How a Priest Treats Lust Addiction
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
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In this video, I share the approach I've developed over my 11 years as an Orthodox priest to help men struggling with lust addiction. Lust, for many, isn't just about sexual desire-it's often a way to cope with emotional stress and escape from life's challenges. I explain how this addiction traps men in a cycle of shame and self-defeat. Through my two-fold approach, I guide you with practical steps like the importance of accountability, daily prayer, and fasting to resist temptation and regain control. I believe this battle is ongoing, but with intensity, discipline, and reliance on God, it can be fought every day. This is about more than just avoiding temptation-it's about reclaiming your sense of self-worth and fighting against the emotional pull of lust. I hope my insights and strategies will help you find strength and healing on this journey. Keywords: lust addiction, pornography recovery, masturbation, spiritual warfare, emotional regulation, accountability, Orthodox priest, prayer, fasting.
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U listening to me your fucking brain it's your God stupid, go and fucking entertaining your fucking kids we don't care about your fake love for money
U don't know NOTHING
Hey Poppa, let’s get it. Looking forward to hearing from you
Could you make a video addressing women? These video never addressed that this is an issue for us too. We women fall into for other reasons.
Father, can I corrispond with you . I don't have a parish right now and am a byzantine catholic looking for the right orthodox church to come home too.
The war against lust is more intense than ever and will only get worse. Stay strong brothers, never stop praying.
A word of scripture that is really helping me is 1 Corinthians 10:13. I still fail sometimes but this is a powerful weapon in this fight
And sisters
Agreed, wait until vr is more mainstream that combined with ai build your own p*rn models.
So true..
@@manfredconnor3194 could you explain a little more?
Father Moses is a rare masculine priest who knows how to speak to men about the troubles they face. Even if I don’t share his faith he is too wise to ignore.
Amen
Very kind words. God bless. I’m Eastern Orthodox.
@@fathermosesmcpherson god bless
Don't call nobody father on earth
Have you ever called your father a father? Where in the bible does it say "scripture alone"?
Self-abuse... never have I ever looked it like that. Thank you, brother.
And most of us in later millennial and early gen Z have been self abused since 9 or 10 years old, and possibly even younger. This demonic BS has had a massive effect on my life and now at 29, 20 years of this BS and just now am I fighting it as a Christian in catechism.
@Kalumubotia we have only 1 Father who is in heaven
Self-abuse is a very good way of looking at it and it is true.
@@HamChex The title of Father, given to priests, is honorary and metaphorical. It's a term of endearment. In 1 Cor 4:15, St. Paul refers to himself as the spiritual father of the people he is writing to. Abraham is called our father in faith. The Jews, as well as Jesus, referred to their forbears in faith as fathers, etc.
its extra tbh. the act itself is fine. its just that a lot of people have a pathological use of it where its addictive or a method of escapism
Unfortunately, I was addicted from about the age 12 all the way to 27, which was when it clicked that the world described in the Bible is the world we live in and it is true. I had an overwhelming feeling of the biblical reality and feom there God took my desire from me. I was able to get married and have a child, while finally having control after rededicating my life to Jesus.
How did you know you met the right woman and it was not just lust?
I became a porn addict at 13 and am now 28 and still am struggling in getting past 13 days (I literally haven't been able to go 14 days clean since I first became addicted.) Please pray for me. And I also wonder what krejziks says, how were you able to tell you found your soulmate? Was the Holy Spirit able to make it abundantly clear from the start?
Where I'm at right now
@@GodHelpHumanity I will pray for you tonight. Stay strong.
@GodHelpHumanity Seeking God in prayer, fasting, and a lifestyle change to honor Him is so important. Be around others who can sharpen you in the Word and biblical character, that can also be ones you can grow in accountability with. Not that they are the source of accountability. Read 1 John, read psalm 119, James, and other books about what the heart of a believer is like. Have transformation in your heart be by God.
Be plugged in a church, don't isolate, stay prayed up, and red up. Do NOT go to places or do actions that give or enable future temptations.
Understand why you sin, and why you lose the thought and spirit battle of lust/fear/lack of contentment/whichever is your Achilles heel...
Know Jesus loves you, and you will STRIVE to love Him back with everything you have. That's when losing anything in this life isn't worth comparing to the ioy of Christ. That's when you're treasure becomes Jesus, and everything else you'll let go of....with Him being the ONE thing that you cannot bear to lose or forget. Realize then that He alone provides the heart change, and He alone sustains that heart - a heart like Christ. Being a man after God's own heart. Actions to watch and do sinfully things can be changed by many ways. But changing a heart - from the source - from a state of loving sin comes only by God. Seek the later.
Seek God.
One thing I've learned is that this desire sometimes feels like an "itch" you need scratch but in reality the more you scratch that itch the stronger it gets, instead of going away. It seems counterintuitive but the only way to let that desire go away is to not entertain it. Stop putting logs on the fire and the fire will eventually die out.
God made us sexual beings. Sex is an expression and a means of creating relational wholeness with a woman and it's literally a depiction of heaven. God wants us to enjoy that so that desire will never actually go away.
@smokingcrab2290 big difference between using it for love with spouse vs allowing the emotion to control you.
I'm sorry, but "the fire" you speak of never dies. It's constantly there, constantly urging.
Sooooooo try not to ever scratch it. 🤔. As he said you will battle it the rest of your life. Nothing is easy and especially when it comes to that n
TY Father ☦️
If your priest is the Doomguy, he helps you beat lust by hunting down your demon directly
If only it worked that way lol
Tfw you go to confess your sin of lust and your priests hands you a .50 cal fully automatic cannon and says "The only thing they fear is you."
Good Priests are doomguys☦️
Schema monks do that
Thank you Jesus that ALL sin...even sexual sin...was forgiven in your death, burial, and resurrection and that God no.longer sees our sins under the blood of Jesus Christ. Sin has been delt with once and for all. That's the best news to help anyone struggling with any addiction.
God no longer has a remembrance of our sins because of Jesus who purged them, once and for all.
Hallelujah!!!!!
When I told Father Moses I struggled with lust he punched me in the stomach and threw me off a cliff. It cured me
Scottie! 😂
Who is the saint that was mentioned, please?
St Joseph of _____.
Please fill in the blank.
Never mind, I found it.
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
@@robstr12 there is a beautiful book with his letters where he answers people's questions, it's called Monastic Wisdom: The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast.
I think that would work for me.
God bless you, Father. Your timing is impeccable
True
Don't call nobody father on earth
@@user-uw3fi2zg4t Why did you feel the need to comment that?
Indeed it is
@@user-uw3fi2zg4tThat’s his title, though?
There was a time I let go of the guilt. I let go of the guilt and I watched my self respect go away. Once you let go of these things you’ll find yourself sinking, with no boundaries and no respect for yourself your lust will consume you and cripple you. Thank God for his patience, loving kindness and forgiveness.
Lived through this. I tried everything.
Only Christ and His Church saved me. ☦️
Aren't we glad that the Son still saves?! I identity with this comment
Same situation still fighting
@@manfredconnor3194 you wouodnt understand brother
@manfredconnor3194 well the scripture does say he is willing that all should be saved. As for everything else you said, no clue what your talking about. It's rather vague and pretentious if I'm being completely honest.
Roman Catholic here, Thank you Father God Bless, thanks for the wisdom
I needed to hear this. I'll definitely be subscribing. Lust is a daily struggle with me. I've been addicted to porn since I was 14. At 33 I'm a recovering drug addict along with abstaining from porn and masturbation. 91 days clean from drugs and 7 days from masturbation. I know the struggle is worth it
Miracle! God bless!
You can do it bro!! Im battling this with you we will defeat this in Jesus of Nazareth mighty name!
@@johnnydayton1431 thank you brother and God bless
@@johnnydayton1431 Amen✝
@@kingvegeta420 Amen✝
Wow.... This guy is so straight up and he doesn't waste time trying to sound smart or say cool things. Respect. He speaks the truth.
Married men, please understand this addiction can destroy your marriage in so many subtle ways. Don’t be ashamed to pray. That’s what the enemy wants.
Marriage can help according to Paul, BUT it doesn't make this temptation "go away."
I agree with the part about having anger towards this sin. If you have the mindset of "it's something I like, something I want to do badly, but I will refrain from doing it" you will lose. You have to be disgusted by it, hate it, that is how you strike at its core.
God bless, thank you!
Yes! you have to pray to God to help you hate the sin
Yes! My father once told me it's easy to quit smoking after a lifetime of being a smoker, because he wanted to quit. He had two strokes and two rounds of cancer.
I’ve been 80 Days clean, but sometimes I’ll have that kinda mindset and sometimes I won’t. It’s not an easy journey, but I want to completely hate it! I’ll never stop praying 🙏🏼 to The Lord about it.
Father Moses man these outlined points help me so much your the only content creator I see in this Christian space giving real points to apply in daily life and not just telling but actually teaching we appreciate you father❤ God bless 🙏🏾
Don't call nobody father on earth
@@user-uw3fi2zg4thonor your father and mother
@@user-uw3fi2zg4twhat about my dad?
Respect to Fr Moses - real humility and honesty to admit he battles with a porn addiction. Prayers for him.
Non-denominational Christian here (saved on 3/22/24, sobriety date from opioids and other drugs is 3/16/24) who goes to a well-grounded Pentecostal Church of God, but still have much respect for my Orthodox & Catholic brothers and sisters.
Lust & P is the new drug and it's everywhere, especially for me. I fight the good fight every day since I got saved. We can all learn from one another if we alter our own perspectives a bit and this video was very helpful.
-Thomas ✝🙏🏼☦
Sorry brother, but there is only one holy, apostolic, Catholic church, and you're not "saved" until you find yourself a part of it. I don't say this to throw stones, I say this because I love Christ and I love you. He left one church, and it wasn't one founded by some guy in the late middle ages. I pray you find the truth of my words, brother. God bless you.
@@THEJustinOfAllTime Much appreciated, but with all due respect, it's not the Catholic Church, nor the Orthodox Church, that is the "one true church." Did the thief on the cross next to Jesus go to a Catholic or Orthodox church? No, yet he was saved. These developed later. Early Christians were practicing in their homes and in hiding.
The head of the church is Christ, not Rome. Just like Jesus came for both Jew and Gentile, not just one. We all originate from the "catholic" church, not the "Catholic Church." Protestantism originates from that line as well, it simply split with the Catholic Church due to abuses of the Church, the core beliefs are still the same.
Just like the schism between Catholic and Orthodox, both whom claim to be the "one true church." Protestants generally don't do that. It is Christ who saves. NOT the Pope, nor the Church institution from Rome.
@@TRINITY-626 Christ is present in the sacraments and unless you eat his flesh and drink his blood... I pray you convert to a traditional faith where you can receive Jesus through the sacraments, and especially reconciliation and communion. God bless you.
@@TRINITY-626The greek word for “Catholic” means “universal” (as in we are all God’s children, anybody can join it universally). He didn’t mean Catholic as in Roman Catholic. He was referring to the Orthodox church, the head of which IS Jesus. We have patriarchs too, as the churches were founded by the apostles themselves (who, by the way, instituted THEMSELVES as the patriarchs of their churches, and the patriarchs we have today are only predecessors of them). The head of the Orthodox church has been and will always be Jesus Christ, as even the patriarch is a human and sinful like us (they even have fathers of confessions, to institute this point). Jesus saves all who believe, repent, and do the research to come to the church He founded and the apostles led until this day. God bless you, brother, and i will pray for you and i wish you peace and happiness in His church 🙏☦️
@@otrot1601 most protestant churches have this lol
I am 19 and i started watching father moses about a month ago and i try to get better everyday. The best thing about him is that he is so straight with everything. He doesnt say what you want to hear but what you need to hear.
Exactly brother , I'm also 19 ... got to know this channel about 2 months ago and since then whenever I find his video , it's about something I'm going through .... this video came after a prayer I made...
Thanks be to God
I'm not religious, but this was insanely helpful
I've been struggling so much with this. Every time I fall to temptation I feel like such a failure. Failure to the Lord & failure to my wife...
Thank you Lord for sending me this message. Praise God Brothers, we're better than this!
Is your wife failing to perform her duty to you for your lust or is it something else?
@@TainyaGaming I think it’s just conditioning from young to be honest - Porn is so prevalent and easily accessible that it becomes a habit & instant gratification. I’m 33 so my generation was the first to fully experience the internet so it’s something that just becomes normal. Clips are shared and locker room talk etc etc.
It’s no good for us though at all & I’m trying to grow and do better
@@joeyyhc3883 I've been alone in the world for decades.
Having never had a truly deep emotional connection to a woman, and knowing I am probably too old to ever find it, I must ask... How in the world is a screen "instant gratification" compared to the connection you have to your wife?
I'm not judging. It's just that what you said completely and entirely blows my mind.
I finally figured out that porn is a lie because the promise of it making me feel better has never, ever EVER not even one time made me feel better than I felt before. Ever.
I'm not judging. I'm just so so so confused how a screen can be any kind of gratification for a man who has a woman. I'm only confused.
Bro is super practical, he goes for the jugular. God bless
Man, you have this off the charts leader ship. This is what ever man needs to follow.. is you. I love hearing those words “ it’s pathetic and LOSER BEHAVIOUR” everything about you makes me feel like I’m going to be successful.
I'm autistic and so I deal with a real bad problem of negative feelings. Sometimes it's because I look directly into a light or a noise hits me differently. But a lot of it has to do with my problems with socializing. On top of that all my senses and emotions often feel like they're turned up to 11.
Needless to say, I need God's grace and asking help from Saint Anna (the Godman's Holy Grandmother), The Theotokos, Saint Ephraim of Arizona, Saint Joseph the Hesychast, Saint George and Saint Seraphim of Sarov have really helped me make inches of progress since becoming Orthodox.
My two cents (If I can even offer anything haha) is that we should let this addiction humble us. That's the point of it otherwise God would easily get rid of this issue.
The beauty of being autistic is that it can make one much more sensitive to incoming stimuli: touch, sounds, visions, thoughts, feelings, etc. But that's also its challenge: how to manage and respond to these intensified stimuli. This can make your battle much harder, but it also gives you opportunity for greater holiness. May God richly bless you in your efforts!
Respect. As an autist myself, I must say that you're more capable than you know, and through him, all things are possible
May God bless you
Amen 🙏
God bless you
Having intensified sensitivities that are usually an aspect of autism are, definitely, an uncomfortable burden - with even that descriptor often being an understatement of the trying effect they can have on one's life. Our hope is that, if allowed, God will use our burdens to draw us closer to Him. May this be the experience of the person(s) about whom you write.
This video came at a time when I’m really struggling. Thank you, Father Moses.
I noticed over the past 5 years this desire to pursue that content is diminished in direct proportion to my participation in the Eucharist. If circumstances have me away from the Church for a couple weeks these attacks redouble and become almost vicious in their tenacity.
Prayer. Prayer. Prayer. Prayer.
Go to a physical Church. Take Confession and Communion. Over time your focus just…leaves these thoughts or you are more easily able to defeat them.
God bless.
Great word, father ☦️❤️
They lord has used you and the man who showed me this video to reach me.
I’m angry and tired and I’ve had enough. No more being a coward and turning away from discomfort.
Thank you for creating this content. It’s life changing.
It ends today.
Thank you for this. Lust, porn addiction and masturbation has been my number one struggle since childhood. Made my first confession in more than twenty years on Nov 4th. I made it a little more than 30 days before I backslid. But I let my prayer life slip and I know that that I let myself be vulnerable. I make Confession and Mass regularly now. And I now treat it like alcoholics do, one day at a time. Not worried about total time anymore. Just make it through one day. And the next day will take care of itself.
I don’t think there’s been a better time for me to see this video than now. I prayed last night about a woman who I lustfully looked upon at my friend’s house. I didn’t even realize I was looking at her so much, I was fascinated by her. I asked God to forgive me for what I’ve done, and here now I’ve seen 2 important videos about lust this morning. Thank you Father Moses
Why do you automatically assume it is lust? Are you married, for that to be the case? If you're single, then it's fine to be attracted to a woman, and perhaps talk to her and get to know her? How do you think courtship is supposed to work anyway?
@@markeedeep I was attracted to her based off of selfish desires, she reminded me of someone who I lost my virginity to 10 years ago. I wasn’t interested in her personality or anything she had to offer. I was thinking of her from a fantasy aspect. How I could use her, etc etc. It wasn’t right
@@NotNykoh no, that's just your obsessive thoughts naturally being triggered by your past experience. You just have to learn to separate the reality which was this perfectly ordinary female standing in front of you, from the fantasy you created in your own head. Perhaps you will even find something genuine and worthwhile in her, after all. How do you think you're supposed to get married eventually, without first going through this basic process anyway?
Stop trying enable his desires, he knows his struggles and has examined his thoughts and has a better idea of what’s going on than you do.
@@Orthowave1 okay. Show me exactly where I am "enabling his desire", in anything which I've written about so far?
"I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?"
-Job 31:1
Spetacular
YEP
Amen
I like how real you get. You're not "trying to be priestly." You're helping us more by being real. Thank you.
Father, this is right to the point. Psychologists play with words and theory. You approach it like a soldier preparing for battle. Thank you, Fr.
The way not to feed it is to look at it for what it is, which is "pathetic" this is probably the best video on the topic I've found, not only that, but it comes from a manly priest, awesome, to not fall into lust means growth and putting aside childishness, beautifully put, i write this as a reminder. Thank you Father Moses. Every single day is the Battle for the purity of the soul.
Father, once again, delivers yet another W. This is an issue I stuggle with IMMENSELY. I feel you're one of the few priests who actually knows how to speak to young people on this issue. Thank you, father.
1.5 min in and it's so true. The addiction comes not from focusing on the good feeling, but rather from wanting to escape and cope with negative feelings
Greetings from Brazil, father!!
I have 18 years old, Roman Catholic, and your videos help me a lot in the spiritual battle and in the construction of my personality.If I would say something about this, I've said to run of the tentation. Almost always were I've tryed to test myself, or feeding the desire (thinking I would not fall in the end) ou diaogue with the tentation of the lust, I've lost. "Cut the bad from the roots" as we say in Brazil: when a form of impurity comes, turn your head and make your yes, yes and your no, no.
nunca ouvi essa frase na minha vida mas está valendo a mensagem hue
@@Vincent_Sallow a frase é "cortar o mal pela raíz", não sei se ingles fez sentido hahaha
Em inglês se fala “I am 18 years old”, eu sei que a tradução literal do português não faz sentido mas fazer o que… outra coisa, o certo seria “run from” ao invés de run of. Sei que to sendo chato, mas é uma crítica construtiva pra te ajudar nas próximas vezes.
@@ThiagoCT9 ta sendo chato não, po, agradeço a correção, meu inglês é bem ruizinho hahah
195 countries, 1 problem
This was extremely helpful, and ive been trying to quit for around a year now. this is a new fresh perspective on this terrible addiction, and God bless you brother for what youve done and have taught me in this video, and for teaching several others like myself. You don't know how much we that struggle with this appreciate it.
Thanks!
Thank you!
Just earned a sub.
Today it is almost a lifestyle not to watch porn, since it is so common among people:
You are a legend for helping people. GOD bless you all and may GOD have mercy on you.
I'm Catholic but love your videos. God bless you, Father.
We need Catholic priests with a drive like Father Moses
I’m a young man who’s started an organization for young Christians in my area, and I’m looking to Pastorship and Ministry after high school. List is my biggest struggle and this has helped me immensely. Thank you Father. Though we disagree on certain aspects of our faith, may our Heavenly Father bless us all who aspire to teach and lead others. God bless you and thank you for following the lead of the Holy Spirit.
Thank you Father! Finally a religious response to lust!
God bless you father Moses, the amount of tenacity you show in your lectures are truly amazing they push me to be a better man
For those upset about the $60 life coaching you need to understand something. He is setting aside the little spare time he has to help people on the internet but you need to be serious. Another priest I know does the same thing for a 8 week course but when he started it for free, the majority of people signing up weren't serious and didn't show up. It takes up the priest's time and takes away an open slot for someone who really wants help. By him charging a fee he found practically everyone shows up now for every session because as he put "they have skin in the game, so they feel more compelled to show up."
It interests me why this bothers people. I figure 1) it either helps or it doesn't 2) if you try it, you probably are already aware that you need to make some changes, so why be mad if someone else's help doesn't work for you? I mean, you already admit that you're having issues, so if it doesn't work, try something else and don't be bitter. 3) if it works for you, great! You got something that was worth the price. I see no difference in life coaching and any other service people pay for- if you don't want it, don't take advantage of it. Sometimes a little of something helps out, sometimes not. Pretty simple. And again, if you try it and it doesn't work, guess what? There's a million other things that might work, so why waste any more time on one that you know you tried and didn't like? We have very little time as it is.
What does the 8 week course cover?
@jackjack4412 It's Achieving Sexual Integrity, Brotherhood of St. Paisios with Fr. Johannes Jacobse. I don't recall everything because it's been a year and a half and the course has probably become better fleshed out since then. We had homework every week which was to follow the daily scripture readings on the Orthodox calendar, make sure we pray daily, go to Church, don't recall what else. When the meetings occur on Thursday we reported in if we did all of that and how many times did we fall into lustful self-abuse. We see how everyone is doing (around 16 of us I think). We also had questions every week about various things such as our relationship with our dad and how he has/has not impacted our lives. We then would listen to Fr. Johannes talk about how to grow as men and move on from past pain and how it ties into p*rn and lustful self-abuse. Also about our relationship with God and how everything connects. Everyone talks and opens up, absolutely nothing is recorded. Listening to everyone's personal stories really showed how men of all ages (had 20s - late 60s in my group) had similar struggles due to similar past pain or dysfunctional families. You also get assigned a partner to talk with throughout the week outside of meetings. It was a very interesting experience and learned a lot. Really showed me how all ages can struggle if they didn't have a masculine caring virtuous dad growing up. How we need to forgive people and move on. We even had men who were tempted to go down the trans route but turned back. There is no shame amongst the men there towards other men, I remember the results every week. Men were falling into p*rn 4-5 a week for a few weeks. Near the end the majority had improved, it's a struggle but that's how carrying our cross is.
Your explanation of what this is all about in the first two minutes or so is the most accurate I’ve ever heard. 💯
Thank you Father Moses, you have the ability to articulate these things better and more simply than most others.
Please pray for me, I have been fighting for years.
This is really as dangerous as a drug, you can't imagine the damage this can cause, for many years I have been addicted to adult content but recently I started to ask for help and look for a way to grow spiritually, I will do everything possible to stop this.
Good video greetings
So many people with Gorky PFPs oh wow…
Keep fighting it brotha
I'm not sure if it was you or another orthodox clergyman who said it; that when people take the steps towards coming closer to God, such as expressing interest in becoming a catechumen, that is when a person is attacked the worst, and falls for temptations that never bothered them before. I've found that to be accurate. It's like deciding you wanna fight, and getting shot before you can grab a weapon.
Santa Teresinha em seu livro "castelo interior" alertava exatamente isso.
Your "weapon" is the Word of God
This very accurately describes my situation. It’s like the enemy sees you growing closer to God and so he shoots arrows of temptation at all your weak spots. I find myself slipping up into worse sins now then when I didn’t know God
Same thing
Holy shit you just blew my mind, maybe it’s a case of confirmation bias but this makes so much sense to me. I’m going through it rn and I’ve recently been committing to my Roman Catholic faith 100% and this is the one thing I’m struggling with at this very moment.
Fr Moses, you are the priest we have been waiting for to address this issues! Thank you so much!
Father, the timing of your video for my life is so perfect it's shocking. Woke up from a series of dark dreams that I can only call a spiritual attack and saw this in the recommended of a video I searched and you had posted it not even a day before. I fell back into sin, and let dark forces back into my life because of it.
Thank you for the stern, no nonsense message. God bless you father.
Thank you so much, I needed that words. Porn is one of the hardest addictions for me to overcome, i will start No-Fap tomorrow.
God bless you 🙏🏾
I stumbled on your channel this morning after watching Mari mar. I want to say thank you for giving me the tools that I need to fight the devil. I pray daily and nightly, multiple times a day, and have been fasting. You’re amazing, you tell it like it is and I feel like you’re talking to me directly. Thank you again.
As usual, the father is cooking with fatherly advice and with perfect timing🔥
I found this video for a reason, it's put a lot of things in prospective for me, thank you & God Bless Father
This came in at the right time. Sadly struggling for most of my life with lust, and again this entire morning, mixed with the wrong people online to the point of spiritual confusion that's making me feel terrible. Thank God for His grace showing me about the orthodox church recently and want to go to one near me. Thanks Father Moses for being the mainly help we men need. If anyone can pray for me please I'll be really grateful. God bless you.
Praying for you.
One of the most difficult things as I returned to the faith was how many of my values were ultimately at odds with the teachings of christ. Even as someone with a more conservative background and politics, liberal views on seggs (trying to avoid youtube filter) still controlled my mentality, and i would constantly try to justify to myself why pr0n use and engaging with niche fetishes wasnt actually a problem.
@@epicfortnitekid8536 Thanks for your prayers. I was going through a lot and feared I was losing Jesus, made me despair a lot. My constant disobedience towards the Lord made me fall hard on my face. God is good and gave me strength, I was desperate and doubting what was reality itself, and doubting Jesus cause of whispers of evil spirits so went to a church near me and asked someone to pray over me, and was delivered after demons manifested and were cast out.
Be careful with lust and pleasures brothers it drives you further from God.
@@epicfortnitekid8536 Thank you for your prayers. I was going through crazy amounts of confusion in what is reality and true, someone even mentioned reincarnating, it was crushing me. All because I opened the door to these evil practices. I went to a church cause I couldn't bear it, was prayed over and even manifested demons. Now I feel like I'm starting from 0 and learning to exercise my faith. The world is not worth it. Jesus Christ have mercy.
Straight talk. Thank you Father for not "sugar" coating this.
Awesome and motivating video. I will add to it: never stop rising up after falling until the day we die
Very good video, but especially the first 3 minutes was just so WELL SAID.
Thanks father.a christian from 🇱🇧
In Lebanon women are dressing immodestly too?
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@jollygoodgordon5580 thanks God Almighty better than the west but still going downhill ( note: a Lebanese Orthodox Christian/ just love Serbia and name for fun)
@@jollygoodgordon5580as a Catholic Lebanese, even Maronites have been poisoned from secular modernist innovations and heresies unfortunately, women even dress immodestly in Churches and some put makeup, no Respect for Jesus Christ in the Church, the Priests don’t even warn them that immodest clothing are a sin and from my own experience in catechism class the priest would hardly mention to us on the existence of hell, mortal sins and Baptismal innocence, it is just Some Bible Verses and the classic “yea Jesus is Love” whilst ignoring his justice atmosphere.
I have to learn on my faith from searching the church catechism and teachings of the Saints as St John Chrysostom, sadly the majority of Maronite priests do not give helpful sermons even, only some few Maronite priests warn people of mortal sin and these good priests are persecuted for “scaring the people” Lord have Mercy, Pray for Lebanon even our Christians are not practicing anymore!
( note: there might be modest people still and more good priests and churches but from my experience in keserwan and Beirut, it’s really bad especially the youth and teenagers of my age, hardly anyone has any faith )
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This is my first time on your channel father. The algorithm put this video on my feed and im so grateful that i did because these are words i really needed to hear. These have been my struggles my entire life basically and the way you explain on how to combat these temptations i have never heard before. I thank God for priests like you that are willing to put yourself out there and hold people accountable the way you do. I wish there were more like you. I pray you will continue to reach more people like me that have these same struggles. Deus Vult!
May the Lord have mercy on us and strengthen each of us. Let us be strong together, my brothers, in prayer, fasting, and love for Christ our God. When we fall, let us rise up and try again and beg the Lord to strengthen us in mastering the sinful desires of the flesh.
Thank you father Moses for your words and guidance.
Thank you Fr Moses. Keep the videos coming. God Bless!!☦️☦️☦️
This is a tough one, been fighting this battle for many years. It’s such an escape mechanism, but holds you back from bonding in your relationship, drains your energy, takes up so much time, and truly holds you back from becoming a better man. Nothing on my life has had a hold on me like pornography/sexual sin.
Same
I always love and admire orthodox fathers’ wisdom in every subject of our lives. Thank you father!
Nice video sir. This stuff is so real. I was on the internet social media a while back and I found myself looking at things I should have. I knew it was wrong and just "peeked" but then found myself sitting there looking more even though I knew it was wrong. That very night I had sleep paralysis and woke up with soaked underpants. I opened myself wide open and was literally raped in my sleep. 3 years celibate, its a tough battle but we keep going. This stuff is so real
Thank you very much for all this precious advices, God bless you father 🙏❤️
"humiliation ritual". nail on the head once again.
Isn't religion itself a humiliation ritual?
Yes, religions teach us to abstain from sex, but sex is about power, and so is religion.
I tried all the big religions, and failed to find a single holy book that doesn't humiliate women, support slavery, or justify abuse in some way or form.
@@adorp Religions do not teach you to abstand from sex at all. Where did you hear that you should abstain from sex? If you don't agree with a religion it's fine not to follow it.
I'm not religius but I do like spiritual people. At least some. We all need to find our own way. And I like to listen to these people once in a while.
@@mestayno plenty of religions teach abstinence.
The idea is, you should only have sex for having chindren, not for pleasure, and once you have all the children you need, sex becomes unnecessary.
Islam is the only religion that teaches men to "plough" their wives as the men please, but muh "context" ...
When something sounds terrible without context, it should have been rephrased.
@@adorp I get you. I like the buddhist middle way. But I also believe you don't need any kind of religion really. But at least some spiritual thinking helps navigate life better than say purely psychology or philosophy.
@@mestayno Isn't Buddhism inconsistent as well? Especially its distaste of women is quite obvious.
All Eastern religions begin by claiming that everyone is equal, then proceed to explain why some people are more equal than others. Hinduism is based on panetheistic Advaita Vedanta, yet has over 100 castes.
This is the MAN the whole world needs. God bless him!!
Father I’m a late Gen Z with a heavily influenced background of GEN X, and I always stress to my friends how disgusting and evil anime. I think it’s a large security blanket for younger guys because they relate. I tell them to read the gospel and they’ll end up relating to it more and more as they move through life. Much love to you in Christ, keep up
The awesome videos!
Wow, that bench press analogy was spot on! Thank you for your wisdom, sir.
Lust is a battle we will have to fight for as long as we are on earth. Stay strong, brothers. Remember to stay grounded in Christ! 🙏🏾
This is unbelievably helpful. Thank you father and God bless
Thank you for the strong words father Moses, may you be blessed and highely favored by God.
Father bless! Thank you for this video. I am an Orthodox Christian man, married to a woman, and whose lusts of the flesh manifest exclusively toward men. Although I do not experience lust toward women, I find that this video remains applicable to me as well, and I am appreciative of your guidance in approaching how to handle the experience of beauty in the world without turning toward lust. I pray that any anger I have would be directed toward lust without being angry with myself for the particulars of the experience. Please pray for me, a sinner, that I might know Christ well in the midst of this experience and remain committed to my wife as we know Christ through the mystery of holy matrimony.
Father, God bless you for this helpful explination! 🙏🙏🙏
I do personally not know any priest/ Father, who would do, what you do or the Father you mentioned about. What you are doing is so great and it‘s such a huges help for the one, who wants to change himself or herself.
Your help it‘s a BLESSING!!! 🙏☦️
The priest who told the guy to call him before or after is a great man.
Ill pray for myself. ill forgive myself. Thank you for the information. I needed it. Thank you for the honesty. Ill start the work bracing myself against temptation.
One quote I heard from Andrew Huberman was “no matter how far you drive the ditch stays the same distance.”
I've never been a man righteous with the Lord and I used to be an atheist when I was younger. I have been struggling trying to kick this addiction because I want to find a wife and have children one day. I clicked this video not being a believer, but I may come out of this being one. Thank you for the help Father.
From a catholic, God bless and this is excellent. Especially, the context of how it’s explained regarding escapism etc. The supermarket bit really resonates
Father Moses, thank you for your godly counsel on this most personal subject matter. I listened carefully to your talk. God bless you Father. Jim
Brilliant!
Thank you for bring me here.
Thank you father ✝️💚
I found that staying busy keeps your mind away from this stuff stay out all day being productive and then come home tired. No energy to engage in that stuff. Pray and then sleep and repeat
St. Seraphim of Sarov mentions this aswell
Thank you, brother. I was free from this for several months. I'm trying to get myself back together. Before writing this, I was being spiritually attacked by Tik Tok. The feeling is overwhelming, words can't describe. I went into the bathroom at work and rebuked it through prayer. Thankfully, with the blood of the covenant through Jesus Christ, I am protected!
God bless you Father Moses, Thank you for these teachings and for Christ is Risen Amin! ☦️
Thank you, Father.
Recently, God's guidance has been very impactful in my life, more than usual, and I've been sober, but I know the battle is not over and I am not free from this sin yet, so your advice is very valuable and something to remember moving forward. God bless you.
This is gold. Women fight with this too. Love this priest and his real practical advice. Some of the comments are awesome too.
Awesome video Moses. I find what works best is fasting for self control and fitness for emotional regulation
Yes Fr, I am a complete loser and have no chance with women 😂🤧 but may the Lord help us with these temptations ✝️
Thank you for openess and assistance to so many men trapped in this dysfunctional habit.
this format of videos suits me a lot
Thank you for encouraging anger as a positive expression, Father Moses.
I feel like I've suppressed that emotion too far, and that's weakened me. It's good to hear another take on it, and how it can be used to heal. This gives me clarity in what I've been missing.
Likewise, an encouragement for perfection is needed to hear. Too many Christians do away with perfection, in almost a defeatist attitude, and I think this lets down their guard, and gives them an excuse to repeatedly fall into sin. Intensity! I needed to hear this. Thanks you.
I wish more older spiritual fathers in the Orthodox Church were able to provide this type of explanation or guidance. The younger generation I feel understand how serious this addiction can become, older men not so much. This will destroy your family and your soul, like Fr. Moses said...it's kill or be killed. Stay strong my Orthodox brothers and sisters!!
Thanks so much Father, you've made me realize that this lust addiction is a literal battle and you've given me the tactics needed 🙏📿 May God have mercy on us and pray for each other!
A Catholic here. Pray Holy Rosary , Divine Mercy and Jesus Prayer daily.
Noted, thanks and God bless you
Thanks alot Father Moses. May God be glorified forever
Just to add to this from my personal experience:
I got dragged through the mud until I realized my helplessness: "without Me, ye can do nothing".
If you think you can wrestle and beat this you are already trapped.
The only way is up, look up for salvation not to yourself.
The moment you feel like you are doing something, a fall is imminent.
I got dragged through the mud because I thought I could do something.
Having the intensity to fight the devil back like he fights you is the realist thing ever. Thanks Father Moses
This is one of the most realistic and actually straight foward (and transparent) man to man talk about this evil addiction.
It hits home so closely!
Wish this video was around sooner
I was literally praying about this for the last few days I’ve repented my sins many times and still fall into sin but now more recently I’ve been trying to reconnect with god and then awile after I see this video thank the lord Jesus he answered my prayer 🙏