus you must go out of your way to put the word of God in your heart and keep it there, rejecting all distractions. It's a fight and that's how you need to stand to not fall down. The truth will set you free from all sin (John 8:31-32, 36).
Make sure you approach God the way He expects you to with the right mindset. Prayers work together with what you need to have a resolve to do yourself. You must submit to God. That is essential: James 4:7-8 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. That's what your attitude needs to be when you are going through the process of *repentance* and committing to be obedient to God for the rest of your life (that's the kind of "change of mind" God wants to see). You must sincerely regret having sinned against God, and come to the point of hearing and agreeing 100% with Jesus' message saying, "I do not condemn you, now go and don't sin anymore" (John 8:11). Your obedience as you choose to follow God's ways is key--that's how you show your faith to God (John 3:36, Luke 6:46, Hebrews 3:17-18). That opens the door to receiving his *forgiveness* for your past sins (2 Peter 1:9), *healing* (Luke 5:31-32), *freedom from sin/addictions* (John 8:34-36), and the gift of *a new life* that you will live for God and no longer for sin and the passing things of the world (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). That is the salvation you must make sure you have experienced: freedom from sin (John 8:36, Romans 8:1-2) versus bondage to sin (John 8:34, Romans 7:23). Approaching God in genuine repentance will lead to you receiving the Holy Spirit to lead you to "walk by the Spirit" (Acts 2:38, Galatians 5:16)--with a pure heart and self-control, which is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Any habit that controls you reveals idolatry in your heart. You have to choose to be done with that and it will be part of your past. That's one thing that will come out of your commitment to be obedient to God for the rest of your life. Please see 1 Peter 4:1-3 and 1 Thessalonians 1:9. James 1:21-22 21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls [that's repentance]. 22 But be doers of the word [that's faith, which implies obedience], and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. Hebrews 5:9 And having been made perfect, He [Jesus] became the author of 👉 *eternal salvation to all those who obey Him [...].* Please stay in the word and obey it (James 1:21-22). The word of God is fuel for your faith. To live as a follower of Jesus you must go out of your way to put the word of God in your heart and keep it there, rejecting all distractions. It's a fight and that's how you need to stand to not fall down. The truth will set you free from all sin (John 8:31-32, 36).
790 Day Please go to my playlists and see the one called →Freedom From Porn Addiction← for encouragement and help. See also my video titled →Be Set Free From Sin← for help to overcome (Revelation 2:7). Peace to you!
Please see the videos in the *_"Be Set Free From Sin"_* section on my channel for help. Take some time to understand well the way you need to approach God. Your obedience to God out of love for God (John 14:15) is the key to your deliverance from any sin that you are bound in (Hebrews 5:9). We need to learn from Jesus and follow his example (1 Peter 2:21-24). That will not lead us to sin but to break free from sin and also not return to it (John 8:31-36, 1 John 3:6). Peace to you!
He is absolutely right that it comes down to a belief. It's not a battle of having sexual desire vs not having sexual desire. It's a battle between the beliefs of "choosing to lust brings benefit" vs "choosing not to lust brings benefit".
I've had an extremely hard time trying to teach people about beliefs. Your beliefs shape your entire life. In my opinion, there should be a mandated course on it in schools. So many of my friends have self limiting beliefs and I've found it extremely difficult to teach them about how it's limiting their success in life. He absolutely nails it here. It's one of life's ultimate secrets. This man understands it too thank you for the upload.
I think God for this message! I have been struggling with porn for over a year since I’ve realized it’s a problem that I haven’t been able to keep under control. And he’s completely right I have no self-control. I just do what I feel because I want to. I know it’s selfish and damaging for my spiritual well-being as well as my personal. I just don’t know how to navigate this season in my life
Please see this post with information that will help you overcome (Revelation 2:7): Freedom From Sin yestothetruth.blogspot.com/2019/08/freedom-from-sin.html Peace to you!
What I used to stop was renouncing the demon everytime it put it in my mind of any lust. I said "I rebuke the spirit of lust in the name of Jesus" "I rebuke you Satan in the name of Jesus" Then I'd speak scripture over it to be my shield. I'd say these 3 verses when I got the urge.... Indeed the spirit is willing and the flesh is weak, I can do anything in Christ who strengthens me, your word is my shield. This let me know his spirit is stronger than my fleshes desires, I can do anything with his help and speaking these verses are a legit shield in the spiritual realm against the demons. This is actually what I do for all thoughts that demons speak into my mind rather it be prideful, lustful, gluttony, envy, gossiping, hateful, anxiety, fearful and more. We're suppose to do this spiritual warefare but many chirstians don't realize this. I hope this helps❤🙏🏻
I'm crying looking at these comments. we are all family, we need to pray over eachother. I want to be closer to God, but my body constantly battles my spirit. I hate myself. want to deny myself but keep falling asleep.
You don't have to live in condemnation. Repent, be forgiven, be born again and have a fresh start with God. Stay humble to receive his grace that saves. Your body can keep you separated from God only if you keep it and its desires for sinful things in higher regard than God and his will for you. Please watch this message for encouragement and help to overcome (Revelation 2:7): ua-cam.com/video/s8bpFtD31FU/v-deo.html See also my video _Be Set Free From Sin._ Read the description. Peace to you!
I gotta confess I may not look at porn, but as a woman, we are more addicted to fantasies were we are loved and appreciated rather than just a sexual act. It is more like a way to feel valued. Please pray for me.. since this is my problem
I recommend you lookup this message on UA-cam: _"Born Again Through Repentance And Faith"_ by Zac Poonen. You can start listening to the full message at 23:38 exactly. Follow God's precepts to be born again and be sure of it. His healing comes from that. Peace to you!
It’s awesome to see that ministries are being raised up to help those in the stronghold of porn and The Lord is pleased for us to stand together in unity to battle perhaps the greatest hidden sin of the days we live in. Brothers and sisters we must lovingly take the shame away from sharing about the influence of porn in the church. By the grace of God I was delivered from porn around 14 years ago and now help facilitate a course here in Australia run by “Care Force Life Keys” called “Valiant Man” in which we have seen breakthrough after breakthrough in people’s lives. Don’t give up as there are many on the other side of your victory that God will be able to use you to minister to! God Bless you & see you soon!
You are an idiot! The Bible clearly says NOT TO TALK about those things that are done in secret! People who look are porn should be shamed!!! They need allot more than prayer dude! Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
You need allot more than prayer dude! Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
June Gerber Relieve yourself at the cost of impure thoughts and bondage to emotional impulses? I agree strongly with what you said about pornography.. it’s a multi-billion industry that publicly endorses/funds the human trafficking epidemic and as Christians, we should be disgusted by this when are tempted to view pornography. But the greater issue stem from our thoughts, just as Jesus said. When you’re masturbating or watching porn, you are succumbing to thoughts you held leading up to that point. I cannot agree with anyone who says masturbation is not a sin because it’s so blatantly the manifestation of impure thoughts. Ultimately, lust takes multiple forms, and masturbation and pornography is one-and-one the same. Please don’t make masturbation the “loophole” to not watch pornography.. you’re setting people up for failure in their pursuit of purity.
I’ve always struggled with the word “addiction” when it comes to non chemical dependency behaviors. No offense but the two examples he gave, cut throat or 1Mil cash could apply to any so called addiction, even if a chemical dependency, albeit temporary. A close friend of mine told me a true story last night. He advised a young kid, several years ago, who was suffering from nightmares. His advise was to sing praise and worship before going to bed and sing if he awakes from nightmares. Within a few days they disappeared. Sounds like good advise for any addiction.
At best Piper shows a misunderstanding of addiction. At worst he fails to validate the experience of the addict. I believe he is using a personal definition of addiction which only focuses on specific instances of temptation rather than looking at the over-all pattern. He speaks of isolated incidences where one can choose to abstain because the consequences would be so dire thus proving one cannot be really addicted. But addiction is not about never-ending and indefinite acting out regardless of the consequences at hand. When we talk about sexual addiction we are talking about coping mechanisms developed over time to ease life’s pains and hurts that the person feels he or she is unable to stop (opportune situations for acting out) despite destructive consequences. This complex psychophysiological process can manifest in sexual behaviors that are temporarily pleasurable or offer momentary relief in which a person soon craves, suffers negative consequences from, and has trouble giving up. Even if a person can give up the physical acting out (like in Piper’s exaggerated scenarios), those original hurts and pains are not resolved. An addict who has not processed his past is still an addict, regardless how long it has been since he acted out. In the end, sex addiction is never about sex; it is about learned behavior to medicate pain. If one really wants to find freedom then that past pain and hurt must be healed. Simply stopping the behavior will not stop the problem.
Make sure you approach God the way He expects you to with the right mindset. Prayers work together with what you need to have a resolve to do yourself. You must submit to God. That is essential: James 4:7-8 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. That's what your attitude needs to be when you are going through the process of *repentance* and committing to be obedient to God for the rest of your life (that's the kind of "change of mind" God wants to see). You must sincerely regret having sinned against God, and come to the point of hearing and agreeing 100% with Jesus' message saying, "I do not condemn you, now go and don't sin anymore" (John 8:11). Your obedience as you choose to follow God's ways is key--that's how you show your faith to God (John 3:36, Luke 6:46, Hebrews 3:17-18). That opens the door to receiving his *forgiveness* for your past sins (2 Peter 1:9), *healing* (Luke 5:31-32), *freedom from sin/addictions* (John 8:34-36), and the gift of *a new life* that you will live for God and no longer for sin and the passing things of the world (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). That is the salvation you must make sure you have experienced: freedom from sin (John 8:36, Romans 8:1-2) versus bondage to sin (John 8:34, Romans 7:23). Approaching God in genuine repentance will lead to you receiving the Holy Spirit to lead you to "walk by the Spirit" (Acts 2:38, Galatians 5:16)--with a pure heart and self-control, which is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Any habit that controls you reveals idolatry in your heart. You have to choose to be done with that and it will be part of your past. That's one thing that will come out of your commitment to be obedient to God for the rest of your life. Please see 1 Peter 4:1-3 and 1 Thessalonians 1:9. James 1:21-22 21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls [that's repentance]. 22 But be doers of the word [that's faith, which implies obedience], and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. Hebrews 5:9 And having been made perfect, He [Jesus] became the author of 👉 *eternal salvation to all those who obey Him [...].* Please stay in the word and obey it (James 1:21-22). The word of God is fuel for your faith. To live as a follower of Jesus you must go out of your way to put the word of God in your heart and keep it there, rejecting all distractions. It's a fight and that's how you need to stand to not fall down. The truth will set you free from all sin (John 8:31-32, 36).
If you are in 100% agreement with God about doing his will for the rest of your life, you will become "dead to sin" as the Bible says (1 Peter 2:21-24, Romans 6:1-2, Romans 6:11): that is how you will be set free from sin. If you are dead to porn, then you will be walking in freedom and overcoming it as well as all other sins by the grace of God (Titus 2:11-14). That is different from being in a constant battle. You can be *once and for all* victorious in Jesus. It is important that you answer God's call to repentance the way the Bible teaches. You must sincerely regret having sinned against God, and come to the point of hearing and agreeing with Jesus' message saying, "I do not condemn you, now go and don't sin anymore" (John 8:11). Your obedience as you choose to follow God's ways is key. That opens the door to receiving his *forgiveness* for your past sins (Romans 3:25), *healing* (Luke 5:31-32), *freedom from sin/addictions* (John 8:34-36, Romans 6:4-7, Romans 6:14-18), and the gift of *a new life* that you will live for God and no longer for sin and the passing things of the world (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). That is salvation. You must submit to God. That is essential: James 4:7-8 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Hebrews 5:9 And having been made perfect, He [Jesus] became the author of 👉 *eternal salvation to all those who obey Him* Please stay in the word and obey it (James 1:22). The truth will set you free from all sin (John 8:31-32, 36).
Just went through deleting all pornography off of my phone, hopefully for the last time. Please keep my in your prayers, as I try to finally give it up once and for all.
If you are in 100% agreement with God about doing his will for the rest of your life, you will become "dead to sin" as the Bible says (1 Peter 2:21-24, Romans 6:1-2, Romans 6:11): that is how you will be set free from sin (John 8:34-36, Romans 6:4-7, Romans 6:14-18). If you are dead to porn and porn is dead to you, then you will be walking in freedom and overcoming it by the grace of God (Titus 2:11-14). That is different from being in a constant battle. You can be once and for all victorious in Jesus. It is the truth that will set you free (John 8:31-32, 36).
Been needing some prayer cause I’ve been in this same state of lust for a while. I’ve tried quitting but the same desire comes back to me and I can’t hold back. Pray for me brothers and sisters, for I want my relationship with God to stay strong and not fade
crashbandikewt Please see my video titled →Be Set Free From Sin.← Read the description. Go also to my playlists and see the one called → Freedom From Porn Addiction ← for encouragement and help to quit. Peace to you! @crashbandikewt
While pastor John is very wise and right to an extent, he obviously doesn't know how addiction works. An addict can temporarily say no to whatever it is they're addicted to if the reward is high enough or punishment severe enough but that doesn't change the fact that your mind and body have been conditioned to want and need that substance. That doesn't mean that saying no won't hurt and have withdrawal effects. Eventually withdrawals will occur. This happens with any addict to any substance whether it's drugs, alcohol, sex, pornography. Any addict who says no will have withdrawals after a while, that's why they eventually break down and come for more. Yes willpower has a lot to do with it but if your mind/body has been conditioned to need or want something it will want that something whether you fight it or not. I was a porn addict for nearly twenty years and there were plenty of times when I could for short periods of time resist the urges out of necessity but next chance I got, I went back to it. Any addict would say no temporarily to get 1 million dollars. But I promise you that after they get paid they're going right back to it. He has a point to a degree in what he says but it ultimately doesn't hold any weight against the medical science and research that has gone into studying and learning the REAL addictive affects of pornography on the human mind. Porn addiction is a real thing, whether you want to admit it or accept it or not is inconsequential to that fact. I used to be addicted to porn so you can't sit here and tell me it's not a real thing. The arrogance..... ua-cam.com/video/CcZ-i1x6A64/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/HweGILHWTZ4/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/A_1ulfL_Fiw/v-deo.html Those are just a few videos to get you started but people need to know the truth about porn addiction and how it literally changes and rewires your brain to constantly want more.
I believe u are trivializing the point he was making by concentrating on a perceived inaccuracy. The point he is making, IMHO, is spot on. One participates in these activities because the consequences or aftermath of such an act is not immediately apparent nor severe. Therefore, it can be said that the belief of the individual is what sustains or frees as individual from participation in the activities associated with Porn. He never claimed that there is no such thing as a porn or lust addiction but was speaking to the large majority of cases.
To me he is banging on a pulpit to try to somehow bang it out of people. I can understand and see people just making excuses saying they are sick or just addicted and have no choice or responsibility. I can agree we are still responsible for our choices even if we are addicted. I just don't see the point in him flying off into a rage over it. AND I agree with you: an orgasm is a pleasure producing thing that releases dopamine into a person's brain. It is going to condition a person's mind and carve neural pathways if they keep coming back to it over and over again. You see the same kind of stuff with drug addicts, a repetitive vicious cycle. It is going to take time to heal those ruts. Simply banging on a pulpit is not going to do the trick. Instant deliverance or a 12 step Celebrate Recovery group is the way to go. Or we can keep banging on pulpits until they turn to saw dust and ultimately nothing ever changes.
I struggle with this so much. I'm 35 and never really had a relationship. And part of me feels like a loser for that and then part of me hates myself for looking at women so much. I have low self esteem. I don't think any woman would want a dork like me. All the girls I asked out in middle school to college years rejected me. Maybe my standards were higher than they should have been...but to this day I always think maybe if I would have got it out of my system in those years, maybe it wouldn't be as bad as it is today. I don't know.
If you are in 100% agreement with God about doing his will for the rest of your life, you will become "dead to sin" as the Bible says (1 Peter 2:21-24, Romans 6:1-2, Romans 6:11): that is how you will be set free from sin. If you are dead to porn, then you will be walking in freedom and overcoming it as well as all other sins by the grace of God (Titus 2:11-14). That is different from being in a constant battle. You can be *once and for all* victorious in Jesus. It is important that you answer God's call to repentance the way the Bible teaches. You must sincerely regret having sinned against God, and come to the point of hearing and agreeing with Jesus' message saying, "I do not condemn you, now go and don't sin anymore" (John 8:11). Your obedience as you choose to follow God's ways is key. That opens the door to receiving his *forgiveness* for your past sins (Romans 3:25), *healing* (Luke 5:31-32), *freedom from sin/addictions* (John 8:34-36, Romans 6:4-7, Romans 6:14-18), and the gift of *a new life* that you will live for God and no longer for sin and the passing things of the world (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). That is salvation. You must submit to God. That is essential: James 4:7-8 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Hebrews 5:9 And having been made perfect, He [Jesus] became the author of 👉 *eternal salvation to all those who obey Him* Please stay in the word and obey it (James 1:22). The truth will set you free from all sin (John 8:31-32, 36).
You need allot more than prayer dude! Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
I have been falling to this sin since I was 10 years old. Everytime I lapse I feel shame and there is a feeling that god will not love me until I overcome this sin. Porn destroys destroys the soul . Pray for me
Make sure you approach God the way He expects you to with the right mindset. Prayers work together with what you need to have a resolve to do yourself. You must submit to God. That is essential: James 4:7-8 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. That's what your attitude needs to be when you are going through the process of *repentance* and committing to be obedient to God for the rest of your life (that's the kind of "change of mind" God wants to see). You must sincerely regret having sinned against God, and come to the point of hearing and agreeing 100% with Jesus' message saying, "I do not condemn you, now go and don't sin anymore" (John 8:11). Your obedience as you choose to follow God's ways is key--that's how you show your faith to God (John 3:36, Luke 6:46, Hebrews 3:17-18). That opens the door to receiving his *forgiveness* for your past sins (2 Peter 1:9), *healing* (Luke 5:31-32), *freedom from sin/addictions* (John 8:34-36), and the gift of *a new life* that you will live for God and no longer for sin and the passing things of the world (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). That is the salvation you must make sure you have experienced: freedom from sin (John 8:36, Romans 8:1-2) versus bondage to sin (John 8:34, Romans 7:23). Approaching God in genuine repentance will lead to you receiving the Holy Spirit to lead you to "walk by the Spirit" (Acts 2:38, Galatians 5:16)--with a pure heart and self-control, which is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Any habit that controls you reveals idolatry in your heart. You have to choose to be done with that and it will be part of your past. That's one thing that will come out of your commitment to be obedient to God for the rest of your life. Please see 1 Peter 4:1-3 and 1 Thessalonians 1:9. James 1:21-22 21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls [that's repentance]. 22 But be doers of the word [that's faith, which implies obedience], and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. Hebrews 5:9 And having been made perfect, He [Jesus] became the author of 👉 *eternal salvation to all those who obey Him [...].* Please stay in the word and obey it (James 1:21-22). The word of God is fuel for your faith. To live as a follower of Jesus you must go out of your way to put the word of God in your heart and keep it there, rejecting all distractions. It's a fight and that's how you need to stand to not fall down. The truth will set you free from all sin (John 8:31-32, 36).
Struggled for a 20 yrs . Finally decided to choose to make my spirit strong and . Spend a hour in the morning praying and reading and it’s quieted my lust way down and freed me . I thought to myself ...We make sure we feed our bodies everyday so our flesh is strong why not put the same priority for our spirit . I can live no other way now . To slack up on that hour is to return to lust . It’s inevitable . Guess the question is “ have you got bottom yet ?” For me it is yes .
Please pray for me. I am addicted for like 14 or 15 years already. It got grip of me when i was a young teenage boy. It started off "innocent" and a few times, unknowning it was bad at the time for a long time even though i was raised Christian. And it got worse over the years. At a young age (before 10) I already had some urges. Idk if its my body being overflown with hormones or if its my mind because I had these urges so young without having seen any sexual images. Now the last few years I become more addicted, or atleast i'm more concious of it and I tried stopping a few times with only very short amounts of succes. The longest i have been without is like 6 days in a row in the last few years. The only exception was when i was recovering from a heavy surgery, wont go into that but i was free from it for about 2-3 weeks because my body was busy with recovering. Now I watch everyday or every other day if I can manage to hold the urges. Sometimes 3 days but then i break down. If i'm in my addictive state i do it up to 2 or 3 times day avarage... with thoughts flashing in my head don't do it. Sometimes i skip after those thoughts. I believe in Jesus and I asked for help, He gave me help and then I could hold on for a few more days but I always fall back into my old ways.. I want to have a stronger faith, no more doubts or bad thoughts in my mind. But at the same time i'm affraid that I don't have enough faith and will fail to reach Jesus and that i won't be forgiven. And I know it is said in the Bible that I shouldn't be affraid of God and Jesus.. but here i am..affraid that my faith is too weak. I don't want to belong to the people that hear the Gospel but don't do anything with it. I try to tell my girlfriend and friends to believe. My girlfriend who isn't a Christian even made few steps, even reading the Bible(started a few pages) and she prays when she is affraid or lonely. This is the only thing I did that felt right.. I don't know if It's my body and I can't do anything about it because it started at a very young age, or that it is simply lust or a combination of the 2. Morning when I wake up and evening before I sleep it's probably the worst. Please pray for me because I am tired of the battle.. tired of failing the Lord everytime..affraid of His punishment because I keep failing Him..I know He forgives our sins but this is a habital sin...
Marcelino1098, it is urgent that you repent. When it comes to porn watching or anything else, that means coming into 100% agreement with God about what is good and what is evil and that you need to turn away from. And that agreement with God in your heart is the key to answered prayers (Isaiah 59:1-2, 1 Peter 3:12). You must not call good what is evil and call evil what is good (Isaiah 5:20). If you're still enjoying porn, then you are not showing to God that you recognize it as truly evil and want to turn away from it for good (that's absolutely necessary). Now, if you do hate it, you will stop watching it. You may suffer for resisting the temptations to watch it and that's normal. That's what the "cross" is about (Mark 8:34). No pain, no gain (cf. 1 Peter 4:1). That is the sacrifice you make out of love for God if you want to live for God and please Him *above all.* Jesus will completely deliver you, but you have to do your part. I pray you are willing to do your part and genuinely repent to get on the same page with God about porn and everything else in your life. You must start submitting to God and resisting the devil (James 4:7-8). You will then see the results. It's not your physical make-up that keeps you addicted to porn. It's the lust/evil desires in your heart (or the desire for evil things). Repentance is where you address that as you approach God by cleansing your hands and purifying your heart (James 4:7-8). You need to understand the way to approach God and approach Him that way. Please see this post for help: _Suffer The Cross To Overcome Addictions_ yestothetruth.blogspot.com/2020/01/suffer-cross-to-overcome-addictions.html Peace to you!
@@yestothetruth thank you for your prayer. It's been 5 months now and I have tried with up to a few days of succes but in the end i fall again. I'm more succesfull if im with my girlfriend but we are not married and have sexual contact. The only difference is in those times i do not watch porn which make me happier because i focus on her. Now she is not a Christian, but she is becoming a bit more interested lately which gives me joy atleast. We talk about the Bible but she has still a far way to go but the interest js there atleast. We have been together for almost 3 years now. I know It's not good because we ain't married...but it makes me feel more free from porn. But as soon as im back home without her i get urges again. I want to progress but in all honesty i'm tired of the fight against it because i keep failing.. and then i start not to care for several days or weeks and then i start again like why am i doing this.. and the battle begins again.. the cycle continues. I'm tired of the fight, but i am also affraid of being lost forever..i watched a christian message and it was saying this is your last chance and i felt personally aimed for... i fought for 2 days and fell again and now i feel like i blew it for eternity. I feel like a lost cause and it darkens my mind. I have so much respect for Jesus because he never sinned and He had the same human urges yet He did not fail once. And there are so many people's testimonies both male and female that had the same issue as me and they overcame it after a long battle. I want it to be my turn to be victorious over the lust but right now i feel so tired of fighting it.. I'm affraid that I'm too far gone even tho i know Jesus took our sins on him.. it reminds me of the bible verse(i forgot the guys name) but that he cried about his sin but it was not sincere anymore and was not forgiven. I don't want to become that guy, but maybe i already am. I hope not.. Sorry for this long message. I feel in a dark spot right now because of the tiredness of fighting it
@@Marcelino1098 Thanks for the update. It's been a while. But I can tell you that you can't make progress in your fight if you are not fighting the right way. And the right way is simply submission to God. You can no longer act like God does not exist or does not see what you are choosing to do. Again, what you do comes out of your own desire and choice to do it, it's nothing in your body forcing you to have a certain behavior. So, what is submission to God? It's really having a heart that is ready to obey Him in all. Since you believe in God, you should be able to imagine Jesus next to you giving you approval to watch porn or telling you to not do it. Same for any and all sin. You have to put forth the effort to understand well what you need to be an overcomer with Jesus and not be overcome. I had suggested you read a post, but I don't know if you did or how far you got in trying to apply the principles. I'm ready to help you in Jesus' name. but I need to understand where you got stuck or what you didn't understand. Your fight includes work you have to put in like someone who is building a house on the solid foundation of obeying the words of Jesus (Luke 6:46-49). How much effort have you put in having God's word in your heart (Psalm 119:11)? Without that, you cannot fight the devil. I want to say it like it is. I'll ask you a few questions for you to think on (no need to give me the answers). How are you loving your neighbor as yourself when you are watching porn? Can you finish watching porn and go thank God for that woman who is suffering as a slave in the porn industry? Forget the sexy smiles. You are being sold a lie and you are buying it. So, you cannot pray for that woman and her coworkers to be delivered from that porn industry because you like that it exists and you are supporting it with your heart that is in it. No need to spend money. But if porn wasn't free I believe you could find a way to pay for it. That's what we do as humans when it comes to everything we love. I hope I have stirred you to reflect on your choices. Know that God is ready to forgive you as soon as you approach Him in humility, with a repentant heart and a well made up mind, like the prodigal son who came back to his senses and returned to his father (Luke 15:11-24). The key is to genuinely repent. And forgive others as well so that God will also forgive your own sins (Matthew 6:12, 14). Please see the videos in my playlist called _Be Set Free From Sin._ That is the most updated help I could offer. It's been a long time man. If you are tired, answer Jesus' call to those who are tired precisely (Matthew 11:28-29). Turn to Jesus with a humble, submitted heart. That's the only way to come from under the power of sin and it is by God's grace that you will have power over sin going forward (Titus 2:11-14, Romans 6:14 - please check these scriptures and believe the truth that's in them). God be with you!
Proverbs 28:13 ESV Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. "WILL OBTAIN MERCY" sounds like a promise to me. Keep with repentance. I don't think it means we never fail, but we continually make life habits of confessing and forsaking sin when we recognize it in our lives. Flee it.
If you're feeling bad for sexual sin, then you know you're a good person. It's when we no longer give a crap and keep at it with no remorse is when we're in real peril.
Why are Christians addicted? How to overcome addiction? For more details, please watch the sermon of the Light of Wisdom Church, welcome everyone to study and discuss together. Video “Happiness Increases Greed, and Greed Increases Suffering ｜The Essence of Happiness & True Freedom If you think it makes sense, we must not only believe it ourselves, but also spread it to more people. Evangelism is not only the job of pastors, but also the responsibility of every believer. This is also the aspect that the Lord values most when ascending to the kingdom of heaven.
First time disagreeing with this Godly man and that only bc I’ve worked with p*rn addicts the last 7 years. Sure, anyone can overcome in the situations given, but addictions are not an instance in time, but an ongoing medication to life’s pain. Unless there is a physical knife and family member in the room at all times, you’re going to fail bc you’ve trained yourself for years to fail. When the Bible says be renewed in your mind, it’s saying you can literally rewire your neural pathways. It’s actually very simple, but it’s definitely not easy. Follow for ways to connect if you need help!
You will not die if you do not give in to your addiction to lust. Self control is a little overrated. The fact is that it takes practice to develop self control, and the best way to do that is to first, admit that you are powerless over lust and can't do it alone. Second, find friends who will help you win power over lust. Third, find progressive victory over lust through recovery, not just sobriety. Visit www.sa.org for more.
The first I have heard this biblical principle, far past just shaming, which deals with the assurance of biblical promises to prevent one carrying out sinful desires instead of repenting of them.
I am addiction free and I have one piece of advice. You need to have a desire that is immovable. Dont listen to all these "mind tricks" because if you have to resort to tricks, you dont have a pure desire to change. For the first weeks where I had urges, I said "I am willing to die to live a virtous life." No matter the intensity of the urge I always said "If this kills me but it means I can live a clean life, so be it." When you are willing to DIE for a noble cause, your spirit kicks into a different level.
God requires a broken heart and contrite spirit.
Amen and amen! He SAVES such, that have a contrite spirit. Amen!
"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." -Colossians 3:3
Amen, man. That's really great. Congrats on being free, and keep up the good work!
Thank you for this brother
The broken heart and contrite spirit result from the Holy Spirit, not self-effort. While effort is essential, the very desire for deliverance is a gift from the Lord Jesus Christ. We cannot even desire correctly without Jesus!
Pray for me guys. Lust is stopping me from my journey with Christ and it’s leading me to bad thoughts
aye baller I am in the same area as you brother! I have been struggling with this as well. One thing that has been helping me is setting goals in the name of Christ! Set it for one week, and then two and just continue on. Journaling in your phone or on paper helps as well. Write a journal entry every night before bed declaring your victory for Jesus on that day! Good luck to you brother and God Bless! Praying for you! Please pray for me! 🙏🏻😃 Much love to you❤️
You can do it!
Truth Commentor it’s not, you’re still alive, you’re still typing, don’t harden your heart, seek deliverance.
Please see this post with information that will help you overcome (Revelation 2:7):
Freedom From Sin
yestothetruth.blogspot.com/2019/08/freedom-from-sin.html
Peace to you! EOM
@aye baller
Stick closer to God-when those lusts visions, thoughts and fellings attacking you, immediately turn your face to Jesus. You cannot overcome it by yourself but Jesus can. Today was really hard for me - i thought i will crash in pornography and masturbation - it was overwhelming, but immediately i started to read Bible and God take those lusts visions, thoughts and fellings from me. Draw near to Jesus and He will be your refuge and your strenght. Blessing!
I don't ask for prayers often, but this is the area that keeps tripping me up big time. Pray for me. Thank you.
tomze I praying for you my friend. There is victory on the other side of your battle . Please take time to share with a trusted leader in your church about your struggles as they too may be struggling. Gods wanting people with courage to stand up and know it’s a time for us as brothers to lovingly come together and walk each other on to victory. God bless you my friend. I help facilitate a course in our church here in Australia The helps guys break free from porn addiction. Continue your journey brother. Don’t give up. God see your heart.
tomze i am praying that god takes everything you love and slowly takes away everything that makes you you.
I am suffering from porn but I am at day 50 something I may need prayers to over they are huge urges
Yeah. Please pray for me too
Lisa Priola I will pray for you sis 🙏🏽
I overcame pornography through Jesus, I kept praying and reading the word. Temptations are still there but I find it easier to flee from ❤️ 2 weeks ago I remember the temptation was so strong but then I switched to my Bible app then read a few verses and then prayed for the temptation to go away. Do not compromise, do not treat it as a little sin or it's okay, it'll seep in slowly if you do not act fiercely over that sin.
Thank you for giving hope
Praise God. The power of reading scripture is real. Sharper than any double edged sword, dividing even soul and spirit, bone and marrow. Cutting to the heart of me and you. Let us keep reading.
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤💯
Tysm for this lately I keep telling myself to just stop. I started off well but I broke my streak lately and now I feel guilty and shredded with Disgust. I always bargain with myself saying “ehh it’s just temptation just don’t go in bed or whatever don’t look at your phone” I didn’t exactly turn to God for help. So I rlly appreciate this advice
@@latte1641 I'm the same I say I'll do it one more time and then stop but no I keep doing it every day but now I'm fighting it.
So much truth. I watched porn several times a day from 12 to the age of 34. Did not exercise self control. I lost relationships, financial opportunities, nearly got arrested and expelled from university. Still didn't realize I had a problem. But the moment my wife left me, and I thought I would lose her if I kept watching, I refrained for over a month and my viewership cut by 90%. Since getting to know Christ, it's down by 99%, with the occasional lapse in judgment. It only happens when I fall for the enemy's lies. As I continue to increase my love, faith, and willpower in Jesus, I know he will completely deliver me from it.
@@channeyo93 Thank you for relating and the kind words. Going strong bro! 💪🏿
I need help
I have a similar story brother. This month marks 1 year free of pornography in my life since a kid after walking with Christ Jesus..stay strong, stay determined, stay committed...stay faithful.
But its over. And thats the good thing about you, admitting
that had nothing to do with you watching porn it had everything to do with you not living an honest life. God gave you genitals and we only come into this world because of lust. Jesus did not come to save your flesh and you gritting your teeth and stopping for a while till you succumb and then the cycle starting all over again is never going to impress God and just means that you are still lying to yourself . God cares less about you jerking off or what you jerk off to what he does care about is you lying about it to yourself and others. piper is a liar and he teaches a lie and when he had any libido decades ago he jerked off and lied about it too. Why young people with God given raging hormones listen to dried up evil liars like piper is a mystery to me to this day. Stop playing the victim and live and honest life in everything no matter how small.
I’m 26 years old and I got liberated not to long ago. I know how hard it is to stop. The “I’m not going to do it anymore” then falling back into old ways and then crying over the shame and guilt. What I started doing is the moment a thought pops in my head, or I look at a woman the wrong way, or a picture pops up on my phone, I ask God to renew my mind in the name of Jesus. The stronger the urge the louder and more times a repeat it. No joke this has helped me.
Romans 12.2
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Im praying blessings over you warriors. Don’t give up the good fight.
Bro it’s bad for me, I always promise God that I will and I said if I go back I’ll go to hell and I did. I have no idea what to do and I feel bad
@@night4837 I was and am in the same boat as you. my advice is dont make promises you cant keep, God knows your heart and by saying things like "if i do it again this will happen" will just make you feel 10x worse if you relapse and break you even more. keep praying, reading the word and speak out if you need to, weve got this bro im praying for you.
Why are Christians addicted? How to overcome addiction? For more details, please watch the sermon of the Light of Wisdom Church, welcome everyone to study and discuss together. Video “Happiness Increases Greed, and Greed Increases Suffering ｜The Essence of Happiness & True Freedom 03”
If you think it makes sense, we must not only believe it ourselves, but also spread it to more people. Evangelism is not only the job of pastors, but also the responsibility of every believer. This is also the aspect that the Lord values most when ascending to the kingdom of heaven.
_This kind (of demons) only go away through _*_FASTING_*_ and _*_PRAYER_*
For yearsss I tried to overcome porn under my own strength and failed. I followed a bunch of secular advice..and failed. Relapsed hundreds of times..if not thousands. It was ONLY through a couple days of intentional *FASTING* and *PRAYING* that I received my deliverance. God had to root out the hunger I had for the sinful lusts and desires. I am praying deeply for those who TRULY want deliverance from these strongholds 🙏🏿🙌🏿
Pls pray for me too.... I believe in Jesus name that I'm free
Boimah Sambola Fasting is the way, remember Jesus was in the desert preparing himself!
You’re lying to yourself if you haven’t had trouble with addiction, not just pornography.
Try to fast for one day, you won’t!
Tell me more about this fast. Was it total or water only or 12 hr ? I desperately need info on it.
Hello, @@putdislikehere8760, I did a water fast..4 whole days. (Some people go longer, some do less, for a beginner I would recommend one day. Be mindful of any health issues that may interfere). No food whatsoever, just water whenever I felt hungry or thirsty, an occasional pinch of salt to balance sodium (electrolytes), and a daily multivitamin.. It feels like you're about to die (but you're not lol). Your body will go into ketosis (battery saver mode) and burn fat for energy (best way to lose fat). The point of it is not starving yourself, but to say _"Lord, I need you. I desire your Word more than I desire to satisfy my body's cravings. Strengthen me; Deliver me"_ In these moments of denying our flesh and opening our hearts to God through *Prayer and Thanksgiving* , He speaks to us. He delivers us. Praying for you, The victory is already won! 🙏🏿🙌🏿
@@ugorespect903 Please see my video titled _Be Set Free From Sin_ for help to overcome (Revelation 2:7). Peace to you!
I've been struggling for porn for over 13 years and I'm 25 years old, can more than one person call out to God along with me? I need this desire to perish daily and that I may see his strength and my weakness
I have been struggling with this for more than 8 years and the constant thoughts of past films and desires return more often. God's giving me victory and all I need is to depend on him and discipline myself.
I will pray for us.it's a fight and God will give us victory
I have prayed for all with the same struggle, see prayer above.
I agree with Zechariah
I block every source of porn especially on my iPhone every web browser is blocked
@@SHARPEYE1 Although this may prove to be beneficial to one's walk, I don't think the center of our trust should be in porn blocks. We have to learn to trust God to deliver us from this, this has to become our primary source of defense against pornography. Come before Him relying not on my own strength and wits, but acknowledging my weakness and asking his strength.
God delivered me from the gay lifestyle, porn, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes 10 years ago. I still have temptation with lust here and there but I rely on the Lord for strength to say no. We can’t do it without Him. I wouldn’t want to.
Good for you man. I am doing the same at the moment. Only few months in so far. We can only do this through Christ.
God bless you
Amen bro! I got delivered of the same stuff. It’s by His strength. We must take everything captive in obedience to Christ. The enemy lies, steals, kills and destroys. But we have life and life abundantly!
Vincent Heavey keep it up!! God bless you and rely on His strength.
Bavarian Groyper God bless you too!
One thing that helped me in my worst moments struggling with lust was that I used to say to myself that
"I'm not going to hell because of porn/sex...I'm not going to miss being with God because of this"
I want to see and be with God one day, and I'm not going to exchange that for 70 years of sexual gratification - even with the most attractive women.
It is just not worth it
We are saved by grace, and that's important to remember. You're right, you will not go to hell because of lust or porn, no matter how many times you fail in those areas. Because your own ability to refrain from sin is not what guarantees your salvation. It's the work of Jesus that was finished on the cross. Do good and right by God because you love Him and want to please Him, not because you are worried about trying to earn your salvation.
@@CassTeaElle Yeah. I know the gospel.
I know that we are saved by God's grace and not as a result of our works. Thank you for your comment anyway.
I don't want to discuss theology so I am just going to say this - I'm sure everyone understands my point. I think you guys get what I'm trying to say in the comment. Including you.
That’s powerful, I’m with you man.
CassTeaElle well if we don’t defeat it and complete abstain from it. Yes, it can take us to hell.
Gonna remember this next time 🤔
Pornography is Satan's favorite attack on men because it's the most successful. We must understand though that the devil only tempts us with our own desires. It's in us. We have to love God more than our sin and choose Him instead when we're tempted. We can have victory as it is written, "Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." James 4:7 NKJV
Suit up, put your armor on and with sword and shield in hand, fight the good fight of faith my brothers.
👐🏼
Thank you
Brother today sathan tempt me in my friends What's up group porn vidio.. But word of God teach me in right time I was escaped...
1Corinthians 6:18, NIV: "Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body
In Yeshua name amen
Really needed that, I am grateful for your words of encouragement🙂
Watching this video 2years after gives me goosebumps. Truth be told I was broke and used pornography and masturbation as a means of getting away. The moment I got busy and had something doing my priorities changed. 2 years ago when I first came across this video, I was on the verge of being homeless, broke and dealing with insecurities. I could barely stay outside my room for long. Thank God for change and the man I am today. I own multiple houses, debt free and I live my best life without letting my insecurities control me. Never give up in life
Glad you're in a better place.. . How did you pull it off within such a short period?
You're right friend. We're all not born with the Silver spoon, but we have to craft ours. My divorce almost ended my life. I had almost nothing to fall back to..I found out the hard way, savings are overrated. Thank God for a stroke of luck and cryptocurrencies.
As someone who has gone through ups and downs I am happy for you...Everything is subject to time and chance. Money comes and goes. Rockerfellers are no longer worth as they used to. If you don't find a means of multiplying your money time, chance and inflation will happen to it.
I got lucky when a Bostonian friend introduced me to an expert who helped me trade. He also advised me to buy Meta token. This was before the Metaverse thing. By the end of the month my token had done 7000 percent.
@Sarah Madison lol you can do your research on the token named Meta
The turning point for me after 20 years of porn and sexual fantasy addiction. I was talking with an older Christian friend who told me that after he was addicted for many years, and feeling like no amount of prayer would heal him, one morning he woke up and he said he knew that his addiction was cured, and he never feel again. After that testimony, I felt faith like I never felt before. That day I prayed to Jesus like I had so many times before, asking him to take my addiction to hell and to free me of this bond. The difference this time, I really believed that he could do it, I really believed I could surrender to him. I am 3 weeks clean at the time of writing this and have never had so much self control in my life. I still get temptation all the time but now I feel I have the strength in my Messiah to resist, and it definitely feels like the strength of another power, not my power, the healing power of Jesus. I feel like the woman who knew if she could just touch Jesus' cloak, she would be healed of her internal bleeding. Jesus said, "your faith has healed you". Have faith my brothers and sisters, faith in the One Saviour will heal a multitude of sins.
1 Corinthians 7 Paul states that he wished every Christian had the gift of sexual purity, but admits few do, so he advices those that do not to marry. Christ in Matthew 12:11 states the gift is given to few. If God healed you, great, but most of us will not get healing because Christ did not promise and on the contrary he said the opposite. So I would think people need to chill over this, the blood of Christ was shed for this sin, and that is sufficient for those of us that cannot stop watching porn.
Thank you brother!
@@henrka Sexual purity and heart purity in general are essential for anyone hoping to see God (Matthew 5:8). That has nothing to do with remaining unmarried like Paul.
You said, "most of us will not get healing because Christ did not promise and on the contrary he said the opposite."
That was false.
Deliverance from sin to live for God will never happen on the basis of denial and lies.
@@yestothetruth no disrespect to you but you sound like either a legalist or one of those Roman Catholics or Wesleyans that believe grace is infused. and not imputed. In heaven there will be prostitutes, lesbians, porn addicts, adulterers, and all sorts of people that have no sexual purity of their own but have the righteousness of Jesus Christ which includes Christ’s sexual purity (not mine). My salvation depends on Christ’s obedience, not on my obedience. Nobody, not one single man goes to heaven because he is sexually pure but because Christ was sexually pure. it is Christ that kept the commandments for us, we do not keep the commandments, Christ has done it for us and has abolished the law by fulfilling it (Ephesians 2:15). I am under grace and not under the law, there is no condemnation for me when I watch pornography, period. God has issued his non-guilty verdict at Calvary which I received by faith and no sin of mine no matter how grievous can undo the non-guilty verdict pronounced 2000 years ago (2 Corinthians 5:19).
@@henrka Excuse-me. In heaven, there will be ex-prostitutes, ex-lesbians, ex-porn addicts, ex-adulterers... I don't need to continue. You have believed a lie and deny the transformation that happens when a believer obeys Jesus and gets saved.
Jesus Christ broke my addiction to pornography and masturbation. it's something that I never thought that I'd be able to give up. I am in awe at the power of Christ.
let us pray for each other to run from any form of pornography, Jesus bless us💜
Why are Christians addicted? How to overcome addiction? For more details, please watch the sermon of the Light of Wisdom Church, welcome everyone to study and discuss together. Video “Happiness Increases Greed, and Greed Increases Suffering ｜The Essence of Happiness & True Freedom 03”
If you think it makes sense, we must not only believe it ourselves, but also spread it to more people. Evangelism is not only the job of pastors, but also the responsibility of every believer. This is also the aspect that the Lord values most when ascending to the kingdom of heaven.
please pray for me brothers and sisters, I've been struggling with lust for a long time
I really want to help you, but the victory over sin is only possible, when Jesus is our lord.
"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." (Romans 6,14)
So that's the first and most important question: Did you ever repent and come to christ as a lost sinner, who needs the lord? Do you know about that specific time in your life, when christ called you into his grace?
These things have to be clear first.
"For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." (Romans 8, 3-4)
Please think about these astonishing words once again.
Praying for you brother that you always have hope in God and in his Grace with is without limit if you trust in him.
Greetings! Still an issue? I ask before answering an old comment...
Where ar u!
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When he said 'dishonors the object', I felt something in my soul pull the dust from my eyes. Women are to be respected both in person (which I always do) and online in the secret of your bedroom and mind. God does something when you hear a word that he has just for you. I have in the past struggled with porn. I justified it because I only watched girls solo, so it's technically not porn -- just nude women. I realized that it's a dishonor to God's creation.
Wow, same here
Amen.
It does allot more than that!!
Porn = adultery!
ua-cam.com/video/pN9zqPnRisM/v-deo.html
it is, 1 Chorintians 13, Love is not Dishonor. 1 John 4, God is Love and we are His Children. So love is our identity in Christ, and in love there is no dishonor 😇❤️🔥
Albeit people into porn have been proven to be more respectful of women.
I have never in my life, heard something as ground breaking as this. This short video has changed my life.
A Psychiatrist tried to say I was an addict when I I was in the psych ward, but I knew I wasn't an addict fighting against my corrupt mind, but a sinner rebelling against my Creator
By saying this video has changed your life, do you mean that you have been set free from bondage to sin and are now living a new life in Jesus with purity of heart? Ultimately, that is what the Gospel is about (James 4:8, 1 Timothy 1:5, Matthew 5:8).
Phychiatrist ?
Why are Christians addicted? How to overcome addiction? For more details, please watch the sermon of the Light of Wisdom Church, welcome everyone to study and discuss together. Video “Happiness Increases Greed, and Greed Increases Suffering ｜The Essence of Happiness & True Freedom 03”
If you think it makes sense, we must not only believe it ourselves, but also spread it to more people. Evangelism is not only the job of pastors, but also the responsibility of every believer. This is also the aspect that the Lord values most when ascending to the kingdom of heaven.
Phychiatrist ?
My husband believes I will leave him after 20 years if he clicks again. He sought the Lord and has been free of this for 2 months 🙏
Amen brother! I believed I was a slave to sexual sin and porn for 20 years until I understood Paul in Romans saying I am not longer a slave (we who were baptised to Christ), and the true cost of continued choice of this sin was eternal punishment. I didn't understand that I could be free and that I must be free. It has been almost four years since I have learned this and God has helped me overcome this and I walk in freedom since (almost four years now). Praise God. The stakes are too high to ignore, and the freedom is available to all who are born again of water and spirit. Thank you Lord Jesus Christ! I don't know what would have happened if I died five years ago, but I'm not willing to find out now!
Could you please explain your statement a little more? Really want/need to understand this truth. Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you. God bless.
@@rjhorn1 I hope you get this comment. Please see this post to answer your questions and guide you to that freedom in Jesus:
Freedom From Sin
yestothetruth.blogspot.com/2019/08/freedom-from-sin.html
Peace to you!
@@rjhorn1 First of all, are you born again? Have you repented towards God of your old life of sin and been baptized to Jesus for the washing away of your sins? Have you received the gift of the Holy Spirit who helps you walk in the new life you have been given? Read Acts 2. Romans says if we have died with Christ (baptism) then we are no longer slaves but have been set free, but warns us even though we are now free not to think we are unable to go back to our sins and suffer the eternal consequences. This bred a healthy fear of God and unwillingness to turn from Him and loose it all. There are far too many warnings to the saints about the dangers of continuing to choose sin and being cut off from Christ. I obey Jesus because I love him and I fear him, and he has given me his Holy Spirit to walk in victory. He has done everything and given me everything necessary to walk as He wants. He did not come just to cover sin but to remove it!
My eternal does not depend on whether I watch porn or not, thank God. Your expounding poor theology, if you trust in stopping porn for your salvation instead of the blood of Christ, you my brother have a problem. You are correct that the Christian is no longer a slave to sin as Paul says in Romans 6, but Paul also says in Romans 7 that there is another law in the members of our body and that when we sin it is no longer I that do it but sin that dwells in me. Do not confuse being a slave to righteousness with not having indwelling sin in us that we all have.
Self control applies to any addiction. Not just lust and pornography
I am in. Thank God pornography is behind me!
I pray for all of us to overcome any kind of sin. ♡
The first action of overcoming lust is acknowledging that it is a sin. One tip to turn away from lust is to be aware of the things you see online. Sometimes even though you don't want to see things that trigger lust, it comes up as ads or retweets on twitter.
I honestly stop using twitter due to this reason. Evil can easily slide its way to your attention.
Second of all, I am proud that everyone here is being honest with themselves and to the people that saw each comment. Letting other people know about your struggle helps you realize that it is something that will never benefit your life in general. You may not know but they might have similar struggles as you do.
And lastly, lust corrupts the soul and it eventually corrupts your mind. I don't like myself whenever I do such sins and I also don't want to be around people who are corrupted by lustful doings and thoughts. We have CONTROL over ourselves through the help of God. Humble yourselves that you can't overcome the struggle of lust without allowing him to help you.
They lust on ads is so crazy . So many times I been strolling innocently on TikTok even UA-cam . And something in the category of nudity pops up . I had to delete TikTok and Snapchat because of the spotlight because it’s so many stumbling blocks on those apps it’s ridiculous.
PRAYER AND FASTING trust me
Powerful truth.. my lust for men was broken after I really renewed my mind and believed the word of God
For those who would like to be part of a Christian group as learning from the video is important but accountability, praying and having Bible study as a family consistently or as an individual and with others with no shame or fear really helps 😊. God wants to help you.
The group's link is below:
chat.whatsapp.com/DNhfAHZvGBN8AxIKhiQK27
In my life I've found power and victory over lust grows more and more as I grow as a person. For example, when I realized there really is a spiritual battle and that it was satan who convinced me I was a loser, I grew a little, he could no longer oppress me with that lie. Or when God showed me that I have already been set free from sin, I grew a little more because I realized I didn't have to give in to temptation. Or when I stopped believing that God was gonna take away all temptation from my life so that there would never be a temptation ever again - like God was going to totally and instantly transform my heart all at once because I prayed about it- when I stopped believing that lie and realized that there will always be a fight, but a fight i could win with God's strategies, (because my own strategies were not working) I grew some more and the power of lust grew weaker still. It goes on and on like this. Step by step as we grow.
You need allot more than prayer dude!
Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
@@junegerber4028 thank you.
Once you learn what the porn industry is, how can you allow yourself to get off to the torture and victimization of human beings 😭
@@mannss42884 only sick deranged and narcissistic psychopaths!
Great comment. These two up here have no place pointing out this under your comment the way they did.
@@munman161 Thanks. Yeah those who think they have no need of God’s grace are the most in need.
I was a methamphetamine addict for 45 years I smoke cigarettes all my life praise God I have been delivered
Not giving in to sin is a powerful thing. When you get the urges, even if you feel them, it is far more "dignified" to feel yet not let it control you. Feelings come and go. But acts... they are what defines us and our willpower. We sometimes can't control our lust. But we can control whether or not we act on it. If we can keep it in our minds that acting on it is bad for us and will shatter our dignity and honor, and if in those moments we CHOOSE not to crumble under desire (and it IS a choice, no one's forcing you to do it, you make the choice to do it because it feels good) the feelings will pass, and we won't feel guilty (at least I don't, feeling lust vs acting on it is worlds apart in terms of how it makes you feel later on). When you get desires, accept them, let them do what they want in your body, don't act on them, and they will pass. When you sin, you choose to obey them, you WANT to obey them in a way, because it feels good to give in at that moment. Once you realize that it is your choice, you will be set free. It is YOUR choice to seek God. It is YOUR choice not to act on your feelings. There isn't a force in the world that can make you sin, there are only forces that can CHARM you into sinning, and you WILLINGLY fall for it.
I find that when I’m really busy I don’t feel like looking at porn
Your heart just needs to be in the right place to lose all interest in porn. But you don't just want to be free from interest in porn by whatever means, you want the freedom that comes from a relationship with Jesus.
You need allot more than prayer dude!
Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
@riny swanson What are you trying to do with your comments? Justify looking at porn?
@riny swanson What you don't understand is that the people profiting from and perpetrating the subjugative environment of porn/sex trafficking are the same people creating the porn you were watching. What you are trying to say is that you don't eat pork but do eat bacon. They have to kill the pig to get your bacon but you don't want to be responsible for the killing of the pig. Do you understand the problem with this argument? The Bible says when you commit one sin you are guilty of all sin.
Just repent for all of it because it is all connected. I'm not down on you.... I have my own issues. But I take full responsibility of ALL victims of my sin. You need to do the same.
My name is saul. Plz pray for me. I truly want to be a servant of our lord Jesus Christ, but my heart is darken
Saul, please see this post with information that will help you overcome (Revelation 2:7):
Freedom From Sin
yestothetruth.blogspot.com/2019/08/freedom-from-sin.html
Peace to you!
I think John actually makes a good point. If the stakes are high enough, if we are desperate enough, we will trust in God that he can save us from the bondage of sexual lust. The fact is, having struggled with this for most of my life, I don’t always go to God. I don’t always fight. I don’t feel desperate enough to go to God. If I did on a daily basis, I’d beat this thing. I wholeheartedly believe that. Addiction is a spirit, but you can cast it off and break the chains. Believe God is stronger and really internalize that, and you can break those chains and live in freedom
Austin Hendel Amen wholeheartedly agree I don't always go to the lord and that’s my Problem I lean on myself instead of the lord
Austin Hendel, I hope you are now living what you preached because it is on point. And God is waiting to have an agreement with you so He can act on your behalf. You can't be double-minded (James 4:8), especially if you understand the two ways you can be walking on (Matthew 7:13-14). We don't have time to be doing the devil's will, brother. We need to be doing God's will and be the light of the world now (Matthew 5:14-16) and then we will enter into eternal life (Matthew 19:17).
There is only one source of genuine self-control. It comes as fruit of the Spirit. It does not come as a result of being frightened momentarily by one incident or the other. The question then is - what is it to walk in the Spirit and exhibit this fruit, as prescribed in the book of Galatians? The answer to this is very clear in the Bible and is the reward to those who diligently seek. God's mighty grace is available for His children to help them navigate the rots of this life, including addictions. Our dear leaders surely do not as yet have the solid answers. Answers we can rely on at all times and in all circumstances. These answers reside in the ENVIRONMENT of the Gospel of Christ.
Remember this brothers ,when we sin, we sin before His Holy eyes , He is there with you in that room. When you are alone think about this and it helps. God bless you all and may He keep you pure!
He's a brilliant man, God bless him. In this case I think he indirectly misdefines addiction as absolute inability to exercise self-control. Part of the destruction in addiction lies in the delusion that one is in complete control, while simultaneously destroying one's life by temporarily yielding, or readily embracing, the object of one's lust--despite knowing the Truth. Granted, a 5-minute clip lacks context, but I see this message offering little encouragement to struggling people. Regardless, hope for deliverance lies In the Lord Jesus Christ through the renewing of the mind by the Word of God.
Well, there it is. I’ve struggled with this sin for years, but the pastor’s argument is solid. I need to put on my big boy pants and say no. Because, in the end, the stakes are very high. I am a recovering alcoholic and I know real addiction. There was a time I’d give up my family for a drink. I know this because I did it. I cannot truthfully say that I’d give up my family at the end of the day for the sake of porn. So, I do have control over it. This revelation is not condemning, it is freeing. I can do something about this terrible perversion of somebody’s daughter or sister or mother or friend. My God is a big God. He can set me free if I am willing. I am willing. I declare, in Jesus name, that I am able.
Please see the videos in my playlist called _"Be Set Free From Sin"_ for help. It is God's grace that will help you overcome sin and live a new life that is pleasing to Him (Titus 2:11-14). But it starts with repentance first, in the way that the Bible teaches it.
Peace to you!
I've been struggling with this for as long as I can remember. I've gone some months without falling into sin and I feel like I'm set free and then I fall again seemingly out of nowhere and it's like I'm back to square one again. Please pray for me that I may be truly set free and that my heart would desire the Lord more than any other temptation of the enemy. God bless you brothers, the Lord is able to accomplish in is what we can't do ourselves. Bless you all abundantly
Alex Marinaccio, please see my video titled _"Be Set Free From Sin."_ It's right on my channel's home page. It will link you to a post with information that will help you overcome (Revelation 2:7).
Peace to you!
As Piper mentioned at the end, the problem is in what we believe. Many engage in the sin of lust because we do not truly understand the glory and majesty of our Lord. We do not have a reverential fear of Him.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, look to the Lord and be in awe, read scripture and seek His beauty. All things, temptations and false promises of this world, will lose its effect and become worthless.
Amen
Please pray that I will overcome lust and pornography for good!!! Lord, please forgive me!!!
You need allot more than prayer dude!
Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
@@junegerber4028 this is a lie. Masturbation is the root of selfish love that leads to porn. Both are sin against your own body.
@@dv4740 masturbation is not a sin its only a sin if you lust after someone the stuff I look at isn't real irl so it doesn't count
@@marcellofunhouse1234When you masturbate, it would eventually lead you to addiction. Anything that is taking control over your body is a sin. This body is not a slave to anything in this world but this body is my Lord's house!!!
I guess I want to encourage others to not be too hard on themselves, getting past denial is one step in a series
It's Hard especially when you have endless data that you don't have use for.
I found that Prayer really helps and I fasted and prayed until I stopped.
it does cross my mind sometimes to just watch a little bit but I also remember that I'm breaking a promise iv made to Myself and God.
I feel so at peace knowing that I will never go back there again.
Pray for me, brothers. I feel like I have committed the unpardonable sin because of lust
J. J. Con I just prayed for you. But don't forget that there's no unforgivable sin. Jesus' power is greater than anything you have done and you will do. Pray for forgiveness and strength. You can do it with the help of the Lord. Be blessed!
^what Nora said. As far as i know the Lord forgives basically everything, you gotta just gotta accept the forgiveness fam. The only "unpardonable sin" is not wanting to be forgiven, but dont get too thinky on it. It's not like if you say "no thanks" itll be fire and brimstone unto your head, yo. It really wont lol.
I mean, the passage in the Bible that speaks about it is p enigmatic by itself but if you see it in the context it makes more sense in my opinion. Jesus was giving the most literal, obvious and sure proof that He was God and still the pharisees were all like "nah that not tru fam". It's like if you were starving, Jesus was there giving you a loaf of bread and you reject it. That'd mean sure death, wouldnt it? Hope you understand what i mean.
Well, that's what the Bible meant there imho. Dont ever think that God will abandon you forever, cause He wont! He loves you, fam, dont ever doubt it.
Stay strong on this, you'll make it out bro. There is always a way outta it, you just gotta try more and more.
There is an unforgivable sin. It is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 12: 31-32 and Mark 3: 28-29. I believe it still applies today. But don't worry, you can be saved through prayer and fasting if you're battling this hardcore.
Basically the way lust works is on the anxieties/guilt. The more you feel worse due to it, the worse it makes you feel, and the more it makes you crave lust. The only way out is finding freedom in the Lord, His love and His forgiveness.. and that means a big walk on faith. But stay strong, prayers are on your way! God bless, mate!
If you worry that you've have, then you haven't.
Anyone who says "no one is addicted to porn" has never been through it. I understand the sentiment and we are in the same boat that we need to live for God. But your message of "if you want it bad enough you will have self control", that premise can apply to any addiction, and surely you don't think there is no such thing as addictions? I think the message is understating this issue. Your "million dollar offer" example is only a temporary resistance. Regardless, as brothers & sisters in Christ, we all want out and to stop the sin.
Please see the videos in my playlist called _"Be Set Free From Sin"_ for help.
Take some time to understand well the way you need to approach God. Your obedience to God out of love for God (John 14:15) is the key to your deliverance from any sin that you are bound in (Hebrews 5:9). That is what the grace of God leads you to (Titus 2:11-14).
We need to learn from Jesus and follow his example. That will not lead us to sin but to break free from sin and also not return to it (John 8:31-36, 1 John 3:6).
Peace to you!
I totally agree with him. I am walking this narrow path to freedom for several months now and I can recognise that it had a lot to do with my belief and what the world has impressed upon me regarding sexuality. I am finding total freedom in Christi alone
I will respectfully say this is the exact type of talk that makes it harder for people that are addicted to pornography. The analogies you gave doesn't display self control, but they are momentarily controlled by something that is stronger than their addiction. Once out of the situation, it will be back. I am a child of God and what I had to learn after years of struggling is what was really going on in my brain. Porn addition needs to be treated as such.
The problem with this analogy is that addiction almost always masks itself as a lesser choice that seems oh so mundane. One small act won't hurt, will it? It is death by a thousand cuts or the frog in the kettle. Once we see it for what it is, we can begin to let go. But it takes honesty, community and the action steps of recovery to get there.
As a truck driver I definitely struggle with the lust. Porn ain't my thing. But to be a single man and seeing what women wear these days, (yoga pants, leggings and form fitting and revealing clothing) it gets harder and harder out here not to lust but I oftentimes catch myself and think about what Jesus said. "Whosoever look upon a woman to lust hath committed adultery with her in his heart already." God is bigger than any situation so keep me in your prayers everyone. I wanna see and live eternity with God our father.
Hmmmm God bless you
Kenney Cooper, take a look at this:
yestothetruth.blogspot.com/2019/09/struggling-with-lust-message-for-men.html
God bless you!
Amen
The horrible thing about lust and pornography, is that it gets to a point where it so consumes you that not only do you want to stop but can't, but it also reaches a point where "regular" pornography doesn't satisfy you anymore. Its like drinking cyanide, you know it's going to kill you but you just can't stop. I was introduced to all of that at a very young age and it's had a hold of me my entire life up to this point.
I recommend this post to you: _"09 - Struggling with Lust? (Message for Men)."_ Please see my video titled _"Be Set Free From Sin."_ You will find the link to the post in the video's description.
Peace to you!
I pray that u ll be set free in Jesus name
I'm going through the exact same thing you are I need help
Pray for me. I'm still suffering from this, and I've prayed for it day and day out.
Please listen to the messages on my playlist called _"Freedom From Porn Addiction"_ for encouragement and help to quit. Make a serious investment into quitting through your diligent seeking of the truth about why you are addicted, why you keep on going to porn for the "good" it _seems_ to bring you. And then as you seek God with all your heart for *his* goodness, you will see results.
You need to repent so a new life can come from you coming into 100% agreement with God about what's good and what is evil and that you need to turn away from. If you're still enjoying porn, then you are not showing to God that you want to quit it for good. Now, if you do hate it, you will stop watching it out of your own free will to do that. You will probably suffer for not giving in to the temptation to watch porn and that is normal. No pain no gain. That is the cost you pay or the sacrifice you make out of love for God if you want to live for God and please God.
Peace to you!
I just wrote a rather long comment in the main comments to help people who truly want to overcome. I hope it helps. My prayers for you.
God's promises are far more bliss than anything this world can offer but I can't seem to let go!😣 please keep me in your prayers brothers and sisters
You need to come to true repentance. Please go to my playlists and see the one called →Freedom From Porn Addiction← for encouragement and help. See also my video titled →Be Set Free From Sin.←
Peace to you!
I am porn free for quite some time now, don’t really count anymore. There’s no need to count. I’ll never look back. I am morally repulsed by it. I remember when I watched this video the first time it brought tears to my eyes. It is what we believe. And that’s why there’s people out there trying to tell us what to believe , especially in regards to pornography.
I watch porn once amonth I wanted clean but I don't know how I keep getting back ,I just find myself broken I messed up and I don't know what to do
My god has healed and delivered me and those who believe in him by his power not ours
I think the problem with a lot of counsel is, it focuses on the act of the sin (sex, masturbation, watching something, etc.) but doesn’t ever target the desire/lust behind it.
What if it isn’t about the act but the driving desire behind it? What if we aren’t supposed to want it anymore?
This is great counsel.
This is exactly what the counselor at my church told me, too many people focus on the what and not the why.
T.L. That's right. See this message on UA-cam: _Born Again Through Repentance And Faith_ by Zac Poonen. You can start listening at 23:38. The point is clearly made. The outward acts are only expressions of the desire within.
I love pastor Johns speaking, but in this case I think there is a misunderstanding of what addiction is. Many people beat addiction when the stakes are high enough, that doesn’t mean they were never addicted. If we don’t acknowledge that addiction is real how are we supposed to help those who suffer from it?
Nathan Stumpf i 100% agree with you. In fact , I would consider this heresy because addiction is real and it is a spirit.
@@ixelkoolgirl agreed. I struggle with porn. I hate it. I want to stop. But I can't. It's programmed into my brain. It's hard to explain
I have found that we must keep our minds on purpose at all times. A purpose for why you are alive today and for this life. Keep eternity in your eyes for what your purpose is. And know every day that this life is so short compared to that eternity. Every day we must know that we are going to die! And that this life is temporary. Just like when you’re working out, you know eventually that effort is going to stop and you will be stronger because of it. So know that every day is a workout to conquer sin. I’m in this with you brothers
I absolutely agree. I clicked on this video because I saw the title and it angered me. Porn addiction is REAL. There is a lot of research to back up the fact that using porn has very similar effects on the brain as using drugs does. Some would argue even worse effects, in some ways. I really don't appreciate the statement that porn addiction isn't real, just because we can overcome it. You know what else humans are capable of overcoming? Drug addiction. But we still recognize the addiction, because it's valid and important.
Also, in some ways I would say a porn addict might not be able to completely overcome their addiction, in the same way that people who haven't touched a drink in years still call themselves alcoholics. You aren't going to see them in a bar, because they are addicts. For some people, barring a miracle, that might never fully go away. And ignoring that or pretending addiction isnt real is incredibly dangerous, and leads to complacency that could lead to relapse.
I would recommend people check on the site yourbrainonporn.com for more info. And nofap.com is a pretty good - although secular - recovery site for porn addicts to support each other.
Clear cut straight to the point and simple this guy tells straight truth! This humbled me and shook me up.
Struggle big time, with this sin. Especially, being single.
I am single too, and the only way I have found that works is in a men's small group. Without honest accountability I'd be in porn daily.
Ain't your fault that you're single. I am too lol
Same
You need allot more than prayer dude!
Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
This never gets acknowledged. People who are reluctantly single suffer
I have been addicted to pornography since i was 11 years old. I am now 39. I am a servent of god as a missionary. I have been knowing god for 4 years now and i ask him everyday to help me and give me strenght. Please brothers and sisters pray for me. God bless!
I just did go sin no more
You need allot more than prayer dude!
Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
June Gerber stop commenting if you don’t know much about the subject. I feel like you have never been in this type of sin. First of all the bible does mention that masturbation is a sin, although it doesn’t mention the word itself. Your body was not made for self gratification and your sexual organs are not made for that they were made for reproducing. Second of all, you cannot say that because one watched pornography they are guilty of child pornography, of sex trafficking. That’s like me saying if you smoke and do drugs you are guilty of what the drug dealers do with the money you gave them. Third of all why are you talking about child sex trafficking, that is illegal and has nothing to do with the legal porn industry that everyone watches
@@jojosiwa8945 you are so so ignorant.
Do you honestly think a woman wants to do porn... please do yourself a favor and read up on the many ABUSES grown women face in the industry! It's getting more and more violent and children ARE watching and trying to do horrible things to other children. Teenage porn is one of the highest looked upon section... the girls LOOK preteen... they may be of age but men are at HIGH rates are getting off to women who look like TEENS!!!!
The average porn woman lasts 3 months in the industry bc of the damage to her private areas!!! Get a grip and see porn for what its worth!
I struggle with porn and I fight it within me I confess it my sin before you all
And you wonder why many christians struggle because many have been taught a false positive and negative confession gospel that has people in bondage and they don't veven know it
Confess your sin I did and admit it I need the Lord help in my walk by he's grace and strength not mine he's alone
You need allot more than prayer dude!
Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
I am not addicted any more in Jesus name
Brothers & sisters believe!!!! & you will achieve!!! took me some time but its possible!!! HAVE FAITH & DONT LOOK BACK!!! 😊
I've been struggling since I was 14 and now I'm 19. I'm able to go on decent streaks but once I don't pray or read the Bible I'm so weak to the devil's lies and I give in. I realize now everytime I've failed it's because I chose to listen to the lies rather than talk to God or read the Word. It's always nice to know once I repent I'm truly forgiven. Please pray for me!
Yep I can totally relate to that. It’s a struggle for real. I just hold onto the promise that one day the desires will be gone for good. Praying for you!🩷
Elijah is Elias in Spanish, brother in faith. My name is Elías. So I'm here to write to you that you can listen to Joseph Prince sermons about addictions and grace. God Is So Good.
Make sure you approach God the way He expects you to with the right mindset. Prayers work together with what you need to have a resolve to do yourself.
You must submit to God. That is essential:
James 4:7-8
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
That's what your attitude needs to be when you are going through the process of *repentance* and committing to be obedient to God for the rest of your life (that's the kind of "change of mind" God wants to see). You must sincerely regret having sinned against God, and come to the point of hearing and agreeing 100% with Jesus' message saying, "I do not condemn you, now go and don't sin anymore" (John 8:11). Your obedience as you choose to follow God's ways is key--that's how you show your faith to God (John 3:36, Luke 6:46, Hebrews 3:17-18). That opens the door to receiving his *forgiveness* for your past sins (2 Peter 1:9), *healing* (Luke 5:31-32), *freedom from sin/addictions* (John 8:34-36), and the gift of *a new life* that you will live for God and no longer for sin and the passing things of the world (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). That is the salvation you must make sure you have experienced: freedom from sin (John 8:36, Romans 8:1-2) versus bondage to sin (John 8:34, Romans 7:23).
Approaching God in genuine repentance will lead to you receiving the Holy Spirit to lead you to "walk by the Spirit" (Acts 2:38, Galatians 5:16)--with a pure heart and self-control, which is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Any habit that controls you reveals idolatry in your heart. You have to choose to be done with that and it will be part of your past. That's one thing that will come out of your commitment to be obedient to God for the rest of your life. Please see 1 Peter 4:1-3 and 1 Thessalonians 1:9.
James 1:21-22
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls [that's repentance]. 22 But be doers of the word [that's faith, which implies obedience], and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Hebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, He [Jesus] became the author of 👉 *eternal salvation to all those who obey Him [...].*
Please stay in the word and obey it (James 1:21-22). The word of God is fuel for your faith. To live as a follower of Jesus you must go out of your way to put the word of God in your heart and keep it there, rejecting all distractions. It's a fight and that's how you need to stand to not fall down. The truth will set you free from all sin (John 8:31-32, 36).
Make sure you approach God the way He expects you to with the right mindset. Prayers work together with what you need to have a resolve to do yourself.
You must submit to God. That is essential:
James 4:7-8
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
That's what your attitude needs to be when you are going through the process of *repentance* and committing to be obedient to God for the rest of your life (that's the kind of "change of mind" God wants to see). You must sincerely regret having sinned against God, and come to the point of hearing and agreeing 100% with Jesus' message saying, "I do not condemn you, now go and don't sin anymore" (John 8:11). Your obedience as you choose to follow God's ways is key--that's how you show your faith to God (John 3:36, Luke 6:46, Hebrews 3:17-18). That opens the door to receiving his *forgiveness* for your past sins (2 Peter 1:9), *healing* (Luke 5:31-32), *freedom from sin/addictions* (John 8:34-36), and the gift of *a new life* that you will live for God and no longer for sin and the passing things of the world (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). That is the salvation you must make sure you have experienced: freedom from sin (John 8:36, Romans 8:1-2) versus bondage to sin (John 8:34, Romans 7:23).
Approaching God in genuine repentance will lead to you receiving the Holy Spirit to lead you to "walk by the Spirit" (Acts 2:38, Galatians 5:16)--with a pure heart and self-control, which is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Any habit that controls you reveals idolatry in your heart. You have to choose to be done with that and it will be part of your past. That's one thing that will come out of your commitment to be obedient to God for the rest of your life. Please see 1 Peter 4:1-3 and 1 Thessalonians 1:9.
James 1:21-22
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls [that's repentance]. 22 But be doers of the word [that's faith, which implies obedience], and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Hebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, He [Jesus] became the author of 👉 *eternal salvation to all those who obey Him [...].*
Please stay in the word and obey it (James 1:21-22). The word of God is fuel for your faith. To live as a follower of Jesus you must go out of your way to put the word of God in your heart and keep it there, rejecting all distractions. It's a fight and that's how you need to stand to not fall down. The truth will set you free from all sin (John 8:31-32, 36).
Lord!!! My soul cry out to you (Jesus) .. I cannot help myself, I need you to heal me and deliver me from my sins.
790 Day Please go to my playlists and see the one called →Freedom From Porn Addiction← for encouragement and help. See also my video titled →Be Set Free From Sin← for help to overcome (Revelation 2:7).
Peace to you!
The wages of sin is death.
Pray for me guys, I am so tired of failing God again and again, pray for me that i would overcome this watching pornography and masturbation 😢
Please see the videos in the *_"Be Set Free From Sin"_* section on my channel for help.
Take some time to understand well the way you need to approach God. Your obedience to God out of love for God (John 14:15) is the key to your deliverance from any sin that you are bound in (Hebrews 5:9).
We need to learn from Jesus and follow his example (1 Peter 2:21-24). That will not lead us to sin but to break free from sin and also not return to it (John 8:31-36, 1 John 3:6).
Peace to you!
He is absolutely right that it comes down to a belief. It's not a battle of having sexual desire vs not having sexual desire.
It's a battle between the beliefs of "choosing to lust brings benefit" vs "choosing not to lust brings benefit".
I've had an extremely hard time trying to teach people about beliefs. Your beliefs shape your entire life. In my opinion, there should be a mandated course on it in schools. So many of my friends have self limiting beliefs and I've found it extremely difficult to teach them about how it's limiting their success in life. He absolutely nails it here. It's one of life's ultimate secrets. This man understands it too thank you for the upload.
I think God for this message! I have been struggling with porn for over a year since I’ve realized it’s a problem that I haven’t been able to keep under control. And he’s completely right I have no self-control. I just do what I feel because I want to. I know it’s selfish and damaging for my spiritual well-being as well as my personal. I just don’t know how to navigate this season in my life
Please see this post with information that will help you overcome (Revelation 2:7):
Freedom From Sin
yestothetruth.blogspot.com/2019/08/freedom-from-sin.html
Peace to you!
What I used to stop was renouncing the demon everytime it put it in my mind of any lust. I said "I rebuke the spirit of lust in the name of Jesus" "I rebuke you Satan in the name of Jesus" Then I'd speak scripture over it to be my shield. I'd say these 3 verses when I got the urge.... Indeed the spirit is willing and the flesh is weak, I can do anything in Christ who strengthens me, your word is my shield. This let me know his spirit is stronger than my fleshes desires, I can do anything with his help and speaking these verses are a legit shield in the spiritual realm against the demons. This is actually what I do for all thoughts that demons speak into my mind rather it be prideful, lustful, gluttony, envy, gossiping, hateful, anxiety, fearful and more. We're suppose to do this spiritual warefare but many chirstians don't realize this. I hope this helps❤🙏🏻
I'm crying looking at these comments. we are all family, we need to pray over eachother. I want to be closer to God, but my body constantly battles my spirit. I hate myself. want to deny myself but keep falling asleep.
Praying for you brother.
You don't have to live in condemnation. Repent, be forgiven, be born again and have a fresh start with God. Stay humble to receive his grace that saves.
Your body can keep you separated from God only if you keep it and its desires for sinful things in higher regard than God and his will for you.
Please watch this message for encouragement and help to overcome (Revelation 2:7):
ua-cam.com/video/s8bpFtD31FU/v-deo.html
See also my video _Be Set Free From Sin._ Read the description. Peace to you!
I gotta confess I may not look at porn, but as a woman, we are more addicted to fantasies were we are loved and appreciated rather than just a sexual act. It is more like a way to feel valued. Please pray for me.. since this is my problem
I recommend you lookup this message on UA-cam:
_"Born Again Through Repentance And Faith"_ by Zac Poonen.
You can start listening to the full message at 23:38 exactly.
Follow God's precepts to be born again and be sure of it. His healing comes from that.
Peace to you!
men want to be loved just as much you are not different or more pure than us
@@TElias5 I didn't say I was more pure I'm not, I'm full of flaws and want to change that's all.
It’s awesome to see that ministries are being raised up to help those in the stronghold of porn and The Lord is pleased for us to stand together in unity to battle perhaps the greatest hidden sin of the days we live in. Brothers and sisters we must lovingly take the shame away from sharing about the influence of porn in the church. By the grace of God I was delivered from porn around 14 years ago and now help facilitate a course here in Australia run by “Care Force Life Keys” called “Valiant Man” in which we have seen breakthrough after breakthrough in people’s lives. Don’t give up as there are many on the other side of your victory that God will be able to use you to minister to! God Bless you & see you soon!
You are an idiot! The Bible clearly says NOT TO TALK about those things that are done in secret!
People who look are porn should be shamed!!!
They need allot more than prayer dude!
Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
Right as I was about to fall into temptation
You need allot more than prayer dude!
Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
June Gerber Relieve yourself at the cost of impure thoughts and bondage to emotional impulses? I agree strongly with what you said about pornography.. it’s a multi-billion industry that publicly endorses/funds the human trafficking epidemic and as Christians, we should be disgusted by this when are tempted to view pornography. But the greater issue stem from our thoughts, just as Jesus said. When you’re masturbating or watching porn, you are succumbing to thoughts you held leading up to that point. I cannot agree with anyone who says masturbation is not a sin because it’s so blatantly the manifestation of impure thoughts. Ultimately, lust takes multiple forms, and masturbation and pornography is one-and-one the same. Please don’t make masturbation the “loophole” to not watch pornography.. you’re setting people up for failure in their pursuit of purity.
Prescription for addiction, according to Dr. Bob, founder of AA:
Trust God. Clean house. Help others.
I’ve always struggled with the word “addiction” when it comes to non chemical dependency behaviors.
No offense but the two examples he gave, cut throat or 1Mil cash could apply to any so called addiction, even if a chemical dependency, albeit temporary.
A close friend of mine told me a true story last night. He advised a young kid, several years ago, who was suffering from nightmares. His advise was to sing praise and worship before going to bed and sing if he awakes from nightmares. Within a few days they disappeared.
Sounds like good advise for any addiction.
At best Piper shows a misunderstanding of addiction. At worst he fails to validate the experience of the addict. I believe he is using a personal definition of addiction which only focuses on specific instances of temptation rather than looking at the over-all pattern.
He speaks of isolated incidences where one can choose to abstain because the consequences would be so dire thus proving one cannot be really addicted. But addiction is not about never-ending and indefinite acting out regardless of the consequences at hand. When we talk about sexual addiction we are talking about coping mechanisms developed over time to ease life’s pains and hurts that the person feels he or she is unable to stop (opportune situations for acting out) despite destructive consequences. This complex psychophysiological process can manifest in sexual behaviors that are temporarily pleasurable or offer momentary relief in which a person soon craves, suffers negative consequences from, and has trouble giving up. Even if a person can give up the physical acting out (like in Piper’s exaggerated scenarios), those original hurts and pains are not resolved. An addict who has not processed his past is still an addict, regardless how long it has been since he acted out. In the end, sex addiction is never about sex; it is about learned behavior to medicate pain. If one really wants to find freedom then that past pain and hurt must be healed. Simply stopping the behavior will not stop the problem.
Please pray for me anyone who sees this. I’m 22. Struggling ever since I was in 6th grade. Just pray I can resist and keep my eyes on him. Thank you
Brother in faith, please, listen to Joseph Prince sermons carefully, about grace and addictions. Give thanks always to The Lord.
Make sure you approach God the way He expects you to with the right mindset. Prayers work together with what you need to have a resolve to do yourself.
You must submit to God. That is essential:
James 4:7-8
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
That's what your attitude needs to be when you are going through the process of *repentance* and committing to be obedient to God for the rest of your life (that's the kind of "change of mind" God wants to see). You must sincerely regret having sinned against God, and come to the point of hearing and agreeing 100% with Jesus' message saying, "I do not condemn you, now go and don't sin anymore" (John 8:11). Your obedience as you choose to follow God's ways is key--that's how you show your faith to God (John 3:36, Luke 6:46, Hebrews 3:17-18). That opens the door to receiving his *forgiveness* for your past sins (2 Peter 1:9), *healing* (Luke 5:31-32), *freedom from sin/addictions* (John 8:34-36), and the gift of *a new life* that you will live for God and no longer for sin and the passing things of the world (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). That is the salvation you must make sure you have experienced: freedom from sin (John 8:36, Romans 8:1-2) versus bondage to sin (John 8:34, Romans 7:23).
Approaching God in genuine repentance will lead to you receiving the Holy Spirit to lead you to "walk by the Spirit" (Acts 2:38, Galatians 5:16)--with a pure heart and self-control, which is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Any habit that controls you reveals idolatry in your heart. You have to choose to be done with that and it will be part of your past. That's one thing that will come out of your commitment to be obedient to God for the rest of your life. Please see 1 Peter 4:1-3 and 1 Thessalonians 1:9.
James 1:21-22
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls [that's repentance]. 22 But be doers of the word [that's faith, which implies obedience], and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Hebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, He [Jesus] became the author of 👉 *eternal salvation to all those who obey Him [...].*
Please stay in the word and obey it (James 1:21-22). The word of God is fuel for your faith. To live as a follower of Jesus you must go out of your way to put the word of God in your heart and keep it there, rejecting all distractions. It's a fight and that's how you need to stand to not fall down. The truth will set you free from all sin (John 8:31-32, 36).
Be blessed, for you have freed me. Peace be with you✝️
I always watch and come back here again for mind renewal 😢..i want a breakthrough now
How are you doing friend
If you are in 100% agreement with God about doing his will for the rest of your life, you will become "dead to sin" as the Bible says (1 Peter 2:21-24, Romans 6:1-2, Romans 6:11): that is how you will be set free from sin. If you are dead to porn, then you will be walking in freedom and overcoming it as well as all other sins by the grace of God (Titus 2:11-14). That is different from being in a constant battle. You can be *once and for all* victorious in Jesus.
It is important that you answer God's call to repentance the way the Bible teaches. You must sincerely regret having sinned against God, and come to the point of hearing and agreeing with Jesus' message saying, "I do not condemn you, now go and don't sin anymore" (John 8:11). Your obedience as you choose to follow God's ways is key. That opens the door to receiving his *forgiveness* for your past sins (Romans 3:25), *healing* (Luke 5:31-32), *freedom from sin/addictions* (John 8:34-36, Romans 6:4-7, Romans 6:14-18), and the gift of *a new life* that you will live for God and no longer for sin and the passing things of the world (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). That is salvation.
You must submit to God. That is essential:
James 4:7-8
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Hebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, He [Jesus] became the author of 👉 *eternal salvation to all those who obey Him*
Please stay in the word and obey it (James 1:22). The truth will set you free from all sin (John 8:31-32, 36).
Amen Pastor powerful Message 👍👏🙌🙏
Just went through deleting all pornography off of my phone, hopefully for the last time. Please keep my in your prayers, as I try to finally give it up once and for all.
If you are in 100% agreement with God about doing his will for the rest of your life, you will become "dead to sin" as the Bible says (1 Peter 2:21-24, Romans 6:1-2, Romans 6:11): that is how you will be set free from sin (John 8:34-36, Romans 6:4-7, Romans 6:14-18). If you are dead to porn and porn is dead to you, then you will be walking in freedom and overcoming it by the grace of God (Titus 2:11-14). That is different from being in a constant battle. You can be once and for all victorious in Jesus.
It is the truth that will set you free (John 8:31-32, 36).
As usual, John Piper gives us an enlightening answer that we haven't thought before about a problem that pursues us daily.
Been needing some prayer cause I’ve been in this same state of lust for a while. I’ve tried quitting but the same desire comes back to me and I can’t hold back. Pray for me brothers and sisters, for I want my relationship with God to stay strong and not fade
crashbandikewt Please see my video titled →Be Set Free From Sin.← Read the description.
Go also to my playlists and see the one called → Freedom From Porn Addiction ← for encouragement and help to quit. Peace to you!
@crashbandikewt
While pastor John is very wise and right to an extent, he obviously doesn't know how addiction works. An addict can temporarily say no to whatever it is they're addicted to if the reward is high enough or punishment severe enough but that doesn't change the fact that your mind and body have been conditioned to want and need that substance. That doesn't mean that saying no won't hurt and have withdrawal effects. Eventually withdrawals will occur. This happens with any addict to any substance whether it's drugs, alcohol, sex, pornography. Any addict who says no will have withdrawals after a while, that's why they eventually break down and come for more. Yes willpower has a lot to do with it but if your mind/body has been conditioned to need or want something it will want that something whether you fight it or not. I was a porn addict for nearly twenty years and there were plenty of times when I could for short periods of time resist the urges out of necessity but next chance I got, I went back to it. Any addict would say no temporarily to get 1 million dollars. But I promise you that after they get paid they're going right back to it. He has a point to a degree in what he says but it ultimately doesn't hold any weight against the medical science and research that has gone into studying and learning the REAL addictive affects of pornography on the human mind. Porn addiction is a real thing, whether you want to admit it or accept it or not is inconsequential to that fact. I used to be addicted to porn so you can't sit here and tell me it's not a real thing. The arrogance.....
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Those are just a few videos to get you started but people need to know the truth about porn addiction and how it literally changes and rewires your brain to constantly want more.
I believe u are trivializing the point he was making by concentrating on a perceived inaccuracy. The point he is making, IMHO, is spot on. One participates in these activities because the consequences or aftermath of such an act is not immediately apparent nor severe. Therefore, it can be said that the belief of the individual is what sustains or frees as individual from participation in the activities associated with Porn. He never claimed that there is no such thing as a porn or lust addiction but was speaking to the large majority of cases.
Agreed
To me he is banging on a pulpit to try to somehow bang it out of people. I can understand and see people just making excuses saying they are sick or just addicted and have no choice or responsibility. I can agree we are still responsible for our choices even if we are addicted. I just don't see the point in him flying off into a rage over it. AND I agree with you: an orgasm is a pleasure producing thing that releases dopamine into a person's brain. It is going to condition a person's mind and carve neural pathways if they keep coming back to it over and over again. You see the same kind of stuff with drug addicts, a repetitive vicious cycle. It is going to take time to heal those ruts. Simply banging on a pulpit is not going to do the trick. Instant deliverance or a 12 step Celebrate Recovery group is the way to go. Or we can keep banging on pulpits until they turn to saw dust and ultimately nothing ever changes.
I struggle with this so much. I'm 35 and never really had a relationship. And part of me feels like a loser for that and then part of me hates myself for looking at women so much. I have low self esteem. I don't think any woman would want a dork like me. All the girls I asked out in middle school to college years rejected me. Maybe my standards were higher than they should have been...but to this day I always think maybe if I would have got it out of my system in those years, maybe it wouldn't be as bad as it is today. I don't know.
If you are in 100% agreement with God about doing his will for the rest of your life, you will become "dead to sin" as the Bible says (1 Peter 2:21-24, Romans 6:1-2, Romans 6:11): that is how you will be set free from sin. If you are dead to porn, then you will be walking in freedom and overcoming it as well as all other sins by the grace of God (Titus 2:11-14). That is different from being in a constant battle. You can be *once and for all* victorious in Jesus.
It is important that you answer God's call to repentance the way the Bible teaches. You must sincerely regret having sinned against God, and come to the point of hearing and agreeing with Jesus' message saying, "I do not condemn you, now go and don't sin anymore" (John 8:11). Your obedience as you choose to follow God's ways is key. That opens the door to receiving his *forgiveness* for your past sins (Romans 3:25), *healing* (Luke 5:31-32), *freedom from sin/addictions* (John 8:34-36, Romans 6:4-7, Romans 6:14-18), and the gift of *a new life* that you will live for God and no longer for sin and the passing things of the world (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). That is salvation.
You must submit to God. That is essential:
James 4:7-8
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Hebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, He [Jesus] became the author of 👉 *eternal salvation to all those who obey Him*
Please stay in the word and obey it (James 1:22). The truth will set you free from all sin (John 8:31-32, 36).
Lord help me on this! I need your strength 🙏
Please see my video _Be Set Free From Sin._ I links you to a post with information that will help you overcome (Revelation 2:7). Peace to you!
Praying for you.
You need allot more than prayer dude!
Little girls are being abducted, subjugated, sold, tortured, raped, photographed, drugged and destroyed just so that you can masturbate and cum. The porn industry and the sex trafficking industry are one! Therefore, you are contributing to victimizing millions of little girls all over the world. The Bible never says not to masturbate! Go ahead and relieve yourself but there is never a justification for the lust of porn! Until you see porn for what it really is - and yourself the way God sees you - you will never stop!! You are guilty of allot more than lust!!
I have been falling to this sin since I was 10 years old. Everytime I lapse I feel shame and there is a feeling that god will not love me until I overcome this sin.
Porn destroys destroys the soul .
Pray for me
Make sure you approach God the way He expects you to with the right mindset. Prayers work together with what you need to have a resolve to do yourself.
You must submit to God. That is essential:
James 4:7-8
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
That's what your attitude needs to be when you are going through the process of *repentance* and committing to be obedient to God for the rest of your life (that's the kind of "change of mind" God wants to see). You must sincerely regret having sinned against God, and come to the point of hearing and agreeing 100% with Jesus' message saying, "I do not condemn you, now go and don't sin anymore" (John 8:11). Your obedience as you choose to follow God's ways is key--that's how you show your faith to God (John 3:36, Luke 6:46, Hebrews 3:17-18). That opens the door to receiving his *forgiveness* for your past sins (2 Peter 1:9), *healing* (Luke 5:31-32), *freedom from sin/addictions* (John 8:34-36), and the gift of *a new life* that you will live for God and no longer for sin and the passing things of the world (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). That is the salvation you must make sure you have experienced: freedom from sin (John 8:36, Romans 8:1-2) versus bondage to sin (John 8:34, Romans 7:23).
Approaching God in genuine repentance will lead to you receiving the Holy Spirit to lead you to "walk by the Spirit" (Acts 2:38, Galatians 5:16)--with a pure heart and self-control, which is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Any habit that controls you reveals idolatry in your heart. You have to choose to be done with that and it will be part of your past. That's one thing that will come out of your commitment to be obedient to God for the rest of your life. Please see 1 Peter 4:1-3 and 1 Thessalonians 1:9.
James 1:21-22
21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls [that's repentance]. 22 But be doers of the word [that's faith, which implies obedience], and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
Hebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, He [Jesus] became the author of 👉 *eternal salvation to all those who obey Him [...].*
Please stay in the word and obey it (James 1:21-22). The word of God is fuel for your faith. To live as a follower of Jesus you must go out of your way to put the word of God in your heart and keep it there, rejecting all distractions. It's a fight and that's how you need to stand to not fall down. The truth will set you free from all sin (John 8:31-32, 36).
My goodness. I am absolutely shocked. This makes perfect sense.
If the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed.John8:36
Struggled for a 20 yrs . Finally decided to choose to make my spirit strong and . Spend a hour in the morning praying and reading and it’s quieted my lust way down and freed me . I thought to myself ...We make sure we feed our bodies everyday so our flesh is strong why not put the same priority for our spirit . I can live no other way now . To slack up on that hour is to return to lust . It’s inevitable . Guess the question is “ have you got bottom yet ?” For me it is yes .
I love this analogy. Thank you
Please pray for me. I am addicted for like 14 or 15 years already. It got grip of me when i was a young teenage boy. It started off "innocent" and a few times, unknowning it was bad at the time for a long time even though i was raised Christian. And it got worse over the years. At a young age (before 10) I already had some urges. Idk if its my body being overflown with hormones or if its my mind because I had these urges so young without having seen any sexual images. Now the last few years I become more addicted, or atleast i'm more concious of it and I tried stopping a few times with only very short amounts of succes. The longest i have been without is like 6 days in a row in the last few years. The only exception was when i was recovering from a heavy surgery, wont go into that but i was free from it for about 2-3 weeks because my body was busy with recovering. Now I watch everyday or every other day if I can manage to hold the urges. Sometimes 3 days but then i break down. If i'm in my addictive state i do it up to 2 or 3 times day avarage... with thoughts flashing in my head don't do it. Sometimes i skip after those thoughts. I believe in Jesus and I asked for help, He gave me help and then I could hold on for a few more days but I always fall back into my old ways.. I want to have a stronger faith, no more doubts or bad thoughts in my mind. But at the same time i'm affraid that I don't have enough faith and will fail to reach Jesus and that i won't be forgiven. And I know it is said in the Bible that I shouldn't be affraid of God and Jesus.. but here i am..affraid that my faith is too weak. I don't want to belong to the people that hear the Gospel but don't do anything with it. I try to tell my girlfriend and friends to believe. My girlfriend who isn't a Christian even made few steps, even reading the Bible(started a few pages) and she prays when she is affraid or lonely. This is the only thing I did that felt right.. I don't know if It's my body and I can't do anything about it because it started at a very young age, or that it is simply lust or a combination of the 2. Morning when I wake up and evening before I sleep it's probably the worst.
Please pray for me because I am tired of the battle.. tired of failing the Lord everytime..affraid of His punishment because I keep failing Him..I know He forgives our sins but this is a habital sin...
Please listen to Robert Clancy deliverance prayer videos in youtube
Marcelino1098, it is urgent that you repent. When it comes to porn watching or anything else, that means coming into 100% agreement with God about what is good and what is evil and that you need to turn away from. And that agreement with God in your heart is the key to answered prayers (Isaiah 59:1-2, 1 Peter 3:12). You must not call good what is evil and call evil what is good (Isaiah 5:20). If you're still enjoying porn, then you are not showing to God that you recognize it as truly evil and want to turn away from it for good (that's absolutely necessary). Now, if you do hate it, you will stop watching it. You may suffer for resisting the temptations to watch it and that's normal. That's what the "cross" is about (Mark 8:34). No pain, no gain (cf. 1 Peter 4:1). That is the sacrifice you make out of love for God if you want to live for God and please Him *above all.* Jesus will completely deliver you, but you have to do your part. I pray you are willing to do your part and genuinely repent to get on the same page with God about porn and everything else in your life. You must start submitting to God and resisting the devil (James 4:7-8). You will then see the results.
It's not your physical make-up that keeps you addicted to porn. It's the lust/evil desires in your heart (or the desire for evil things). Repentance is where you address that as you approach God by cleansing your hands and purifying your heart (James 4:7-8). You need to understand the way to approach God and approach Him that way.
Please see this post for help:
_Suffer The Cross To Overcome Addictions_
yestothetruth.blogspot.com/2020/01/suffer-cross-to-overcome-addictions.html
Peace to you!
@@yestothetruth thank you for your prayer. It's been 5 months now and I have tried with up to a few days of succes but in the end i fall again. I'm more succesfull if im with my girlfriend but we are not married and have sexual contact. The only difference is in those times i do not watch porn which make me happier because i focus on her. Now she is not a Christian, but she is becoming a bit more interested lately which gives me joy atleast. We talk about the Bible but she has still a far way to go but the interest js there atleast. We have been together for almost 3 years now. I know It's not good because we ain't married...but it makes me feel more free from porn. But as soon as im back home without her i get urges again. I want to progress but in all honesty i'm tired of the fight against it because i keep failing.. and then i start not to care for several days or weeks and then i start again like why am i doing this.. and the battle begins again.. the cycle continues. I'm tired of the fight, but i am also affraid of being lost forever..i watched a christian message and it was saying this is your last chance and i felt personally aimed for... i fought for 2 days and fell again and now i feel like i blew it for eternity. I feel like a lost cause and it darkens my mind. I have so much respect for Jesus because he never sinned and He had the same human urges yet He did not fail once. And there are so many people's testimonies both male and female that had the same issue as me and they overcame it after a long battle. I want it to be my turn to be victorious over the lust but right now i feel so tired of fighting it.. I'm affraid that I'm too far gone even tho i know Jesus took our sins on him.. it reminds me of the bible verse(i forgot the guys name) but that he cried about his sin but it was not sincere anymore and was not forgiven. I don't want to become that guy, but maybe i already am. I hope not..
Sorry for this long message. I feel in a dark spot right now because of the tiredness of fighting it
@@Marcelino1098 Thanks for the update. It's been a while. But I can tell you that you can't make progress in your fight if you are not fighting the right way. And the right way is simply submission to God. You can no longer act like God does not exist or does not see what you are choosing to do. Again, what you do comes out of your own desire and choice to do it, it's nothing in your body forcing you to have a certain behavior. So, what is submission to God? It's really having a heart that is ready to obey Him in all. Since you believe in God, you should be able to imagine Jesus next to you giving you approval to watch porn or telling you to not do it. Same for any and all sin. You have to put forth the effort to understand well what you need to be an overcomer with Jesus and not be overcome.
I had suggested you read a post, but I don't know if you did or how far you got in trying to apply the principles. I'm ready to help you in Jesus' name. but I need to understand where you got stuck or what you didn't understand. Your fight includes work you have to put in like someone who is building a house on the solid foundation of obeying the words of Jesus (Luke 6:46-49).
How much effort have you put in having God's word in your heart (Psalm 119:11)? Without that, you cannot fight the devil. I want to say it like it is. I'll ask you a few questions for you to think on (no need to give me the answers). How are you loving your neighbor as yourself when you are watching porn? Can you finish watching porn and go thank God for that woman who is suffering as a slave in the porn industry? Forget the sexy smiles. You are being sold a lie and you are buying it. So, you cannot pray for that woman and her coworkers to be delivered from that porn industry because you like that it exists and you are supporting it with your heart that is in it. No need to spend money. But if porn wasn't free I believe you could find a way to pay for it. That's what we do as humans when it comes to everything we love. I hope I have stirred you to reflect on your choices.
Know that God is ready to forgive you as soon as you approach Him in humility, with a repentant heart and a well made up mind, like the prodigal son who came back to his senses and returned to his father (Luke 15:11-24). The key is to genuinely repent. And forgive others as well so that God will also forgive your own sins (Matthew 6:12, 14). Please see the videos in my playlist called _Be Set Free From Sin._ That is the most updated help I could offer. It's been a long time man. If you are tired, answer Jesus' call to those who are tired precisely (Matthew 11:28-29). Turn to Jesus with a humble, submitted heart. That's the only way to come from under the power of sin and it is by God's grace that you will have power over sin going forward (Titus 2:11-14, Romans 6:14 - please check these scriptures and believe the truth that's in them).
God be with you!
Proverbs 28:13
ESV Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
"WILL OBTAIN MERCY" sounds like a promise to me. Keep with repentance. I don't think it means we never fail, but we continually make life habits of confessing and forsaking sin when we recognize it in our lives. Flee it.
This is the best video I've ever watched in my life.
Life is War.
If you're feeling bad for sexual sin, then you know you're a good person. It's when we no longer give a crap and keep at it with no remorse is when we're in real peril.
Pornography is the path to the dark side
This statement is true... I now watch Blacked
Why are Christians addicted? How to overcome addiction? For more details, please watch the sermon of the Light of Wisdom Church, welcome everyone to study and discuss together. Video “Happiness Increases Greed, and Greed Increases Suffering ｜The Essence of Happiness & True Freedom
If you think it makes sense, we must not only believe it ourselves, but also spread it to more people. Evangelism is not only the job of pastors, but also the responsibility of every believer. This is also the aspect that the Lord values most when ascending to the kingdom of heaven.
First time disagreeing with this Godly man and that only bc I’ve worked with p*rn addicts the last 7 years.
Sure, anyone can overcome in the situations given, but addictions are not an instance in time, but an ongoing medication to life’s pain. Unless there is a physical knife and family member in the room at all times, you’re going to fail bc you’ve trained yourself for years to fail. When the Bible says be renewed in your mind, it’s saying you can literally rewire your neural pathways. It’s actually very simple, but it’s definitely not easy.
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Addition is a relative term....thankyou john piper. Sexual desire is the excuse...🤔
You will not die if you do not give in to your addiction to lust. Self control is a little overrated. The fact is that it takes practice to develop self control, and the best way to do that is to first, admit that you are powerless over lust and can't do it alone. Second, find friends who will help you win power over lust. Third, find progressive victory over lust through recovery, not just sobriety. Visit www.sa.org for more.
If youare going there, you are choosing to go there.
The first I have heard this biblical principle, far past just shaming, which deals with the assurance of biblical promises to prevent one carrying out sinful desires instead of repenting of them.
Lovely and true . " If the son sets you free you r free indeed