Your ministry is needed now more than ever in this hyper-sexualized age. As a 24 year-old, I feel the struggle, every day. Keep up the good work brother, you’re changing lives.
9 years old was when I was searching up "boobs' and "sex" on youtube all the way until like idk 3 years later, and I was around 12 years old just started quarantine and my friends bring up pornography and masturbation. They started boasting about it, I didn't really know anything about the pornography industry -- if I remember I think I asked them what porn was, they told me what it was and then proceeded to make fun of me for not watching it. So that night I succumbed to my desires. Pornography and masturbation engulphed me, I was a slave to it since day one. I went from once every night to 1-3 times a day. I was a very lonely person at the time, of course quarantine was a huge factor of that, but when I came back to school anxiety and depression just swarmed me I thought I was the odd one out, and pornography and masturbation was my escape, and it wasn''t really until last year grade 10 where I really came to my senses and realized the damage pornography had on me. This was also the year I met Christ. God's deliverance was at the time very heart breaking. I had to give up my friends I knew since 3-4 years old, because all they would talk about is boasting about the videos they found on the hub. since then I found a new group of friends all from the same church. They really helped my relationship with God grow but I wasn't really active with them as I was with my old friends, so I still had my pornography struggle now it stemmed from a feeling of loneliness because lies from the devil saying I was not loved and I was gross, but I didn't give in as often, I went from 1-3 times a day to 1 time a week, if not 2 weeks. Then I decided to get baptized, this was the greatest choice I think I've ever made. I met Jesus in the water again, and this moment idk how to describe it changed my life. I went harder on my bible study, prayers, I just wanted to do anything I could do for Christ. Going more into bible study really changed my perspective on love, people, the world. And now I am in a state of learning, all I am learning about is literally God and also just spending time with God. Since my baptism which was almost 4 weeks now I have not watched a second of pornography. I don't not why I wrote this down I feel like I had too but I guess if he did it for me he can do it for you.
you're really cool your message really motivates me as a girl to pray to God more about lust i'm really struggling i don't watch porn but i often think of lustful things your story really made me realize all i need is to get closer to God. thx :)
Thank you for being so vulnerable by sharing your struggles with lust and porn. My heart goes out to all the men struggling & women for that matter! It affects relationships. Sadly, our culture is so hyper-sexualized. It’s important to be reminded that the root of our sin is a longing desire of our heart. For example, the sin of lust may be a desire for human connection.
Yeah, well said. Sinful actions will absolutely kill the emotional intimacy in a relationship or with God for that matter. You're right that the root is often strongly correlated with human connection however as a recovering pron addict, the way out is to flee and to understand all the lies the enemy has told us over the years and that we have believed. Like "you'll feel better", "you're not hurting anyone" or "you deserve this". Anyway thank you! Your kindness and encouragement was truly moving. Blessings!
Wow, amen!! “The root of sin is a longing desire in our heart”. That’s so true, though it’s still 100% sin. when I was growing up I felt really lonely, and abandoned. And I would run to porn and girls to feel “loved” or “wanted” i thought these things were the only things that cared for me. I was lost though, my eyes weren’t on him. He is so faithful though, glory to my savior, I’ve been celibate for about 6 mouth and counting.
I’m a 69 year old man and have used sex like I used drugs and alcohol. It’s an escape from not feeling good about how I feel at any given moment. I live alone, divorced and have a hard time making connections with people and sometimes with God too. I’ve been drug and alcohol free for over 40 years and feel great about that but the sex thing is still a problem. But I no longer hide from God when I fail and I had to find a way to run to him without feeling guilty but realizing that this urge was coming from a place in me that I needed to understand and heal from. So, I know it doesn’t fulfill me and it’s not really helping me and it’s only temporary at best. God is changing me and His love and grace keep me from giving up because I do want to please the Lord and he knows what my triggers are. I’m so glad I stumbled upon this post and realized that I’ve been sexualized from a very young age.
UA-cam algorithms answer prayer?! That’s a new one to me 😂 that’s tickled me. To the original comment, I think the video was shown to you for the right reason at the right time, as it was me. God is good 💚
42 year old woman, here. I watched internet porn from the time I was a teenager. I was a chronic masturbator viewing the most disgusting material. You're spot on about how these behaviors cause anxiety and make you really feel worse about yourself. I however never had Christ, I wasn't Christian, or even religious. I wasn't trying to stop because I lived in a culture that told me there was nothing wrong with it. But I certainly wasn't proud of myself. You're right that you cannot avoid the triggers, and to get free from those sins was not possible for me without Christ and prayer. Deep prayer, confession and repentence. I wish there were more support for women.
Can i give a recommendation since I too am a recovering addict of like 20 years... It seems like God is delivering you from this sin, He's now presenting an oppurtunity for you to show others what God has done in your life. You may be the one called to be the support for other women. Just a thought. But man it feels so redeeming breaking away of something that has trapped and manipulated my life for so long. God bless and I pray he continues to give you the strength and peace to fight your self image. You are wonderfully and beautifully made!
This is really perfect for my situation right now. Me and my brothers are praying for strength and understanding to overcome sexual sins and for the lord to help us run to him and not away from him. It’s been a long journey but there is definitely a breakthrough coming soon!!
Awesome! Happy to hear this, Brother! Rebuke those thoughts right and left whenever they come and especially if they are visual. And notice the little voice of the enemy that will try to tell you lies. Bash em' with the shield God has provided you with! Soon you and your brothers will be using it to help those around you to overcome their sexual sins as well!
The worst part about pornography and sexual stimuli is that you can never completely avoid it. Even if you never click on pornography websites. You are still going to see it sometimes on social media and whenever you are out and about because shops are allowed to put sexually provocative imagery on their front windows. In Western liberal societies, you will almost inevitably encounter it whether you want to or not. Because we as a society don't have a problem with it. Society consdiers it 'empowering'.
I literally never click on pornography websites but even I sometimes get adds on UA-cam for 'AI girlfriends' where they are looking sexually charged and it absolutely annoys the hell out of me. You tube, Google, Facebook and big tech in general is controlled by shaytan and jinns at the highest level.
@lindacooper5542 Currently, I am on around nine days since I have last committed self abuse. Please prey for me, as I will, in turn, prey for all the others who are struggling with this sin.
This is me. God freed me from one day to the next from porn use. I no longer watch porn at all, but I still have sexual urges daily when I see even just a normal video or picture of a woman. She doesn’t even need to be sexualized. I start feeling turned on and will self gratify without porn
I prefer the phrase "De-Lustify", since sexuality is good and God created it. The lust is what damages our sexuality, but I understand why he chose "De-Sexualize".
I think it's appropriate because Christians need to use different verbage than the world. The world says sex. But as christians, we should use term like intimacy, love, being one
Hey Isaac! Have you thought of maybe putting your YT videos on straight audio on Spotify or something similar? I feel like just listening to these videos would be great! Just an idea, also thank you for these kind of videos. I've been struggling a lot with this stuff recently and it's super hard to get out of. So thank you for making this content
This is so true man. This hyper sexualized generation is everywhere you guy. It isn’t safe. But my friends we will all get through this as long as we trust in the Lord.
I'm seventeen and I was just at the gym and on the gym tv screens there was literally a half naked woman pole dancing. You literally cannot to to the gym to improve yourself without these things being shoved into your face. God us good though because I've been resisting all these temptations and I feel so SO much better for it.
Yeah, unfortunately it’s everywhere because Satan knows his time is short and he wants as many souls as possible. Stay strong! You’re doing the right thing! God will always provide a way out for us. I’m praying for you!
I watched this video about a person's testimonies about porn and lust and the urge to masturbate. I don't remember the title of the video because it was years² back but in his video I still remember, he said, if you focus on how to be free or how to control your urge, you will fail no matter how hard you try but if you start to focus on Jesus instead of your problems, you will be free.
@@thepinkchicken247 Believe means you follow. Faith without work is a dead faith. It's like you want your boss to pay you your salary but you don't want to come to work. Do you think your boss still think of you as a part of his company?
@@chairman3279 Read the word submit and obey the Lord's word and instruction, put in to practice what you've learnt(from the bible) and consider yourself dead to sin and your flesh.
@@Yuhanna8.23 The first sentence you said isn't entirely true. Believing does not mean following. The bible clearly states that even DEMONS believe (in God) and they TREMBLE [Note] I don't remember the verse right so I paraphrased out of urgency. So when you say: "Believe means you follow." are you not LYING and inadvertently saying that when DEMONS believe (in God) they are also following God? Or when I believe in something or someone I am following that something or someone?
God fixed me. I did nothing on my own. I payed and prayed for God to take away my porn addiction. Once day, he did. It was like flipping a switch. I now only have eyes for my wife. Pray guys. Just pray.
@@joetri10 Not nonsense. I know it is difficult for you to imagine God can do powerful things. I used to totally call it out as b.s. .... until one day he changed my life drastically. I assure you it is not nonsense. I also understand why you think that way.
@@nathanminten I'm sorry to break it to you, God didn't do anything to your life, let alone drastically. God or a higher power is not the example for a 'main character syndrome' moment when these events happen to people every single day, religious or not... And before you say 'God loves everyone equally, that's why'... No, that is not why... You must take accountability for you life, and realize that only your actions can control your life. You will be a lot happier knowing YOU are in control of your life, and not some being that may or may not exist beyond grasping knowledge. That's not me having a go, thats me telling you that you are a lot stronger than you think. God is not why you should think that. And on that point also, these things do not happen over night either. THATS what's nonsense. Nothing happens overnight.
@@joetri10God broke the chains that were holding him down. Heaven is singing for now another person is saved. Only through God can we truly be free, only through Jesus can we be forgiven of our sins. If you want to talk more I can give my number and pray with you. I hope you find what your looking for
@@joetri10You’re wrong and it’s obvious you haven’t experienced such a thing. I used to think like you do. It’s okay man. Don’t write God off, please. If it wasn’t for God calling me to Him and me putting my trust in God in my worst moments, I wouldn’t be here today to tell you these things.
i was scrolling youtube and i saw this video and i said to myself, "its a sign for me to stop this" so i watched this, i almost cried, i remembered every sin i have done and i just felt dissapointed in myself but yet i can change, i have that ability to stop that bad sexualized side of my brain and im going to uphold my words from today and forward " i wont ever watch any pornography again no matter what and i will de-sexualize my brain and make my life better" Devin.C
@Landonknappthats great to hear, it's honestly really hard to quit pornography, but masturbation just feels impossible. But I'm sure once you stop you'll feel a lot better. I'm still trying to stop watching porn and light porn but I always lose to temptation. I've been doing this since I was 9 and been wanting to stop when I was 10.5 and still want to🙏
Hello kind stranger! I hope you are doing well ☺️ praying for you to have the strength to keep what you promised to YOURSELF and finally be free of these sins 🙏 God bless you! 🙏😇
Yesterday I felt like God wasn't listening to me when I asked him to show me the way I should walk because I feel lost. Today this was the first video recommendation and you gave me hope. Thank you! Jesus be praised!
I love your content and seeing how you are growing. I value your online ministry. I will say I wish your thumbnails wouldn't have some of the photos you have in them. They can be triggering for men and women who are struggling with p*rn. God bless your ministry!
Idk why this popped up on my recommendations, but I'm glad I watched it. A lot of what you said is what I have found true for myself and for the men who I am walking with who struggle the same way. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing this important information with the world!
This is amazing! I just recently began my journey, I haven't searched anything about this topic but by Gods grace your video showed up on my FYP and I couldn't be more grateful.
Before i was a Christian i used to look at girls like a Lion looking at meat. However as you grow in the spirit you begin to see other females as sisters and someone not to be sexualized, but to be respected
that’s how it’s been for me towards men. i don’t even usually have that mindset towards them but once i get in the mental state and moment of lust, my morals and views change completely. it’s so scary and it’s been so hard to even ask God to help me because i feel so ashamed and disgusting. i pray God can free me like He freed you
Even though I'm a muslim, this message is universal. We all, as men of God, can relate to the struggle. Sexual sins are the hardest to overcome for a youth like me. Stay strong, brothers ✊
This is a serious issue in our modern society, when I got my first crush I looked in the mirror and told myself “I’m too good for this” after being rejected by her I got depressed and almost turned to it multiple times and still feel depressed sometimes but this video along with other things have helped me stay away from it and better myself, best wishes🧡💛
I needed this as I continue on my journey as a born-again Christian. I spent so long in sin that my struggle with being a hyper sexualized man has been the hardest part of dying to sin.
can you pray for me? im struggling very much in my addiction, and its taking a toll on my body. ill pray, and it will help, but i still give in. its overwhelmingly difficult. its so hard not to give in to the devil convincing me to look that shi up.
Awesome video man! One of the problems I have is sexual dreams. I wake up tempted from them. They don't happen often, but it's a problem when they do. Please pray for me. God is good and thank you for taking the courage and time to talk on this, especially in the state of our society now.
One thing I would recommend with regards to these dreams is: EXAMINE what you are watching before you go to sleep, avoid any lewd and sexually provocative films/literature because this 9/10 is the main reason as to why these dreams of a sexual nature are affecting you
Me too brother. Been free from porn and stuff for multiple years and still have them. I see it as an attack from the enemy to discourage me, so it is worth considering as spiritual warfare
I faced the same problem. Exactly the same way. It took me too long to get myself out on my own. My motivation was doing better not just for a girl i liked, but for God. This was something I really need to hear. Thank you
I needed this. I really needed this. It helps me feel like im not alone. Im motivated and i feel much stronger after watching this. So please if anyone sees this, your support is more than welcome!❤
The single most relatable form of media to ever exist. I 14 years old I’m trying to stop I have it in a couple but I still masterbated last night and I few bad about it I’m going on a road trip and I’m excited because I don’t think I will do anything so I justified it like. “ oh I’m not going to then so I might as well now” and I need to stop this thinking. The thoughts get more graphic each day I feal my brain is infected so I hope this video helps brother. I’m discovering God on my own with advice some people but it’s not like forced. So I’m gonna keep at it and never stop.
I’m on my retention journey, solid almost month now no porn, solo time or with someone else, bro is spittin all types of facts, W pops btw, temptation been strong but this popped up on my screen for a reason💯
As an atheist, I was still able to find a good message out of this. No matter your religion you can still find a message and strategy in it for you. Thank you
RELATABLE! I’m agnostic, and reading the comments of this video were AMAZING! The fact that so many people’s lives were changed for the better, no matter how it happened, is amazing by itself. I’m 14, and have suffered A LOT from sexual tension and sexual impulses. This video is amazing with him talking about his personal problems.
Wow, absolutely relatable!!!! The timing of when this video was suggested to me on UA-cam. It was just the right time. Hearing this actually reduced the stress for me tonight. I’m Subbing 🔔
This video is the saddest realization for myself I’ve ever seen especially as a home schooled 14 year old Christian this hurts really bad to see in myself everything he said I’ve seen in my own life😔
Count it all joy when you fall into various temptations, everybody is dealing with this, feeling guilty, having a guilt complex is not good, it is what Jesus saved us from. Things that help me, realizing the women are slaves, they do not enjoy the industry, not amateurs or pros, they are enslaved, the sex is not good, they are not being pleased, many times they are in a lot of pain, and it is ok for us to love them, and pray from them, even when watching, most people cast them to the side and that is wrong, they are our sisters, be grateful you got to see them naked, know that you would love them better, and you Father in heaven will give you that chance to storm in a and rescue them one day, like the sons of God that we really are, we are his children, I do not say try not to watch it, I say try to watch it later, 5 mins, hour later ect, it is actually supposed to be seen right now, to see that the women do not enjoy it, that is not the sex they like, they like gentlemen, they do not like being hit, disrespected ect, it is judgement on all the men who actually act like that they will pay. christogenea.org/
Please pray for me. I don’t know if anyone will see this but I’ve been struggling with this since I was 12 - unknowingly at first because I didn’t realise what I was doing until I was 14 or so and by then I was so far in I couldn’t stop. I’ve had occasions where I’ve gone weeks and once I even went 50 whole days without reverting back to this behaviour but it always comes back. I’m 17 now, it’s been five years and I’m just exhausted with how awful I feel because of it. I’ve got a wonderful boy who I love and who loves me, he’s a brilliant son of God who is so kind and thoughtful and he’s helped me so much whether or not he realises it, and I just want to be good enough for him and good enough for God. I want to get over this so I can be who my Father in Heaven has called me to be and so I can also be worthy of the amazing boy I’ve somehow won over. I love both of them so much and I constantly feel like I’m falling so far behind the expectations both have for me. Please pray for me.
I just wanted to let you know John that God cares for you and nothing you have done, do or will do can take away from the fact that God wants to have ALL your heart. The fact that you can recognise that this cycle of habitual sin in taking a grip on you is a sign of the HOLY SPIRIT at work in you. GIVE IT TO GOD. You can not give up the addiction in your own strength only GOD'S GRACE is sufficient to take you out of the bondage of sexual impurity. TRUST and SURRENDER it to God and even if it seems difficult at the time or even seems as though NOTHING is working GOD is renewing your MIND to the initial purity he had for you. Always remember John, PROGRESSION>PERFECTION ✝❤🩹
I get all of that stuff off my brain by just talking to people, any person honestly and sometimes when I’m by myself it gets hard but I just call a friend now, I was so close to god and then this hit me I cried so hard knowing how close I was and I just fell.
Thank you for making this video. Ive been struggling with lust and pornography. a couple weeks ago I actually started realizing what some of my triggers were and how they came about, so I came up with plans to reduce the amount of triggers that I can control. Like you said, you cant cut out all triggers but you need to have a plan to stop before you go too far and actually sin. there's some triggers for me that come from others with perverted minds and they have no problem making wildly inappropriate jokes/statements. Ive found ways for me to get the image out of my head or block it from entering. In a way this video helped me understand that I'm already on the right track to de-sexualizing my brain. Thank You! God bless you!
I am a thirteen year old who found lust a pornography to early and I broke myself I struggled to not watch a video but I did then I seen and clicked on this video and this guy named off every single aspect of what I was doing and with that being said I thank you for this video
Wow. Issac, your video spoke to my heart man. I had an experience similar to yours when I was 13. It is beautiful to see someone speak truth on matters that society deems “normal” and “healthy”. You have a truly amazing gift and I want to let you know that God has a wonderful plan for you.
You know, sometimes you forget what its like to live healthy. Living without thinking of going home after school and going on the hub. Sometimes I forget about that, this video has made me remember what life is really about. It's not masturbation and telling your friends the things that you did on Friday night, It's not about that. You're right, things like this have rotted our brains and made us forget the bigger picture, life. Just life itself.
I was literally looking through UA-cam and this kind of video would NEVER end up on my recommended videos. Yet it did. God worked in my life to show me the actions I need to take
I will say, once i started combatting my porn addiction, i started to genuinely feel some sense of self worth, which was to me a new feeling at the time!
I've been fighting this battle for a while. People keep on talking about having a reason behind it but I just feel like I don't. My life is good, I don't have anxiety or anything like that. It just starts whenever I am turned on. The other issue is sometimes my own thoughts will just turn me on like what do I do about that where I can't even escape my brain. I don't know I want to stop but this feels like something that will just always be a part of me.
Try to get yourself accountable, talk to someone, confess what you do to other people, and especially God. Even the fact that you left this comment might help. Try to not be alone often, you’re weaker alone. And cut off the apps that trap you, because you can definitely go without them. The thoughts will go away with time, and when you get them just pray, call on God to cleanse you of those thoughts, it’s way easier when your are acknowledging He’s presence all the time, because He is with you all the time.
Man, this hit home so hard. Brother, you did the right thing by sharing. Know that you are on the right path because when you do what you don't want to do, it's not you who is doing it. God still loves you. Keep going to him and he will make you clean again. Do your best to learn the habits of your mind. Notice the moment when the thought comes and just keep noticing everything that follows. Soon you will be able to predict when you are going to fall into sin. Awareness comes before control. And then you start rebuking the devil out. You will notice when he whispers lies to you and puts unholy things in your mind's eye. Just rebuke him. And we, your brothers, will keep praying for you. You got this! 🙂
It can be hard, but when you get random thoughts, say no out loud and pray or if possible in the moment pick up your Bible and start reading. Fixing your eyes on Jesus is the only way to escape it. Your willpower can only be so strong, and trying to use it to fight one of the strongest feelings our brains and bodies can experience is extremely difficult. That's why it's better to shift focus to something else that brings peace than to run into a battle you know you'll likely lose. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 6:18 to run from our own immorality. Fighting yourself will only tear you down more, and it'll cause you to start feeling shameful for failing, and it'll leave you feeling worthless. Don't fight it, run from it, and put all your willpower into running as fast as you can.
@@geo_beansThis part of saying no to inappropriate thoughts I always found to be a bit silly, because if you have a high libido, for example, changing the focus of your thoughts to God at all times seems practically impossible to me, unless you are a monk isolated from the world. Furthermore, there is a great risk of you becoming a prude, scrupulous, effeminate, repressing your desires and generating a kind of neurosis. And it's more or less for this reason that I find the MGTOW and Nofap movements fruitless, as they focus too much on the problem itself instead of looking at the solution. The opposite of sin is not "non-sin", but virtue. Now, I totally agree with the part about focusing your attention on Jesus and "running" from sin, but for that I think the only option is to occupy your time with productive and virtuous things, which bring you closer to God, instead of focusing on what takes you away. That way, there won't be much free time left to sin, so to speak. Over time, your soul becomes inclined and gets used to what is good and beautiful, and addiction loses space in your life.
Very very good stuff brother. Im a married 33 year old with 4 kiddos.. God freed me from a 18 year porn addiction. Still though the battle against lust, viewing women properly and the images seared in my brain from years of abusing myself still linger. It's the greatest regret of my life.. Jesus WILL see me through, but young men, quit now before the damage becomes scarring. God bless
I’m 13 and abt to turn 14 and I almost completely de-sexualized my brain because I used to go on websites and stuff regularly but then I repented and asked god to help me in this battle with lust. I ended up stopping doing it for almost 3 months but just recently I fell back into the cycle and this video definitely helped me but it’s going to be really hard to stop. However I am grateful for God’s grace and this video and I will do my best to stop again.
Porn finds you no matter what you do. The approach I try to take is that the horny or lustful feelings come and go. I do not seek them out, I do not freak out when I see or get shown those things. The only thing you can do is stop searching for it. It's okay to appreciate beauty of others, but do not let the feeling linger and don't get hung up on it. Don't seek it, it will find you naturally, I used to lie to myself about things I found beautiful to try to prevent myself from feeling like that. But now I just don't seek it and I'm comfortable acknowledging what I like and don't.
Wash your mind in the word just today I was innocently fosg and a woman was on the shore in a dental floss bikini I just kept fishing and tried to block it out of my mind . I try my best to stay away from porn and masterbation I need to fate I don't date buy I need to date Christian women proverbs 31 women trying to be a 1 timothy 3 .1 man .
I’m thankful I grew up just before the internet. I’m certain it would have tripped me up. Praying for this generation particularly that have to deal with social media in ways I never had.
I’m 20 and I fully agree with you. the internet is very helpful, but it enabled me to see things that nobody should see. It truly ruined my high school years
thank you i really needed this i have been looking stuff up on youtube and i keep telling my self to stop and i keep going back to it so i will start praying to god and trying to stop watching all of the stuff and i am a roman catholic so i go to church and pray the rosary with my uncle and cousins every week and what i am doing i know is wrong but i just keep going back to it and i feel bad but like you said it makes me feel good but thank you i really need this and i will stop watching all the stuff that i have been watching and i will pray but thank you again
and i am 13 years old and i have gotten in trouble by my parents back when i was about 11 and they went on my phone and saw all the stuff i was watching and i didn’t watch any of that stuff for a while until now and when i tell my self that i won’t do it again i try to think about when i got in trouble and i have been trying even harder to stop recently and i just keep falling back to it so i am so grateful that this video came up on my recommended thank you so much and have a good day
I’ve been really trying to ‘desexualise’ my brain but as a gay 13 year old Christian with ADHD u can probably imagine the amount of stuff I have going on in my head so it’s been so hard to stop myself from literally just going on to instagram and searching up whatever .so I did delete instagram recently and only re-download it every time I wanna post something. But I just came on to UA-cam to just watch a game theory video but as I was about to search it, wandered across this video and it has just given me a few tips to help not on my sexual journey, but also my religious journey. So thanks
This guy is beautiful, his message is awesome! I have been struggling with this, and this video randomly showed up on my UA-cam feed, and it felt like God was calling me, asking me to change, and I think this video will really help. Thank you so much Issac ❤❤
everyone boy and girl, young men and women in this generation need to see this video or videos like this. harmful lust ruins lives and relationships, it ruined mine.
Brother, from the big gulps during the whole video, I can tell that that was a very difficult content to make. Thank you for putting yourself and your experience so early in life out there for us. I def feel more encouraged to keep on fighting. Keep it up man!
Thank you so much for this. This was beautiful. This made me feel very seen. It’s a hard subject to talk about and you did it in a very comforting and kind way. So thank you.
5 in the morning here, just went to the gym before my work. It is unbelievable timing how this video just got recommended for me. Thanks for uploading.
Thank you so much for posting this video. I have been looking for a solution to this problem I have been having since I was 11. I was born into the church and was always taught that pornography was evil but my curiosity got the best of me. I knew that what I was doing was wrong, and that the Devil was leading me down a path to damnation, but I still couldn’t shake the addiction. I have tried for years to try to detach myself from pornography, but I always managed to return to it in one way or another. I am so grateful you made this video because it has given me more confidence to stop masturbating to pornography and I hope to throw it out of my life entirely soon. Thank you.
Thank you, I started having a sexualized brain at age 10, four years ago, and haven’t been able to hear any message from God until now. This truly has helped me. God bless you!
This video was amazing. You have such a great perspective on it. I have been battling with this for a few months after recently coming to the lord. I'm getting better, but still fall from time to time. Thank you for this. God bless.
My brother you have ministered to me way more than you know. I’m trying my best to remove myself from pornography because I have chosen to focus more on God and the blessings that He has given me. 🥹🙌🏿 Thank you. 😎💪🏿❤️🔥👍🏿
Im watching this as a single mother with a son who i believe is struggling with this. He has autism so i dont know how to get through to him. This is helping..thank you for being so vulnerable to help others
What scares me is porn is talk about so much with churches that social media don't get demonize as much as it should be. Validation is just dangerous as sex and it's equal. I am not say porn does no damage, it does it numbs you and causes fake images women looks, with that said sadly because women are social cue crazy, your son is going have hard time with finding relationship and with dating landscape not even church is safe. There is more but the internet destroys two generations.
I’m not even a little bit religious but I really needed this. It’s nothing to do with disliking or whatever, and I wouldn’t even consider myself an atheist as I can see some atheist to be so hateful sometimes, I just don’t believe in the idea of a god. But I do know that I care about my morals and how I view others and I really needed this to get out of my life for me to really feel happy, content, be motivated, heal my relationships and bring some clarity back to my mind. Although this video itself didn’t help me much, it really brought something to my eyes that will truly help me in the long run, and for that I’d like to thank you.
Thank you for this video man, I've struggled with this for a few years now, and helping read daily scripture has helped me tremendously by helping me find comfort in God's word, but as a 23 year old guy it's almost impossible to keep It under control and just cutting out all the things that could set you off
What I found profound is where you mentioned doing a detox. I took that with me, and what I realize is we don't realize just how much of an effect the distractions of this world has on us finding true spiritual freedom. There is only one source for our healing, how can we be truly healed if it has to contend with you prioritising these daily distractions over spending time with God. Spending time with God in prayer, reading scriptures, even watching videos like these, this is what should replace our leisure activities. It's what I have been doing so far and after just the first day, the difference I could feel was almost overwhelming. I would recommend trying this way
thank you brother! I feel the Holy Spirit spoke through you on this message. It is gonna help my walk with Yahuah tremendously. I pray your ministry will be blessed even more.
Man, I feel so ashamed saying that I am still struggling with watching pink-films at 15, but I have recently been looking for help and thank you so much for making this video. I thank God for giving me this video man
This genuinely touched my heart in a different way than any other "self improvement video". Someone talking about it from a personal experience and relating to exactly what you're saying makes me feel very emotional. While I have said it to myself before, I will from now on actually try my absolute best to not watch it. This video helped a lot. Thank you for actually talking about seriously
Brother. Honestly, do not have premarital sex. I wish I never have. It screws up your way of thinking about women. Sex is a soul tying consequence, with multiple wrong people is terrible. Save it for the right woman. Godbless
@@p0ssiblypicasso810 Absolutely save it for the one person you want to be with for the rest of your life. I'm 33, my girlfreind 31, both never slept with anyone and we're both going to get married in the future. I'm so glad I never slept with women during my godless years before I found Jesus, so so lucky and even more blessed that my girlfreind hasn't either.
This was so helpful and hopeful. The first time I fell into pornography was in high school, and after 6 years of addiction and little progress, God miraculously changed my life. For over a year, I never struggled with lust, and the Lord was so satisfying to me. Then after I graduated college, started working full time, and moved to a one bed room apartment by myself, the lust came back. For years I'd beat myself up and just try to resist more, but that cascaded me into a cycle of failure and shame. Being honest, humble, and aware of your triggers along with replacing cheap lust with real beauty in Christ and His gifts is the path for growth. I'm trying to get back to where I used to be, and I really appreciate your honesty and grace in helping others fight for freedom and joy in Christ.
Its taken me 20+ years to do this but I have it down now, you have to seriously remove and avoid all triggers, just like beating any other addiction, there is NO moderation, it is all bad! I have a ZERO TOLERANCE policy, no intimate scenes in movies, do not look at women in magazines, avoid any situation that allows lust.
The food analogy is pretty good. I noticed that if I stop eating junk food for around a week and then try to eat it again, it tastes different, it doesn’t taste as good.
Hey, thanks for this great video. The first minutes described exactly how I began with lust. However, I think your words are so true and strong that you don‘t need to add music to it. When the music is on it’s nice and all but as soon as the music is off you snap back into reality. There is no need to emotionalise, just put out the truth as you already do. Thanks again for your videos, they help me a lot.
When I first got saved, it took me about 6 extra months to be delivered from my porn addiction. About 2 years later, I fell back into an addiction and I haven't been able to break it since. I pray God gives me the strength to take action properly, and that he delivers me from it once and for all. May that prayer extend out to others in the same boat.
The part where you mentioned after indulging in sexual content, you’d start watching videos on lust is SPOT on. It’s comforting to know that I’m not the only one. I’ve been in this repetitive cycle for too long. As a child I was introduced to pornography at a very young age and although I didn’t realize it at the time, now I see that I was molested by my older step sister and introduced to sexuality in that nature by her. (What a stereotype right… lol) I believe that has also contributed to my struggle with overcoming this sin. Needed this desperately. Thank you brother. Video came at the right time.
Much prayer needed here… i pray than I fall. I’m tired of doing this. Please brothers pray for me. I need to be free from this. I want to be a good man and eventually a husband some day.
People forget each and every day that the MAIN purpose of sex is procreation and not necessarily “just for fun” once ppl can once again understand the value of making love with your actual partner. This hookup culture will fizzle into nothing. Unfortunately, it’s an uphill battle normalizing intimacy these days and it’s depressing it’s that way now.
I think these "sex is for fun " things is satans way of trying to kill humanity. You should watch kent hovind because he might make some questions you have understandable
Thank you for this message. I relate to your experiences with issue, with looking at a christian video talking about lust and sin and telling me to stop. Just for me to return back to the same sin. This video really helped open my eyes to my pornography addiction and what I need to do with God by my side. For the longest time I've been hiding this addiction from people, but I feel like writing this comment is my first step.
Your ministry is needed now more than ever in this hyper-sexualized age. As a 24 year-old, I feel the struggle, every day. Keep up the good work brother, you’re changing lives.
Amen to this
Amen
God bless, 24 here too, we've got to stand strong
That's awesome to hear, your not alone. Rely on Him.
I’m in the same boat as you bro. With God all things are possible. God will get us through it!
Every like this gets is one day without 👊🥩 and 🌽. This is an actual goal for myself.
Dude I have a better goal “every time you think of it is one hour off your fave app”
You got this bro
Gl 😭🙏
@@calvinlooney2548I’m 12 and this low key might change my life
have a good year bro
9 years old was when I was searching up "boobs' and "sex" on youtube all the way until like idk 3 years later, and I was around 12 years old just started quarantine and my friends bring up pornography and masturbation. They started boasting about it, I didn't really know anything about the pornography industry -- if I remember I think I asked them what porn was, they told me what it was and then proceeded to make fun of me for not watching it. So that night I succumbed to my desires. Pornography and masturbation engulphed me, I was a slave to it since day one. I went from once every night to 1-3 times a day. I was a very lonely person at the time, of course quarantine was a huge factor of that, but when I came back to school anxiety and depression just swarmed me I thought I was the odd one out, and pornography and masturbation was my escape, and it wasn''t really until last year grade 10 where I really came to my senses and realized the damage pornography had on me. This was also the year I met Christ. God's deliverance was at the time very heart breaking. I had to give up my friends I knew since 3-4 years old, because all they would talk about is boasting about the videos they found on the hub. since then I found a new group of friends all from the same church. They really helped my relationship with God grow but I wasn't really active with them as I was with my old friends, so I still had my pornography struggle now it stemmed from a feeling of loneliness because lies from the devil saying I was not loved and I was gross, but I didn't give in as often, I went from 1-3 times a day to 1 time a week, if not 2 weeks. Then I decided to get baptized, this was the greatest choice I think I've ever made. I met Jesus in the water again, and this moment idk how to describe it changed my life. I went harder on my bible study, prayers, I just wanted to do anything I could do for Christ. Going more into bible study really changed my perspective on love, people, the world. And now I am in a state of learning, all I am learning about is literally God and also just spending time with God. Since my baptism which was almost 4 weeks now I have not watched a second of pornography. I don't not why I wrote this down I feel like I had too but I guess if he did it for me he can do it for you.
Great great testimony! Keep it up!
Praise the lord! This has really resonated with me thank you for sharing
Amen.
Amen brother that was great encouragement. We're the same age 😁
you're really cool your message really motivates me as a girl to pray to God more about lust i'm really struggling i don't watch porn but i often think of lustful things your story really made me realize all i need is to get closer to God. thx :)
Thank you for being so vulnerable by sharing your struggles with lust and porn. My heart goes out to all the men struggling & women for that matter! It affects relationships. Sadly, our culture is so hyper-sexualized.
It’s important to be reminded that the root of our sin is a longing desire of our heart. For example, the sin of lust may be a desire for human connection.
Great point, it's important to keep those thoughts and feelings subjected to Christ.
Yeah, well said. Sinful actions will absolutely kill the emotional intimacy in a relationship or with God for that matter.
You're right that the root is often strongly correlated with human connection however as a recovering pron addict, the way out is to flee and to understand all the lies the enemy has told us over the years and that we have believed. Like "you'll feel better", "you're not hurting anyone" or "you deserve this".
Anyway thank you! Your kindness and encouragement was truly moving. Blessings!
Wow, amen!! “The root of sin is a longing desire in our heart”.
That’s so true, though it’s still 100% sin. when I was growing up I felt really lonely, and abandoned. And I would run to porn and girls to feel “loved” or “wanted” i thought these things were the only things that cared for me. I was lost though, my eyes weren’t on him. He is so faithful though, glory to my savior, I’ve been celibate for about 6 mouth and counting.
Amen
I’m a 69 year old man and have used sex like I used drugs and alcohol. It’s an escape from not feeling good about how I feel at any given moment. I live alone, divorced and have a hard time making connections with people and sometimes with God too. I’ve been drug and alcohol free for over 40 years and feel great about that but the sex thing is still a problem. But I no longer hide from God when I fail and I had to find a way to run to him without feeling guilty but realizing that this urge was coming from a place in me that I needed to understand and heal from. So, I know it doesn’t fulfill me and it’s not really helping me and it’s only temporary at best. God is changing me and His love and grace keep me from giving up because I do want to please the Lord and he knows what my triggers are. I’m so glad I stumbled upon this post and realized that I’ve been sexualized from a very young age.
I've been praying, asking God to de-sexualize my mind. And then I saw this video in my recommendations. God is good
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Factsss
Amen!!!
That's just how the UA-cam algorithm works, bro.
UA-cam algorithms answer prayer?! That’s a new one to me 😂 that’s tickled me.
To the original comment, I think the video was shown to you for the right reason at the right time, as it was me. God is good 💚
42 year old woman, here. I watched internet porn from the time I was a teenager. I was a chronic masturbator viewing the most disgusting material. You're spot on about how these behaviors cause anxiety and make you really feel worse about yourself. I however never had Christ, I wasn't Christian, or even religious. I wasn't trying to stop because I lived in a culture that told me there was nothing wrong with it. But I certainly wasn't proud of myself. You're right that you cannot avoid the triggers, and to get free from those sins was not possible for me without Christ and prayer. Deep prayer, confession and repentence. I wish there were more support for women.
I definitely need the support...
Crystal raunald day has a Christian ministry and daily support groups also journey to purity with Erica is available for Christian women
@@michellenicole678 where do i find the journey to purity?
Can i give a recommendation since I too am a recovering addict of like 20 years... It seems like God is delivering you from this sin, He's now presenting an oppurtunity for you to show others what God has done in your life. You may be the one called to be the support for other women. Just a thought. But man it feels so redeeming breaking away of something that has trapped and manipulated my life for so long. God bless and I pray he continues to give you the strength and peace to fight your self image. You are wonderfully and beautifully made!
@@dylanhall987 yes please!
This is really perfect for my situation right now. Me and my brothers are praying for strength and understanding to overcome sexual sins and for the lord to help us run to him and not away from him. It’s been a long journey but there is definitely a breakthrough coming soon!!
Awesome! Happy to hear this, Brother!
Rebuke those thoughts right and left whenever they come and especially if they are visual. And notice the little voice of the enemy that will try to tell you lies. Bash em' with the shield God has provided you with!
Soon you and your brothers will be using it to help those around you to overcome their sexual sins as well!
The worst part about pornography and sexual stimuli is that you can never completely avoid it. Even if you never click on pornography websites. You are still going to see it sometimes on social media and whenever you are out and about because shops are allowed to put sexually provocative imagery on their front windows.
In Western liberal societies, you will almost inevitably encounter it whether you want to or not.
Because we as a society don't have a problem with it. Society consdiers it 'empowering'.
I literally never click on pornography websites but even I sometimes get adds on UA-cam for 'AI girlfriends' where they are looking sexually charged and it absolutely annoys the hell out of me. You tube, Google, Facebook and big tech in general is controlled by shaytan and jinns at the highest level.
Yeah I failed today 🫠
@lindacooper5542 Currently, I am on around nine days since I have last committed self abuse. Please prey for me, as I will, in turn, prey for all the others who are struggling with this sin.
This is me. God freed me from one day to the next from porn use. I no longer watch porn at all, but I still have sexual urges daily when I see even just a normal video or picture of a woman. She doesn’t even need to be sexualized. I start feeling turned on and will self gratify without porn
@@GoyimFlatEartherI’ll pray for you.
Loaded up UA-cam and saw this was posted 18 seconds ago haha. Perfect timing!
its a sign ngl
I prefer the phrase "De-Lustify", since sexuality is good and God created it. The lust is what damages our sexuality, but I understand why he chose "De-Sexualize".
I think of it more like our culture is hyper sexualized, so desexualizing it brings it back down to how God intended it.
on point
@@Luke-cp9cbyep.
I think it's appropriate because Christians need to use different verbage than the world. The world says sex. But as christians, we should use term like intimacy, love, being one
@@wildonez3076yeah and some hatefully think two men can’t have this and push so many people away from a relationship with god.
Hey Isaac! Have you thought of maybe putting your YT videos on straight audio on Spotify or something similar? I feel like just listening to these videos would be great! Just an idea, also thank you for these kind of videos. I've been struggling a lot with this stuff recently and it's super hard to get out of. So thank you for making this content
It sounds cliché but just go to the word of God when tempted. You can't fight this battle.
It does, I just keep making excuses and try to use will-power to resist instead🤦♂️
@@gab1172give it to God, run from it to God’s arms
Praying for people when I’m tempted always helps me too
If it really is a problem, then force yourself to turn it off, and go do a chore or something
Love that
This is so true man. This hyper sexualized generation is everywhere you guy. It isn’t safe. But my friends we will all get through this as long as we trust in the Lord.
I'm seventeen and I was just at the gym and on the gym tv screens there was literally a half naked woman pole dancing.
You literally cannot to to the gym to improve yourself without these things being shoved into your face. God us good though because I've been resisting all these temptations and I feel so SO much better for it.
Yea I left the gym I wanna go back cause it's more fun that working out at home without weights and no people around ☹️
Obviously so 😂.
You should tell them to turn it off
@@user-gx4wi4cv2m nah it's not that serious i just don't look at it
Yeah, unfortunately it’s everywhere because Satan knows his time is short and he wants as many souls as possible. Stay strong! You’re doing the right thing! God will always provide a way out for us. I’m praying for you!
Ganna be rewatching this a couple more than a couple times… thank you for the video
Yea I’m ganna too
I watched this video about a person's testimonies about porn and lust and the urge to masturbate. I don't remember the title of the video because it was years² back but in his video I still remember, he said, if you focus on how to be free or how to control your urge, you will fail no matter how hard you try but if you start to focus on Jesus instead of your problems, you will be free.
What if I don’t believe in God? Will Jesus help me then?
@@thepinkchicken247 Believe means you follow. Faith without work is a dead faith. It's like you want your boss to pay you your salary but you don't want to come to work. Do you think your boss still think of you as a part of his company?
How do you focus on Jesus and not focus on how to be free?
@@chairman3279 Read the word submit and obey the Lord's word and instruction, put in to practice what you've learnt(from the bible) and consider yourself dead to sin and your flesh.
@@Yuhanna8.23 The first sentence you said isn't entirely true. Believing does not mean following. The bible clearly states that even DEMONS believe (in God) and they TREMBLE [Note] I don't remember the verse right so I paraphrased out of urgency. So when you say: "Believe means you follow." are you not LYING and inadvertently saying that when DEMONS believe (in God) they are also following God? Or when I believe in something or someone I am following that something or someone?
God fixed me. I did nothing on my own. I payed and prayed for God to take away my porn addiction. Once day, he did. It was like flipping a switch. I now only have eyes for my wife. Pray guys. Just pray.
What a load of nonsense lmao.
@@joetri10 Not nonsense. I know it is difficult for you to imagine God can do powerful things. I used to totally call it out as b.s. .... until one day he changed my life drastically. I assure you it is not nonsense. I also understand why you think that way.
@@nathanminten I'm sorry to break it to you, God didn't do anything to your life, let alone drastically. God or a higher power is not the example for a 'main character syndrome' moment when these events happen to people every single day, religious or not... And before you say 'God loves everyone equally, that's why'... No, that is not why... You must take accountability for you life, and realize that only your actions can control your life. You will be a lot happier knowing YOU are in control of your life, and not some being that may or may not exist beyond grasping knowledge.
That's not me having a go, thats me telling you that you are a lot stronger than you think. God is not why you should think that. And on that point also, these things do not happen over night either. THATS what's nonsense. Nothing happens overnight.
@@joetri10God broke the chains that were holding him down. Heaven is singing for now another person is saved. Only through God can we truly be free, only through Jesus can we be forgiven of our sins. If you want to talk more I can give my number and pray with you. I hope you find what your looking for
@@joetri10You’re wrong and it’s obvious you haven’t experienced such a thing. I used to think like you do. It’s okay man. Don’t write God off, please. If it wasn’t for God calling me to Him and me putting my trust in God in my worst moments, I wouldn’t be here today to tell you these things.
i was scrolling youtube and i saw this video and i said to myself, "its a sign for me to stop this" so i watched this, i almost cried, i remembered every sin i have done and i just felt dissapointed in myself but yet i can change, i have that ability to stop that bad sexualized side of my brain and im going to uphold my words from today and forward " i wont ever watch any pornography again no matter what and i will de-sexualize my brain and make my life better" Devin.C
@Landonknappthats great to hear, it's honestly really hard to quit pornography, but masturbation just feels impossible. But I'm sure once you stop you'll feel a lot better. I'm still trying to stop watching porn and light porn but I always lose to temptation. I've been doing this since I was 9 and been wanting to stop when I was 10.5 and still want to🙏
Happened to me too
Hello kind stranger! I hope you are doing well ☺️ praying for you to have the strength to keep what you promised to YOURSELF and finally be free of these sins 🙏 God bless you! 🙏😇
Yesterday I felt like God wasn't listening to me when I asked him to show me the way I should walk because I feel lost. Today this was the first video recommendation and you gave me hope. Thank you! Jesus be praised!
Amen
I love your content and seeing how you are growing. I value your online ministry. I will say I wish your thumbnails wouldn't have some of the photos you have in them. They can be triggering for men and women who are struggling with p*rn. God bless your ministry!
Agreed ive fell before to it. Not that its his fault i fell on that day. But still, he's trying to help yet somehow having this outcome.
I’m gonna be honest. Regardless of my religious beliefs, this is the most helpful and amazing videos I’ve ever watched on this. Thank you man.
Good job Guys, Proud were all here! Love you all!
Thank you so much for these videos, brother. They are definitely an encouragement in these times.
Idk why this popped up on my recommendations, but I'm glad I watched it. A lot of what you said is what I have found true for myself and for the men who I am walking with who struggle the same way. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing this important information with the world!
This is amazing! I just recently began my journey, I haven't searched anything about this topic but by Gods grace your video showed up on my FYP and I couldn't be more grateful.
Before i was a Christian i used to look at girls like a Lion looking at meat. However as you grow in the spirit you begin to see other females as sisters and someone not to be sexualized, but to be respected
Amen, truly a MIRACLE. But God!
that’s how it’s been for me towards men. i don’t even usually have that mindset towards them but once i get in the mental state and moment of lust, my morals and views change completely. it’s so scary and it’s been so hard to even ask God to help me because i feel so ashamed and disgusting. i pray God can free me like He freed you
Even though I'm a muslim, this message is universal. We all, as men of God, can relate to the struggle. Sexual sins are the hardest to overcome for a youth like me.
Stay strong, brothers ✊
This is a serious issue in our modern society, when I got my first crush I looked in the mirror and told myself “I’m too good for this” after being rejected by her I got depressed and almost turned to it multiple times and still feel depressed sometimes but this video along with other things have helped me stay away from it and better myself, best wishes🧡💛
I needed this as I continue on my journey as a born-again Christian. I spent so long in sin that my struggle with being a hyper sexualized man has been the hardest part of dying to sin.
Are you married ? I am single and it is very hard the road to recovery. I want to be married but can't find any Christian women in my area .
can you pray for me? im struggling very much in my addiction, and its taking a toll on my body. ill pray, and it will help, but i still give in. its overwhelmingly difficult. its so hard not to give in to the devil convincing me to look that shi up.
@@faded_shadow-dux sure buddy ill pray for you. Btw try to keep the language clean cause there is childen here.
@@JohnDoe-ie8cy thanks
Awesome video man! One of the problems I have is sexual dreams. I wake up tempted from them. They don't happen often, but it's a problem when they do. Please pray for me. God is good and thank you for taking the courage and time to talk on this, especially in the state of our society now.
One thing I would recommend with regards to these dreams is: EXAMINE what you are watching before you go to sleep, avoid any lewd and sexually provocative films/literature because this 9/10 is the main reason as to why these dreams of a sexual nature are affecting you
Me too brother. Been free from porn and stuff for multiple years and still have them. I see it as an attack from the enemy to discourage me, so it is worth considering as spiritual warfare
Powerful message man, very in-tune with the times. Fight on brothers and sisters, may God be with you every step of the way.
You might have single handily saved me, I will try to watch this every night and do the things you told me to. You have given me courage.
Pornography creates hypocricy in the heart.
I faced the same problem. Exactly the same way. It took me too long to get myself out on my own. My motivation was doing better not just for a girl i liked, but for God. This was something I really need to hear. Thank you
I needed this. I really needed this. It helps me feel like im not alone. Im motivated and i feel much stronger after watching this. So please if anyone sees this, your support is more than welcome!❤
The single most relatable form of media to ever exist. I 14 years old I’m trying to stop I have it in a couple but I still masterbated last night and I few bad about it I’m going on a road trip and I’m excited because I don’t think I will do anything so I justified it like. “ oh I’m not going to then so I might as well now” and I need to stop this thinking. The thoughts get more graphic each day I feal my brain is infected so I hope this video helps brother. I’m discovering God on my own with advice some people but it’s not like forced. So I’m gonna keep at it and never stop.
I’m on my retention journey, solid almost month now no porn, solo time or with someone else, bro is spittin all types of facts, W pops btw, temptation been strong but this popped up on my screen for a reason💯
Good luck g
How you doing man?
Im 14 and i dont look at women with lust anymore.
As an atheist, I was still able to find a good message out of this. No matter your religion you can still find a message and strategy in it for you. Thank you
RELATABLE! I’m agnostic, and reading the comments of this video were AMAZING! The fact that so many people’s lives were changed for the better, no matter how it happened, is amazing by itself. I’m 14, and have suffered A LOT from sexual tension and sexual impulses. This video is amazing with him talking about his personal problems.
Wow, absolutely relatable!!!! The timing of when this video was suggested to me on UA-cam. It was just the right time. Hearing this actually reduced the stress for me tonight. I’m Subbing 🔔
Thank you so much for this bro I really needed this as a 13 boy I thank you for this
This video is the saddest realization for myself I’ve ever seen especially as a home schooled 14 year old Christian this hurts really bad to see in myself everything he said I’ve seen in my own life😔
Count it all joy when you fall into various temptations, everybody is dealing with this, feeling guilty, having a guilt complex is not good, it is what Jesus saved us from. Things that help me, realizing the women are slaves, they do not enjoy the industry, not amateurs or pros, they are enslaved, the sex is not good, they are not being pleased, many times they are in a lot of pain, and it is ok for us to love them, and pray from them, even when watching, most people cast them to the side and that is wrong, they are our sisters, be grateful you got to see them naked, know that you would love them better, and you Father in heaven will give you that chance to storm in a and rescue them one day, like the sons of God that we really are, we are his children, I do not say try not to watch it, I say try to watch it later, 5 mins, hour later ect, it is actually supposed to be seen right now, to see that the women do not enjoy it, that is not the sex they like, they like gentlemen, they do not like being hit, disrespected ect, it is judgement on all the men who actually act like that they will pay. christogenea.org/
Please pray for me. I don’t know if anyone will see this but I’ve been struggling with this since I was 12 - unknowingly at first because I didn’t realise what I was doing until I was 14 or so and by then I was so far in I couldn’t stop. I’ve had occasions where I’ve gone weeks and once I even went 50 whole days without reverting back to this behaviour but it always comes back. I’m 17 now, it’s been five years and I’m just exhausted with how awful I feel because of it. I’ve got a wonderful boy who I love and who loves me, he’s a brilliant son of God who is so kind and thoughtful and he’s helped me so much whether or not he realises it, and I just want to be good enough for him and good enough for God. I want to get over this so I can be who my Father in Heaven has called me to be and so I can also be worthy of the amazing boy I’ve somehow won over. I love both of them so much and I constantly feel like I’m falling so far behind the expectations both have for me. Please pray for me.
Been struggling with this for years and every time I think that I have finally overcome it I find myself back at it again
I just wanted to let you know John that God cares for you and nothing you have done, do or will do can take away from the fact that God wants to have ALL your heart. The fact that you can recognise that this cycle of habitual sin in taking a grip on you is a sign of the HOLY SPIRIT at work in you. GIVE IT TO GOD. You can not give up the addiction in your own strength only GOD'S GRACE is sufficient to take you out of the bondage of sexual impurity. TRUST and SURRENDER it to God and even if it seems difficult at the time or even seems as though NOTHING is working GOD is renewing your MIND to the initial purity he had for you. Always remember John, PROGRESSION>PERFECTION ✝❤🩹
Yes, me also. Maybe we should keep talking about it. Let Light into that room.
Thanks man. I don't believe in Christianity but these steps are things I need. I don't know how to display my gratitude for you
Thank you for being vulnerable, I've been through that phase and listening to you makes me remember that cycle back then 😅. God truly helps men❤
I get all of that stuff off my brain by just talking to people, any person honestly and sometimes when I’m by myself it gets hard but I just call a friend now, I was so close to god and then this hit me I cried so hard knowing how close I was and I just fell.
Thank you for making this video. Ive been struggling with lust and pornography. a couple weeks ago I actually started realizing what some of my triggers were and how they came about, so I came up with plans to reduce the amount of triggers that I can control. Like you said, you cant cut out all triggers but you need to have a plan to stop before you go too far and actually sin. there's some triggers for me that come from others with perverted minds and they have no problem making wildly inappropriate jokes/statements. Ive found ways for me to get the image out of my head or block it from entering. In a way this video helped me understand that I'm already on the right track to de-sexualizing my brain. Thank You! God bless you!
Glad to hear you have a way to block out the images in your mind-mind sharing what that process is?
I am a thirteen year old who found lust a pornography to early and I broke myself I struggled to not watch a video but I did then I seen and clicked on this video and this guy named off every single aspect of what I was doing and with that being said I thank you for this video
Wow. Issac, your video spoke to my heart man. I had an experience similar to yours when I was 13. It is beautiful to see someone speak truth on matters that society deems “normal” and “healthy”. You have a truly amazing gift and I want to let you know that God has a wonderful plan for you.
You know, sometimes you forget what its like to live healthy. Living without thinking of going home after school and going on the hub. Sometimes I forget about that, this video has made me remember what life is really about. It's not masturbation and telling your friends the things that you did on Friday night, It's not about that. You're right, things like this have rotted our brains and made us forget the bigger picture, life. Just life itself.
I was literally looking through UA-cam and this kind of video would NEVER end up on my recommended videos. Yet it did. God worked in my life to show me the actions I need to take
I will say, once i started combatting my porn addiction, i started to genuinely feel some sense of self worth, which was to me a new feeling at the time!
I've been fighting this battle for a while. People keep on talking about having a reason behind it but I just feel like I don't. My life is good, I don't have anxiety or anything like that. It just starts whenever I am turned on. The other issue is sometimes my own thoughts will just turn me on like what do I do about that where I can't even escape my brain. I don't know I want to stop but this feels like something that will just always be a part of me.
Try to get yourself accountable, talk to someone, confess what you do to other people, and especially God. Even the fact that you left this comment might help. Try to not be alone often, you’re weaker alone. And cut off the apps that trap you, because you can definitely go without them. The thoughts will go away with time, and when you get them just pray, call on God to cleanse you of those thoughts, it’s way easier when your are acknowledging He’s presence all the time, because He is with you all the time.
Man, this hit home so hard. Brother, you did the right thing by sharing.
Know that you are on the right path because when you do what you don't want to do, it's not you who is doing it. God still loves you. Keep going to him and he will make you clean again. Do your best to learn the habits of your mind. Notice the moment when the thought comes and just keep noticing everything that follows. Soon you will be able to predict when you are going to fall into sin. Awareness comes before control. And then you start rebuking the devil out. You will notice when he whispers lies to you and puts unholy things in your mind's eye. Just rebuke him. And we, your brothers, will keep praying for you. You got this! 🙂
It can be hard, but when you get random thoughts, say no out loud and pray or if possible in the moment pick up your Bible and start reading. Fixing your eyes on Jesus is the only way to escape it. Your willpower can only be so strong, and trying to use it to fight one of the strongest feelings our brains and bodies can experience is extremely difficult. That's why it's better to shift focus to something else that brings peace than to run into a battle you know you'll likely lose. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 6:18 to run from our own immorality. Fighting yourself will only tear you down more, and it'll cause you to start feeling shameful for failing, and it'll leave you feeling worthless. Don't fight it, run from it, and put all your willpower into running as fast as you can.
@@geo_beansThis part of saying no to inappropriate thoughts I always found to be a bit silly, because if you have a high libido, for example, changing the focus of your thoughts to God at all times seems practically impossible to me, unless you are a monk isolated from the world. Furthermore, there is a great risk of you becoming a prude, scrupulous, effeminate, repressing your desires and generating a kind of neurosis. And it's more or less for this reason that I find the MGTOW and Nofap movements fruitless, as they focus too much on the problem itself instead of looking at the solution.
The opposite of sin is not "non-sin", but virtue.
Now, I totally agree with the part about focusing your attention on Jesus and "running" from sin, but for that I think the only option is to occupy your time with productive and virtuous things, which bring you closer to God, instead of focusing on what takes you away. That way, there won't be much free time left to sin, so to speak. Over time, your soul becomes inclined and gets used to what is good and beautiful, and addiction loses space in your life.
Very very good stuff brother. Im a married 33 year old with 4 kiddos.. God freed me from a 18 year porn addiction. Still though the battle against lust, viewing women properly and the images seared in my brain from years of abusing myself still linger. It's the greatest regret of my life.. Jesus WILL see me through, but young men, quit now before the damage becomes scarring. God bless
I’m 13 and abt to turn 14 and I almost completely de-sexualized my brain because I used to go on websites and stuff regularly but then I repented and asked god to help me in this battle with lust. I ended up stopping doing it for almost 3 months but just recently I fell back into the cycle and this video definitely helped me but it’s going to be really hard to stop. However I am grateful for God’s grace and this video and I will do my best to stop again.
Porn finds you no matter what you do. The approach I try to take is that the horny or lustful feelings come and go. I do not seek them out, I do not freak out when I see or get shown those things. The only thing you can do is stop searching for it. It's okay to appreciate beauty of others, but do not let the feeling linger and don't get hung up on it. Don't seek it, it will find you naturally, I used to lie to myself about things I found beautiful to try to prevent myself from feeling like that. But now I just don't seek it and I'm comfortable acknowledging what I like and don't.
Wash your mind in the word just today I was innocently fosg and a woman was on the shore in a dental floss bikini I just kept fishing and tried to block it out of my mind . I try my best to stay away from porn and masterbation I need to fate I don't date buy I need to date Christian women proverbs 31 women trying to be a 1 timothy 3 .1 man .
Fishing
Basically, create boundaries for yourself you know you need for the season of life your in.
I’m thankful I grew up just before the internet. I’m certain it would have tripped me up. Praying for this generation particularly that have to deal with social media in ways I never had.
I’m 20 and I fully agree with you. the internet is very helpful, but it enabled me to see things that nobody should see. It truly ruined my high school years
thank you i really needed this i have been looking stuff up on youtube and i keep telling my self to stop and i keep going back to it so i will start praying to god and trying to stop watching all of the stuff and i am a roman catholic so i go to church and pray the rosary with my uncle and cousins every week and what i am doing i know is wrong but i just keep going back to it and i feel bad but like you said it makes me feel good but thank you i really need this and i will stop watching all the stuff that i have been watching and i will pray but thank you again
and i am 13 years old and i have gotten in trouble by my parents back when i was about 11 and they went on my phone and saw all the stuff i was watching and i didn’t watch any of that stuff for a while until now and when i tell my self that i won’t do it again i try to think about when i got in trouble and i have been trying even harder to stop recently and i just keep falling back to it so i am so grateful that this video came up on my recommended thank you so much and have a good day
Not a man here, but blessed by this good word brother. Praise God and thank you for your help.
Don’t matter what you are, God’s love and forgiveness is for all. Have a blessed day Sister
I’ve been really trying to ‘desexualise’ my brain but as a gay 13 year old Christian with ADHD u can probably imagine the amount of stuff I have going on in my head so it’s been so hard to stop myself from literally just going on to instagram and searching up whatever .so I did delete instagram recently and only re-download it every time I wanna post something. But I just came on to UA-cam to just watch a game theory video but as I was about to search it, wandered across this video and it has just given me a few tips to help not on my sexual journey, but also my religious journey. So thanks
I hope you succeed, and know that you’re not alone, as I also have ADHD, but we just need to keep working on it.
Bro why is this SOOO RELATABLE? thanks and its getting several views from me as well as taking notes on the rewatch.
27 years I have struggled with this. I'm 33 years old. I keep failing. Loneliness, I feel, is deep. I'm trying so hard to repent.
This guy is beautiful, his message is awesome! I have been struggling with this, and this video randomly showed up on my UA-cam feed, and it felt like God was calling me, asking me to change, and I think this video will really help. Thank you so much Issac ❤❤
everyone boy and girl, young men and women in this generation need to see this video or videos like this. harmful lust ruins lives and relationships, it ruined mine.
Brother, from the big gulps during the whole video, I can tell that that was a very difficult content to make. Thank you for putting yourself and your experience so early in life out there for us. I def feel more encouraged to keep on fighting. Keep it up man!
Thank you so much for this. This was beautiful. This made me feel very seen. It’s a hard subject to talk about and you did it in a very comforting and kind way. So thank you.
5 in the morning here, just went to the gym before my work. It is unbelievable timing how this video just got recommended for me. Thanks for uploading.
Thank you so much for posting this video. I have been looking for a solution to this problem I have been having since I was 11. I was born into the church and was always taught that pornography was evil but my curiosity got the best of me. I knew that what I was doing was wrong, and that the Devil was leading me down a path to damnation, but I still couldn’t shake the addiction. I have tried for years to try to detach myself from pornography, but I always managed to return to it in one way or another. I am so grateful you made this video because it has given me more confidence to stop masturbating to pornography and I hope to throw it out of my life entirely soon. Thank you.
I'm 15 years old and just got baptized today. Love your videos.
good job bro !!
@@Polixnn ty bro
Thank you, I started having a sexualized brain at age 10, four years ago, and haven’t been able to hear any message from God until now. This truly has helped me. God bless you!
This video was amazing. You have such a great perspective on it. I have been battling with this for a few months after recently coming to the lord. I'm getting better, but still fall from time to time. Thank you for this. God bless.
Bro im 14 and its bad. I need this man. Thank you
My brother you have ministered to me way more than you know. I’m trying my best to remove myself from pornography because I have chosen to focus more on God and the blessings that He has given me. 🥹🙌🏿
Thank you. 😎💪🏿❤️🔥👍🏿
Something that really helps is working out. When the urge arises drop down and do pushups till failure.
Im watching this as a single mother with a son who i believe is struggling with this. He has autism so i dont know how to get through to him. This is helping..thank you for being so vulnerable to help others
What scares me is porn is talk about so much with churches that social media don't get demonize as much as it should be. Validation is just dangerous as sex and it's equal. I am not say porn does no damage, it does it numbs you and causes fake images women looks, with that said sadly because women are social cue crazy, your son is going have hard time with finding relationship and with dating landscape not even church is safe. There is more but the internet destroys two generations.
Is there any trustworthy men you know? I would see if you could get one of them to talk to him if possible.
Pray pray pray. And try to find godly community in the church who can help/support
I’m not even a little bit religious but I really needed this. It’s nothing to do with disliking or whatever, and I wouldn’t even consider myself an atheist as I can see some atheist to be so hateful sometimes, I just don’t believe in the idea of a god. But I do know that I care about my morals and how I view others and I really needed this to get out of my life for me to really feel happy, content, be motivated, heal my relationships and bring some clarity back to my mind. Although this video itself didn’t help me much, it really brought something to my eyes that will truly help me in the long run, and for that I’d like to thank you.
Thank you for this video man, I've struggled with this for a few years now, and helping read daily scripture has helped me tremendously by helping me find comfort in God's word, but as a 23 year old guy it's almost impossible to keep It under control and just cutting out all the things that could set you off
What I found profound is where you mentioned doing a detox. I took that with me, and what I realize is we don't realize just how much of an effect the distractions of this world has on us finding true spiritual freedom. There is only one source for our healing, how can we be truly healed if it has to contend with you prioritising these daily distractions over spending time with God. Spending time with God in prayer, reading scriptures, even watching videos like these, this is what should replace our leisure activities. It's what I have been doing so far and after just the first day, the difference I could feel was almost overwhelming. I would recommend trying this way
thank you brother! I feel the Holy Spirit spoke through you on this message. It is gonna help my walk with Yahuah tremendously. I pray your ministry will be blessed even more.
Man, I feel so ashamed saying that I am still struggling with watching pink-films at 15, but I have recently been looking for help and thank you so much for making this video. I thank God for giving me this video man
Ive been struggling for a while now and my prayers have been answered
9:10 starts talking about advice and what to do
13:23 love vs lust
*mainly a reminder for me
(Hope this may help)
Jesus Christ is The Way, The Truth and The Life. Nobody will see the Father in Heaven but through Jesus Christ.
This genuinely touched my heart in a different way than any other "self improvement video". Someone talking about it from a personal experience and relating to exactly what you're saying makes me feel very emotional. While I have said it to myself before, I will from now on actually try my absolute best to not watch it. This video helped a lot. Thank you for actually talking about seriously
As a 25 yr old virgin man, that has looked at things I shouldn’t. I approve this message.
Brother. Honestly, do not have premarital sex. I wish I never have. It screws up your way of thinking about women. Sex is a soul tying consequence, with multiple wrong people is terrible. Save it for the right woman. Godbless
@@p0ssiblypicasso810you're so full of b.s 😂
@@HarrisonFjord-n3v He's not. I regret it too.
@@p0ssiblypicasso810100% true
@@p0ssiblypicasso810 Absolutely save it for the one person you want to be with for the rest of your life. I'm 33, my girlfreind 31, both never slept with anyone and we're both going to get married in the future. I'm so glad I never slept with women during my godless years before I found Jesus, so so lucky and even more blessed that my girlfreind hasn't either.
This was so helpful and hopeful. The first time I fell into pornography was in high school, and after 6 years of addiction and little progress, God miraculously changed my life. For over a year, I never struggled with lust, and the Lord was so satisfying to me. Then after I graduated college, started working full time, and moved to a one bed room apartment by myself, the lust came back. For years I'd beat myself up and just try to resist more, but that cascaded me into a cycle of failure and shame. Being honest, humble, and aware of your triggers along with replacing cheap lust with real beauty in Christ and His gifts is the path for growth. I'm trying to get back to where I used to be, and I really appreciate your honesty and grace in helping others fight for freedom and joy in Christ.
Your candor is appreciated! It's not always easy to talk about this stuff, but we need to.
Man keep up the good work you just changed my life
Its taken me 20+ years to do this but I have it down now, you have to seriously remove and avoid all triggers, just like beating any other addiction, there is NO moderation, it is all bad! I have a ZERO TOLERANCE policy, no intimate scenes in movies, do not look at women in magazines, avoid any situation that allows lust.
Bro, i had enough
it's been years since i had this addiction and when i would finally resist for a few months, the addiction would pop up agin.
Thank you brother. This has been on my mind for our society lately
The food analogy is pretty good. I noticed that if I stop eating junk food for around a week and then try to eat it again, it tastes different, it doesn’t taste as good.
Hey, thanks for this great video. The first minutes described exactly how I began with lust. However, I think your words are so true and strong that you don‘t need to add music to it. When the music is on it’s nice and all but as soon as the music is off you snap back into reality.
There is no need to emotionalise, just put out the truth as you already do.
Thanks again for your videos, they help me a lot.
When I first got saved, it took me about 6 extra months to be delivered from my porn addiction.
About 2 years later, I fell back into an addiction and I haven't been able to break it since. I pray God gives me the strength to take action properly, and that he delivers me from it once and for all. May that prayer extend out to others in the same boat.
The part where you mentioned after indulging in sexual content, you’d start watching videos on lust is SPOT on. It’s comforting to know that I’m not the only one. I’ve been in this repetitive cycle for too long. As a child I was introduced to pornography at a very young age and although I didn’t realize it at the time, now I see that I was molested by my older step sister and introduced to sexuality in that nature by her. (What a stereotype right… lol) I believe that has also contributed to my struggle with overcoming this sin. Needed this desperately. Thank you brother. Video came at the right time.
Much prayer needed here… i pray than I fall. I’m tired of doing this. Please brothers pray for me. I need to be free from this. I want to be a good man and eventually a husband some day.
People forget each and every day that the MAIN purpose of sex is procreation and not necessarily “just for fun” once ppl can once again understand the value of making love with your actual partner. This hookup culture will fizzle into nothing. Unfortunately, it’s an uphill battle normalizing intimacy these days and it’s depressing it’s that way now.
I think these "sex is for fun " things is satans way of trying to kill humanity. You should watch kent hovind because he might make some questions you have understandable
Thank you for this message. I relate to your experiences with issue, with looking at a christian video talking about lust and sin and telling me to stop. Just for me to return back to the same sin. This video really helped open my eyes to my pornography addiction and what I need to do with God by my side. For the longest time I've been hiding this addiction from people, but I feel like writing this comment is my first step.
Man I really needed to hear this, thank you man.
good job bro!