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Even if you sin God is Greater then your sin❤ Try Avoid long screen time There are Many Reasons to sin Feeling boaring Feeling lonlyness Feeling horny Feeling cirosty So ask yourself what is your weaknesses And Avoid that.
LOL. I don't support deceptive people. Any preacher spouting religious nonsense shouldn't need any donations as God should provide for his cause and welfare.
I discovered pornography in my home at the age of 8. By the time I was 12, I began seeking it out on my own on the internet. And by age 14 I was completely addicted to it, hiding, living in secrecy, lying, and swallowed up in shame for the next 13 years. Pornography destroyed my life. It decimated my relationship with the Lord. I tried quitting a million times. I thought I would be in chains my whole life. By the grace of God, I am 1 year free from pornography. I wish I never ever discovered it, or at least I wish I was taught the skills to know how dangerous to my life and soul it would be. Today I am on mission to help other women who are trapped in this terrible addiction. Covenant Eyes was the number 1 thing that really gave me hope for freedom. I am free now, friends. And it is the sweetest and most beautiful thing I'm living out in the season. If you are struggling yourself, FREEDOM IS POSSIBLE. Seeing the world in clarity and purity has been sweeter than I can ever imagine. All glory and praise be to Jesus Christ.
Awsome to hear im struggling with this been for 7 years got saved at 17 thought this addiction would cease but im 20 now and still struggle with porn I want out I tried detoxify want 2 weeks without it but keep relasping in need prayer and tips please im a man btw
One of the worst legal sins allowed in society. It infects your mind and society as a whole. You should never watch or support any form of pornography.
@@pog428I mean I wouldn’t say that, porn is demonic for sure, but 90% of watchers watch it at a young young age, they are practically born into it, the creators of porn and anyone who post on porn should be thrown into prison
One thing that helps me stay away from porn is that I remember the number 69 every time I come across porn and it reminds of the deliberate attack the porn industry has towards the moral law. The 6th commandment is against adultery and the 9th is against lust and I don’t believe it is by accident that the porn industry named a sexual position 69.
You know the term “69” is simply the fact that those two digits look like two people doing a…69. It has zero to do with Christianity and I don’t think it was invented by the porn industry. I say this as a Christian who doesn’t watch porn.
I am 23 years old and i have struggled with this sin for almost 10 years. Remember that every day clean is a victory! Thanks to the work that Dr. Christopher West and the theology of the body institute have done, i have learned so much about human sexuality and its true beauty. I look forward to attending TOB 1 some day! Please pray for me. Be assured of my prayers🙏🏼
This is definitely more confirmation that I'm not alone. I have a unique story when it comes to this. I was exposed at about 14 or 15. I had no fight against it or desire to change as this was before Christ entered my life. I got saved at university, and I began to be convicted of the fact that I hid it from my parents. I told them the Spring of that year, which started a long journey of healing. All through college, I didn't struggle with that particular addiction, but with several other addictions(food, coffee, desserts, attention, etc...) I still struggled with severe lust in my mind, however all those years. Long story short, I wrote my first book after I graduated college. I was not prepared for the immense spiritual warfare in this area. I resisted the temptation for around 3 months. I got so tired that I did give into it at the beginning of January. I was so heartbroken, but I gave into guilt from the enemy. I began to get addicted again. Fast forward to now, I'm still struggling in this area. I dug myself into a deep hole of shame, condemnation, and porn that I have to allow God to cover me with His grace in order to be fully free from it. I also had to realize I needed to give some things up in order to experience further freedom. I got a flip phone earlier this year, which was definitely a turning point in my recovery. There is always hope, even in the midst of the struggle! I will pray for everyone who commented that still struggle with this as well. I completely understand how difficult, how shameful, and how incredibly challenging it is to fight this sin. To flee from it and what that looks like when it comes to this. It's not easy by any stretch of the imagination, but it sure is worth it! We are so very loved by the Savior. I understand it's tough to fully be immersed in it especially after a fall, and even more so after a week of falling left and right, as I experienced last week. But, we are still just as loved then as we are when we reach full freedom. Comprehending more of His love is the only way we will be delivered from these things. Let's not sit in shame and condemnation, which is easier said than done, but we must practice staying in the state of grace if we desire to be free. Stay in His great love and compassion, friends! We are His!
I spent 19 years struggling with porn. It wasn't until I turned to the Lord that I was able to overcome it and finally be set free. I have been free for almost a year now. Two months in I nearly fell again, I was clicks away telling myself not to, but fully convinced I was going to. The Lord would not let me and I said out loud "No, no", shut my computer down and went to church. I have never felt more on top of the world than I did in that moment and the following day. That motivation helped me to change almost every other aspect of my life and help me to rely on the Lord for everything. I never thought I would be able to overcome porn, and now it is not even a slight temptation for me. Please never give up and always persevere in prayer.
I had the holy spirit speak to me and asked me if I could really call myself a Christian while still watching that. I immediately felt so convicted I stopped cold turkey. It's been 3 or 4 years now.
@@abbykittle5058 This is not true, this a false evangelical understanding of salvation, it is not the catholic understanding, grave sins jeopardize your salvation. "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor 20sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. "
The Christian parts of catholicism are great. We might draw the lines differently, and some might be closer to where Jesus draws the lines than others, but we can all agree on that. :)
@@nicholasclarke8182 Mary is seen as the "Mother of God" since she gave birth to Jesus, but she only gave birth to Jesus's flesh (He was fully god and fully man, or flesh). She cannot answer prayers, hear you, and is not omnipresent, and she serves as an idol in the way of worshiping God. Mary is not divine because she gave birth to the flesh of Jesus. Regarding confessing your sins to a priest, is the priest going to save you from your sins by confessing them to the priest? Are the priests a fit and perfect sacrifice for our sins, or perhaps have the power to forgive you of your sins? They were made human, and are also have sinned; there is no one righteous on this earth, there is no sinless man or woman on Earth. Only through Jesus can we be saved of our sins as he lived a perfect life, and we must repent, turn to him and trust in him, not to a priest to be saved.
Addicted since I discovered it at the age of 11, this was in 1991. I had a supernatural encounter with the Lord in 2016 and have been free since. I am a new creation in Christ, stay in the Word brothers and sisters. In Him 🙏🏼❤️
Was watching porn maybe for around 15 years. Decided to go back to practising my faith and after I've done my first confession since First Holy Communion (maybe around 30 years ago) and haven't turned a damn thing on since. 2 months without it and have no cravings. Proud and happy of myself! Thank you Jesus!
I’m 23 years old and I have struggled with porn since I was 15. In 2020 when I discovered Theology of the Body and Christopher’s Videos, it helped to know that I’m loved by God in my struggle and that I’m not dirty or a freak because I’m a women and this is a part of my life. It’s been 3 years of relapsing after months or even a year of sobriety but I’m now 12 days free and feeling so good that I’m not doing this journey alone. I’m opening up everything to God and I look forward to continuing everyday to experience new tastes of freedom from the grips of this addiction. Thank you so much Christopher for all that you do. I pray for you and the work that you do and for everyone who has struggled and continues to struggle with porn. May we have all experience true freedom that comes from Christ’s Death and Resurrection.
Praise God! I encourage you to find someone to confess to who loves you unconditionally. If someone else knows you struggle with this you will not fall again because you won't want to lie when they ask how its going. The Christian walk should not be undertaken alone!
I discovered masturbation as a kid after having a demon mention some sexual acts to me in a dream. As a grown up, I’d lock myself in the bathroom and watch porn, drink alcohol and snort cocaine for hours. Some days I’d be locked in there for 12 hours on a cocaine binge. As soon as I forced myself to stop, I started getting attacked by demons and having sleep paralysis. Objects would even move on their own in my house. It was like if the demonic wasn’t happy about me not serving them anymore. However I discovered that they’re terrified of the name of Jesus, specially when you call his name on the original form, Yeshua. He made it all stop. Occasional I have my slip ups and fall to temptation but as long as I’m breathing, I know he’ll be there for me
sleep paralasis is brutal. i had it 4-6 years or so. i need to scream the name of the lord for hours and crying my self to extortion while im paralyised. i absolutley cant confirm that saying the name of the lord breaks it so fast. i could now be pride and dont tell the world about it. but i decided here just to tell it as it was. im sorry
I'm surprised this channel isn't more popular. I'm a Pentecostal in the Church of God and I have never found any other teaching that comes close to this on sexuality. In our denomination from my experience, one is told to grit ones teeth against sexual sin/ dont think about it, without any positive theology of sexuality. So the theology of the body has been an amazing teaching for me and I think it's necessary for all youth in the church today to learn. I'm in seminary now but I hope to one day get to take the courses y'all offer. Peace
Soon, there is going to be the rapture. It's when there will be trumpet sounds, and after the trumpet sounds, God will lift his people from here. Also, God said people should be living by the Bible. Amen, and God bless you. * John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life".
I'm also a "Pentecostal". I have been struggling with my sexual feelings whole my Christian life. I think it's even worse for women because it is generally thought they don't struggle with their sexual desires. I'm now 43 and it's been hell for 30 years.
Check Paul Washer, he is protestant and I'm amazed by how convergent the teachings are on this chanel, truly wonderful, makes me wonder why people fight so much when we agree so much
@@KlaraKreckova Sexual feelings are one thing, porn is another. If you're married find ways to make your sexual life more satisfying to you, as for porn cut it out of your life entirely. " if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell."
I needed to hear this message - thank you so,so so, much for making this powerful video message. I believe we are approximately the same age. Your testimony - of your own experience dealing with this hellish sin speaks directly to me - as I myself was exposed to pornography at a young age. I am now 60 yo and though I know it is sin - it is - as you say hellish - and I have struggled with all my life - it is the thorn in my side. I don’t just want to stop - I want to have it erased from my memory. I know Jesus has forgiven me of this terrible sin and , as you say, this sinful desire must be untwisted so that I never return to it as a dog returning to it’s own vomit. May GOD BLESS YOU for your ministry and untwist my mind and grant me deliverance.
Do something different and radical to free yourself. It harder to change when your older. "And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell."
This was profound and spoke to me deeply. I had always noticed my desire for a loving relationship and my refusal to settle for less than what my heart desired fueled me to turn to grow my relationship with God, and to realize that it's actually what I had been seeking all along. God has been amazing to keep faith alive in my heart in believing his promise (even when I couldn't find it exactly in scripture.. but this video helped with that too!), and it has produced so much fruit in my own transformation!
Pray for me brothers. I'm struggling against pornography and masturbation. I wanted to quit but after a week, I get relapse over and over again. I know it is a sin but I don't know how I keep myself doing after it. I'm trap and slave of this lust addiction. And yesterday is my another relapse against porn again. I'm weak and I don't know how to begin again. I'm tired. 😔
You will conquer in the name of JESUS. Psalms 91:2 [2]I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. JESUS is your refuge and your fortress. In him you can trust.
You right. Like how Joseph ran away. I believe that GOD still loves you. I myself have been going through this issue and I want to draw close to GOD. The father in the parable of the Prodigal Son, the location of the Father didn't change. So too the location of GOD has not changed. HE won't forsaken us or leave us, because HE loves you and I. There is still hope I believe.
It’s violence towards everyone involved, even the person watching. That story at the start might as well be me. I was exposed to it far too early for all the wrong reasons. Twisting me in ways that only God could work out, I was like the Gordian Knot in human form. Praise Jesus for washing me of my sins, praise God for showing me there is hope and purpose for someone like me.
This man is a real help. I wish I found him earlier. Bless You, Theology-of-body guy and thank You of course. :) May the Lord be with you, with you all
These are powerful words. I shuddered thinking of marriage as a union dwarfed by the union God wants with each of us. I am struck because I had been living at odds with God for years, I could not see myself unified with him. This message was a wake up call to a greater love that I have ignored for too long.
Discovered it at 11, found it at 18, became addicted at 19....now im 22 and trying to quit..im on a spiritual journey right now....afte going in circles in habitual sin...the one thing i wish i never knew.... I also deleted 65 of it off my new phone and i felt pain....im still fighting
The spirit behind pornography and masturbation is very very powerful. Do not take it lightly. I'm battling to quit now and I see what kind of demon I'm fighting here. I can't cope with the effects of it. Always pray for your brothers and sisters in Christ. You never know what they are going through.
It is such a battle, one I'm still in, but we mustn't give up! About half my close friends and I are very much in the fight. But just remember, you are just as loved and valued by God before you give into temptation as afterwards. His kind of love ought to bring us out of these sins. One day at a time! Praying for you!
Very interesting! And makes me realize a lot of my porn watching throughout my past has been from a desire to love a woman like Jesus loves the church and be able to gently sanctify her.
I have tried everything. I have fasted. I have prayed and asked God many times to remove this out of my life. I don't know if God really cares to see me quit this habit. But l like the explanation.
This is really excellent. It feels like someone finally has articulated what I couldn't put together - like the finding that missing piece of a puzzle. Thank you very much.
Last time I started to search up porn,I couldn't continue.The conviction from the Holy Spirit was too strong.This was new to me because usually I could do it without caring it was wicked.
For all my brothers, do the 16:8 fasting everyday, pray daily and use the power of `I am`. Say to yourselves, `I am an overcomer, I am servant of Christ, I am a light in the world, etc.'
I had this tab open to watch for later and I'm sorry but when I finally clicked on it and heard you say "P*rn" so suddenly and unexpectedly I found it too funny. Just a little bit of comedy to come out of a very serious topic. Thank you as always for the much needed messages.
In my teenage years, I had a church girl come up to me and say "you are a man of god but you do not think about money" - meaning, even though I have spiritual attributes, I am not good enough for relationship since I am broke. Being a Christian for 20 years and remaining single is mockery. Churches are the worst place to find women.
Skill issue. You think its the worst place to find women because the women who don't necessarily care about your financial stability and financial compatibility also don't necessarily care about getting married to you none the less have a life long committed relationship with you. Money is the #1 reason for divorce and its wise to sort that out before entering a relationship with someone. What sense does it make for a valued young woman to get married to someone who won't or can't provide an environment that allows her the freedom to stay home, give birth to many children and homeschool them if she so chooses?
Your experience in church with females is not uncommon. Many single women in church have the following attitude: I'm looking for a Godly man, just not you. Many times what women define as financially stable is only applicable to the top 10% or even less of male earners.
This is how I successfully quit porn. I know this beggars belief but it's true: I watched a video about demonic attacks / demonic possessions / hauntings. I learnt from that video that those demonic entities absolutely *hate* Psalm 23 (The Lord is my Shepherd). The man in the video was a psychotherapist who worked with schizophrenics at a psychiatric hospital. The schizophrenics told him that the voices in their heads began to scream as if they had been set on fire every time someone recited Psalm 23 in their presence or merely played a recording of Psalm 23. Apparently reciting or listening to Psalm 23 is the easiest way of getting rid of those attacks and those entities. (A few symptoms of demonic attacks were mentioned in that video and I recognised them in myself). I decided to do an experiment - I played a recording of Pslam 23 and I felt something akin to a jolt of electricity going through my body - something like a shiver just stronger... I decided to play a recording of Psalm 23 on a loop as I slept. I set the volume to a level where it was still loud enough for me to hear but quiet enough for me to fall asleep to. When I woke up, I had no urges to watch porn. It felt like a miracle. I tried (and failed) to quit porn a number of time in my life. I basically resigned myself to not being able to quit it. I (wrongly) assumed that being addicted to porn was part and parcel of being a man. Turns out the answer to that is a loud, resounding "no". Looking back, it feels as if those entities were behind my addiction and were fuelling it. I haven't had any temptations regarding porn since then and I haven't watched any porn since then either. Whenever I have some silly thought I recite Psalm 23 in my thoughts and the temptation simply disappears. Again, I know it sounds too good to be true but it really worked for me (by - in my opinion - banishing those demonic entities that were constantly tempting me to watch this filth).
My husband of 11 years got into a horrible car accident after we married leaving him disabled. I struggled with smut during my marriage which only leaves you lonelier. God truly will fill that emptyness.
don't focus on that - we all have our weaknesses, and need God's help (John 15,5). As Saint Augustine said 'as long as you fight, you are the winner'. Praying for you! P.S. I also fell yesterday, but I've been to confession today. The fight continues! - 'I didn't hear no bell', in the words of Rocky Balboa.
Beware of disappointment in Yourself - a Godmade creature. That's what the evil one wants to get You on. As people say here, go to confession... but beware of confessing this sin everytime as well. The evil one wants to set You on a path of believing that You have to deserve Grace and Communion by not falling into this sin. We all have already deserved it thanks to Our Lord's sacriface on the Cross. So bear in mind that this sin is more like a psychological than a spiritual issue (as long as You don't really consciously make it Your God, which we all suppose You're not intending to) and try to focus on upper desires (games, creativity). And pray. Look, Your Lord was tested for You about everything and suffered for this sin. He knows what You are going through and loves You. And He is grasping You firmly. Think of that. That be Your focus now.
Your messages are powerful and life-changing! I'm grateful you let GOD in enough to make the changes in YOU! You are a Wonderful Blessing 🙏🏿 Keep knocking it out of the park, Pastor 🙏🏿
Bruh i try every time to quit the longest i went was 15 days 3 days here 2 days here 7 days there im just tired man hopefully when Jesus comes back he just ends it for me man its hard to do it
I have been a Christian for over 40 years and still struggle with how to accept and feel God's love in my heart and for it to come into my heart. I want to feel the love not just mentally think about love but to really know it's there in my heart. It's this lostness and unable to walk in the spirit that causes me to periodically stop seeking and studying God's word. It's why I think and continue to sin and usually why I emotionally beat myself up after sin and always return to the sinful pride of satisfying my life's desires myself. I am 70 years old and still feel distance from God. I do believe that the distance is God withdrawing his love due to sin when I need more love not less, God says he will show me the way and I need for God to show me. If God loves me he would show me exactly how to open up to him as I am not smart enough to figure it out and so I remain frustrated. I will pray about this tonight and hope God will talk to me through his word as I read my bible and pray that someday God will take me fully into his arms and I will physically feel his love, but as of today, I don't feel it. I know it mentally but I don't physically feel it.
We need to learn how to stay in the ache and by so doing learn how to open that yearning for infinite goodness and beauty. Stay in the ache. Such a beautiful talk revealing the lies of the enemy and bringing us to the light of truth! Can't thank you enough, God bless you/your ministry.
You’re spot on about how we believe the lie that God does not want to satisfy our desires. I believed that as a young teenage boy and I even blasphemously hoped Satan would help me get women since God didn’t seem to want to help me find a girlfriend. Over time I matured, but for years I believed that dumb lie. The truth is the devil wants you to miss out on true satisfaction, and God wants to give you exactly what you will make you happiest. So when God gives us a “no” or “wait,” it’s part of His effort to maximize our good and maximize our fulfillment. That’s a God worth serving and loving.
one thing that immediately stops me is the thought of "if you watch it now you will never be able to get with your crush" or imagine your future kids finding out what you've done and looked up for 10+ years of your life everyday
Am a recovering 17 year addict thanking Jesus and being in Conquer Series, had some relapses past year but even in though was free for a year it’s a journey to continue learning of our fallen nature, this was a helpful perspective surrendering more to the lord about the lies and help show the truth, will confess staying in ache it hurts but is far more manageable now these days. Peace be with you all
Was introduced when I was 11 to pornography, half of my life now I've been addicted to it, have been hoping to conquer it for some time now but I keep relapsing. I've never been able to go past 9 days without a relapse. I'm not Catholic/believe Mary is God but this video was helpful. I'm hoping that this helps guide me in the right direction as a Christian.
Mary is the ark of the New Covenant (Revelations 12) who carried God the Son who also took up her human nature as His own, along with the Divine Nature He always had (John 1).
The journey to freedom has been long and hard but by God's grace i am over 90 days free today. Breaking down the lies and replacing them with something healthier. I no longer desire things that take my away from God.
Your testimony about the blessed Sacrament power to dissolve and reform sexual desire to its true longing towards God is absolutely amazing . I give grace to the Holy Spirit having guided me today to your testimony.
In Jesus' name, I sever any unholy ties with individuals in my past, including those whose images I have viewed, or any unholy ties in past generations. I take back what I gave and give back what I took, in Jesus' name. May these unholy ties be broken and any resulting sins or weaknesses from these ties be lifted and washed away. May we all be washed clean in the Blood of the Lamb.
I am praying for the strength to go before the Eucharist and give my images to God. I was exposed to porno and alcohol at age 7 by my dad and an Uncle, that was 63 years ago, and I'm still in the battle. Sword of St. Michael go into combat with me. Love your channel.
Porn is a big problem in our society. Its eveywhere a roomate once told me why do you think porn sites dont charge you to look at porn because they want us to get hooked on porn. Snapchat and Instagram are basically porn sites. Iphones make it easy to access porn. My only solution is to block porn and stay active cause when we have too much time we sin more. As a man i will only settle for a good woman even if it means I find her when im old.
going in a fancy bar is basiclly porn. i was yesterday with my sister in a fancy bar. the waiter girl was so goodlooking, witch is cool but she was basiclly naked xD also the promiscous vibes there. i was feeling like in hell. this was enough fancy places for another 14 years xD i will stay in my 7x7meter room and play video games as i always do
Hello Christopher, I discovered theology of the body through your work and it has led me to a realization, theism logically entails Christian Theism P1. If God exists then there is a probability of 1 that he would create a best kind of world P2. A best kind of world is one with embodied agents (axiological axiom) C1. Therefore, there is a probability of 1 that God will create a world of embodied agents (1,2) P3. If God creates a world with embodied agents, then God marrying his creations in that world is a best action (axiological axiom) C2. Therefore, in any embodied world God creates, God must marry his creations (C1&3) P4. In any world with embodied agents, marriage is a comprehensive union of mind, body and soul (definition) P5. An incarnation is a comprehensive union of divinity and embodiment (definition) C3. Therefore, if God is to marry his creations then he must become incarnate (C2&4,5) C4. Therefore, If God exists then there is a probability of 1 that God would become incarnate (C1 - C3)
I never cared for porn even when I was younger man and Im not a prude. I always thought porn was overated and the addiction people have for it is crap. When people appreciate the addiction over their spouse or partner there is a serious underlying spiritual problem
I'm more of a fundamentalist bible believer and usually stay away from listening to anything catholic. but this was very insightful and helpful. the talk you gave helped me to realize i can benefit from believers with much different views than me!!
Thank you so much for sharing. It always brings us so much joy when we hear that our non-Catholic brothers and sisters are blessed by the Theology of the Body.
the bible tells us (this is for ANYTHING) KEEP the good, throw the bad away. when a serial murder tells you 2 and 2 is =4 , you say amen. when a preacher says 2 and 2 is 5 you say: you will go to hell for that. not that fundamentalist as i see^^ (at least what i see, saw not much)
When someone commits a sin of lust. The common thing is thinking about what you did, but no one thinks of the ones who provided you that. When I see some of this cute girls doing this kind of stuff, I feel sad for them too being slaves of this sin thinking they are free. Not pray for your redemption of yours sins only, pray for the ones who thinks they are free too.
Amen! That girl also has parents. Imagine what they feel like. Imagine being a parent and knowing _your_ kid is doing that. Then there's the danger of being one who causes someone else to sin. That just compounds it more.
Hello God bless you! I've been having struggles 😔 and I fall into pornography and masturbation again, I accept that I have experiencing this due to my disobedience, I neglected the commandments of God, and didn't continue strengthening myself in God. And now I'm caved in here and all seems like I've been forgotten by the LORD and I never would come out from this!
You will come out I struggle with this and it has pushed me away from God but jeohavah great redemer loved us no matter what keep going I will pray for you remember as children we can boldy come to his throne
Often when we fall to sexual temptation in some disordered way is not due to our lack of understanding of the fact that is not the truest and noblest expression of love, but instead of the convinction we will never be able, for some reason, to experience that truest and noble expression of love which everyone of us desires.
Pray for me. I'm addicted to porn. I've repented over and over again, but i keep returning to it. I know it's sin. I know JESUS has set me free from my sins. Yet I can't stop. I pray for strength from the Holy Spirit, but I still do it. Please help my Father God. Please, LORD JESUS, save me.
Every single woman at my church rejected me, and would then go on to enter relationships. I am the only young man at my church who is still single. In a church full of young singles I ended up being the one nobody wanted. I have my own apartment, I have a good job, I have a car, I run a side business, I volunteer at the church. I once heard somewhere a relationship should be when two people grow closer to God together, I always loved that and always wanted that kind of relationship. Yet I've never had one. Nobody ever wanted that with me. Everyone took one look at me in their respective walks of faith and collectively said: "No" God does not help me, I prayed for strength to go through the constant rejection and constant loneliness. God never gave it to me. I prayed for God to take away my desire for a relationship entirely, He did not. I prayed for God to draw Himself closer to me, because surely He is enough, and it only feels as if He has left me. The only comfort I have now is porn, because no matter how fake it is, it is the closest thing to feeling wanted I've ever gotten in my life.
Thank you for sharing and being vulnerable, brother! We're certainly praying for you and truly believe that your pain of rejection is the same pain Christ felt while hanging on the Cross. If you'd be open to it, check out this intro to Theology of the Body. We believe it will set you on the true pursuit and redemption of your holy desires for love: www.tobforfree.com/
Every word of this is so true for me and my journey. You even quoted some of my fav Scripture! If you ever need a witness for testimony, let me know! 😊
Porn is the Devil's hook and many, men, women and children take the lure, hook, line and sinker. It quickly becomes an addiction. Sheer will power will not overcome the addiction, I know, as I too was hooked but I'm now out of it for almost a year, happily celibate. We need the most powerful weapon. Pray the rosary daily and see what happens in a week. Ad Jesum per Mariam.
Please. Pray for me. Im 20 years old and keep relapsing every week and going back to confession. I feel guilty for abusing confession. I just want to quit this and live freely.
Thank you for your honest and vulnerable comment @jamesmccloud7535 ! The battle is brutal but don't give up on fighting the good fight! Here's a playlist with videos that might be helpful: ua-cam.com/play/PLAbqXQaOvkM5bCz689gTJM4IdMr7Qd5gb.html&si=911Vc9t357IPMEm5
Porn is poison to soul.. A strong attachment to flesh.. To Have a confession and commit to it.. Remember when desire to watch porn or seeing other in lust by eyes.. ..Said loudly inside my head " lust lust lust.." And say a prayer.. Lord have mercy on me .. Your sharing is incredible help, much appreciated. I will contemplate on it God bless
I've finally crossed the over 50% mark. I've been stuck and relapsing halfway through my journey and starting today, I've finally started the other half of my journey to quitting and resisting lust. All I can do now is pray that God can give me strength and cleanse my mind and soul.
I was about 9 when I first saw sexual images and had my mind twisted when I saw it. And I was about 13 when I struggled with looking at things constantly, but also wanting marriage and a helper desperately. I’m 20 and now I’ve been fighting lust very easily by God’s Grace, and my only problem with slipping into sin is my sexual needs as a man. But I’m now becoming able to be a week off at a time without porn and I’m fighting it with all of my mind so I can be completely free in time for marriage. I’m 7 days free today for my 2nd time and I’m always stopping myself from being distracted on UA-cam or being bored so my evil thoughts latch on to me. Reading scripture and writing notes from preachers and scripture and meditating on those notes has helped my be encouraged so much.
your associating your mans needs to it. and as long u do that u cant get free from it. but sure you have mans need. try at least not to watch or heare this adult material.
Not Catholic myself but this video popped up in my feed just at the right time. Jesus didn't come for the clean and the righteous; he came for the sick and the lost. Shame has kept me from coming to God when that exactly the time I should be seeking Him. It's a long arduous walk but one that leads to a place that is sweeter than any earthly desire.
I've also seen porn for the first time, in a magazine, very young. Around that same age too. In my teen ages I was also somewhat stuck onto it, even though I felt it was painful at the same time. First, I thought it felt like masochism to watch someone else having the sex one is craving for. Second, imagining we could have, for real, what we're watching everytime we watched it, we wouldn't be as satisfied as we imagine. Testimonials of porn "workers" (when genuine and not simple self-promotion) cast some light on it. Sex becomes a bore, a routine devoid of all beauty and imagination. One can even notice that porn itself has been worsening in artistic and secondary aesthetic elements over the decades, giving up all photographic and scenic beauty in favour of crude sex. In my opinion, I think what we're infinitely searching for is a kind of definitive satiety. It makes this subject much more transcendental than earthly. That's not something one can achieve entirely in this life.
I'm almost 62. Porn since I was a kid. It's over now. For years now. I got away from it and the church helped. It's gone now and so are the images. Ten years back I had the eucharist but the day before I saw porn. The host tasted like glass. Like fiberglass. I knew that host wasn't consecrated. I about fell down before the priest and the alter. It was supernatural. Period. I'll never forget it. Bless you and you can abstain from evil. Fall and get up. God bless.
if porn is the wrong way to meet your God-given sexual needs, then what is the right way? (assuming you don't have an available spouse). If you do then I don't understand why anyone would use porn in the first place. Its when you have no healthier option that porn becomes attractive.
Question I assume you are a Catholic given a few references you said You pray to a dead woman - idolatry Changed the 10 commandments Call yourself father when Yeshua said not to Claim to forgive man of sin If you haven’t worked that out please how can you solve this issue ? Hoping you see the light
Brother God bless you! I am speechless! I saw the same image 2 weeks ago while I was asking the lord for help. Their is no doubt why friars took Mary as their protector! She is the new image of eve the true, whole and sacred one. If you are struggling to see the pure image of women look upon Mary. 🙏🏻✝️❤
I'm sorry, but I really am struggling with this one. I've been following this channel for a while and I've watched several dozen of these kinds of videos from West, but I'm having an extremely hard time understanding what he's trying to say! What exactly does "giving the images up to God" mean on a practical level? How is sitting in and dwelling with one's depravity supposed to be helpful or effective? And genuinely, the image at 8:30 seems more creepy/twisted than it is liberating or freeing. I'm someone who is really trying to make progress against a problem that I've battled with for well over a decade. If I'm missing something, please, someone let me know, but right now I feel more confused than ever.
Hello and thank you for your honest comment! It's difficult to address every individual's particular situation in a short form UA-cam video. We'd recommend submitting your question to the Ask Christopher West Podcast where he and his wife give more detailed advice. Feel free to submit your question here: askchristopherwest.com/ask
I kind of already started to understand this stuff and I've pretty much solved this issue in me. Problem is, now I just want to get hitched to every (available) woman I see. I don't care about appearance, personality, age, nothing. I'll take whatever comes for me. It's, uh... all I think about anymore. Never had a girlfriend even. The loneliness is unbearable.
Just giving some advice from a former sex addict the best way to get women is to not even think about or try to get them (obviously don't sit in your bedroom the whole time) and when it comes to God's plan especially as a man we could be 30 40 before he sends us a good woman so we must learn to not have them on our mind and make a covenant with our eyes like David thiers no easy way to do it
@@theelph100 that's what I like to hear congratulations brother 🙏 I'm 22 so I hope I have time to start one aswell if not ill see you all in heaven as family
@@lonelylad9818 a month ago you were lonely and would take any woman you could get now you don't want a woman? Bro we all want a women and vice versa were designed to need each other and when you actually find love not lust your soul becomes 1 with your wife as we have become 1 with Jesus and he is 1 with the Father, so you may say you don't want a woman but your deepest desires and your literal genetic makeup goes against that in every way, were designed to be together not mope around about and lose hope because of the world around us focus on God not this pitiful way of thinking renew your mind
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who watches porn is not a christian. and everybody who puts this in the title and claims it is also not one. you will burn for that.
Even if you sin God is Greater then your sin❤
Try Avoid long screen time
There are Many Reasons to sin
Feeling boaring
Feeling lonlyness
Feeling horny
Feeling cirosty
So ask yourself what is your weaknesses
And Avoid that.
How to stop spiritual demeaning
LOL. I don't support deceptive people. Any preacher spouting religious nonsense shouldn't need any donations as God should provide for his cause and welfare.
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I discovered pornography in my home at the age of 8. By the time I was 12, I began seeking it out on my own on the internet. And by age 14 I was completely addicted to it, hiding, living in secrecy, lying, and swallowed up in shame for the next 13 years. Pornography destroyed my life. It decimated my relationship with the Lord. I tried quitting a million times. I thought I would be in chains my whole life.
By the grace of God, I am 1 year free from pornography. I wish I never ever discovered it, or at least I wish I was taught the skills to know how dangerous to my life and soul it would be. Today I am on mission to help other women who are trapped in this terrible addiction. Covenant Eyes was the number 1 thing that really gave me hope for freedom. I am free now, friends. And it is the sweetest and most beautiful thing I'm living out in the season. If you are struggling yourself, FREEDOM IS POSSIBLE. Seeing the world in clarity and purity has been sweeter than I can ever imagine.
All glory and praise be to Jesus Christ.
Thank you for your witness of hope! Indeed, all glory to Jesus!
We have Very similar stories. Awesome to hear you’ve been living in freedom sister! God bless you for sharing
Amen so true have not masturbates since February have not watched porn since March and being free from pornography is so beautiful is incredible
Awsome to hear im struggling with this been for 7 years got saved at 17 thought this addiction would cease but im 20 now and still struggle with porn I want out I tried detoxify want 2 weeks without it but keep relasping in need prayer and tips please im a man btw
Awwwww. Bless you. 🎉
One of the worst legal sins allowed in society. It infects your mind and society as a whole. You should never watch or support any form of pornography.
Yes it detroys relatioships and kills all the good feelings inside pf you.
P*rnographers should get life in prison or capital punishment imo
I feel as if my mind is being corrupted
@@pog428I mean I wouldn’t say that, porn is demonic for sure, but 90% of watchers watch it at a young young age, they are practically born into it, the creators of porn and anyone who post on porn should be thrown into prison
We know that abstaining is the hard part.
One thing that helps me stay away from porn is that I remember the number 69 every time I come across porn and it reminds of the deliberate attack the porn industry has towards the moral law. The 6th commandment is against adultery and the 9th is against lust and I don’t believe it is by accident that the porn industry named a sexual position 69.
You know the term “69” is simply the fact that those two digits look like two people doing a…69. It has zero to do with Christianity and I don’t think it was invented by the porn industry. I say this as a Christian who doesn’t watch porn.
@@sotiriosnovatsis4529 you might be right but it can be used as a tool to remind us that porn is adultery and lust.
@@matthewwwadeyup
We see WHATEVER we want to see, and believe WHATEVER we want to believe... end of the day live CLEAN = Jesus saves
6 is murder,9 is lying...(7 is adultery)....it's all been twisted up by the world,though.Stay cool!...Brent
I am 23 years old and i have struggled with this sin for almost 10 years. Remember that every day clean is a victory! Thanks to the work that Dr. Christopher West and the theology of the body institute have done, i have learned so much about human sexuality and its true beauty. I look forward to attending TOB 1 some day! Please pray for me. Be assured of my prayers🙏🏼
Thank you for being vulnerable. We look forward to having you!
"Everyday clean is a victory!!!" I can feel that fam. The struggle is real.
No such thing as "sin"(propaganda).if THIER is an earthquake, dose that make a an evil act of satin? No!!!😂😂😂😂
Wow. Thank you, that actually helps because I've struggled for years to stop watching pornography
This is definitely more confirmation that I'm not alone. I have a unique story when it comes to this. I was exposed at about 14 or 15. I had no fight against it or desire to change as this was before Christ entered my life. I got saved at university, and I began to be convicted of the fact that I hid it from my parents. I told them the Spring of that year, which started a long journey of healing.
All through college, I didn't struggle with that particular addiction, but with several other addictions(food, coffee, desserts, attention, etc...) I still struggled with severe lust in my mind, however all those years. Long story short, I wrote my first book after I graduated college. I was not prepared for the immense spiritual warfare in this area. I resisted the temptation for around 3 months. I got so tired that I did give into it at the beginning of January. I was so heartbroken, but I gave into guilt from the enemy. I began to get addicted again.
Fast forward to now, I'm still struggling in this area. I dug myself into a deep hole of shame, condemnation, and porn that I have to allow God to cover me with His grace in order to be fully free from it. I also had to realize I needed to give some things up in order to experience further freedom. I got a flip phone earlier this year, which was definitely a turning point in my recovery. There is always hope, even in the midst of the struggle! I will pray for everyone who commented that still struggle with this as well. I completely understand how difficult, how shameful, and how incredibly challenging it is to fight this sin. To flee from it and what that looks like when it comes to this. It's not easy by any stretch of the imagination, but it sure is worth it!
We are so very loved by the Savior. I understand it's tough to fully be immersed in it especially after a fall, and even more so after a week of falling left and right, as I experienced last week. But, we are still just as loved then as we are when we reach full freedom. Comprehending more of His love is the only way we will be delivered from these things. Let's not sit in shame and condemnation, which is easier said than done, but we must practice staying in the state of grace if we desire to be free. Stay in His great love and compassion, friends! We are His!
I spent 19 years struggling with porn. It wasn't until I turned to the Lord that I was able to overcome it and finally be set free. I have been free for almost a year now. Two months in I nearly fell again, I was clicks away telling myself not to, but fully convinced I was going to. The Lord would not let me and I said out loud "No, no", shut my computer down and went to church. I have never felt more on top of the world than I did in that moment and the following day. That motivation helped me to change almost every other aspect of my life and help me to rely on the Lord for everything.
I never thought I would be able to overcome porn, and now it is not even a slight temptation for me. Please never give up and always persevere in prayer.
I had the holy spirit speak to me and asked me if I could really call myself a Christian while still watching that. I immediately felt so convicted I stopped cold turkey. It's been 3 or 4 years now.
@@abbykittle5058 This is not true, this a false evangelical understanding of salvation, it is not the catholic understanding, grave sins jeopardize your salvation.
"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor 20sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. "
Not a Catholic but your channel has been such a blessing.
We're glad it's been a blessing to you!
convert for Catholicism is that one, only, and tru religion formed by Jesus Christ himself 🙏🏼 ill pray you find the way.
The Christian parts of catholicism are great. We might draw the lines differently, and some might be closer to where Jesus draws the lines than others, but we can all agree on that. :)
@@robertolopez9483ok so where in the Bible does it mention praying to Mary, purgetry or confessing your sins to a priest?
@@nicholasclarke8182 Mary is seen as the "Mother of God" since she gave birth to Jesus, but she only gave birth to Jesus's flesh (He was fully god and fully man, or flesh). She cannot answer prayers, hear you, and is not omnipresent, and she serves as an idol in the way of worshiping God. Mary is not divine because she gave birth to the flesh of Jesus. Regarding confessing your sins to a priest, is the priest going to save you from your sins by confessing them to the priest? Are the priests a fit and perfect sacrifice for our sins, or perhaps have the power to forgive you of your sins? They were made human, and are also have sinned; there is no one righteous on this earth, there is no sinless man or woman on Earth. Only through Jesus can we be saved of our sins as he lived a perfect life, and we must repent, turn to him and trust in him, not to a priest to be saved.
Addicted since I discovered it at the age of 11, this was in 1991.
I had a supernatural encounter with the Lord in 2016 and have been free since.
I am a new creation in Christ, stay in the Word brothers and sisters.
In Him 🙏🏼❤️
Glory to Jesus Christ!
"If If breaks the Lord's heart. Why do you think it would fulfill yours?"
Because they aren’t in the Lord
Wow… that’s a good one, I should remember this for future reference.
Was watching porn maybe for around 15 years. Decided to go back to practising my faith and after I've done my first confession since First Holy Communion (maybe around 30 years ago) and haven't turned a damn thing on since. 2 months without it and have no cravings. Proud and happy of myself! Thank you Jesus!
I’m 23 years old and I have struggled with porn since I was 15. In 2020 when I discovered Theology of the Body and Christopher’s Videos, it helped to know that I’m loved by God in my struggle and that I’m not dirty or a freak because I’m a women and this is a part of my life. It’s been 3 years of relapsing after months or even a year of sobriety but I’m now 12 days free and feeling so good that I’m not doing this journey alone. I’m opening up everything to God and I look forward to continuing everyday to experience new tastes of freedom from the grips of this addiction. Thank you so much Christopher for all that you do. I pray for you and the work that you do and for everyone who has struggled and continues to struggle with porn. May we have all experience true freedom that comes from Christ’s Death and Resurrection.
Praying for you!🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing your witness of hope. Please keep praying for us!
Praise God! I encourage you to find someone to confess to who loves you unconditionally. If someone else knows you struggle with this you will not fall again because you won't want to lie when they ask how its going. The Christian walk should not be undertaken alone!
I did this a long time, after going to the Sacrement of reconciliation as a Catholic I was able to put this away for ever, Praise God!
The confessional is where mercy and grace abounds! Thanks for sharing.
I discovered masturbation as a kid after having a demon mention some sexual acts to me in a dream. As a grown up, I’d lock myself in the bathroom and watch porn, drink alcohol and snort cocaine for hours. Some days I’d be locked in there for 12 hours on a cocaine binge. As soon as I forced myself to stop, I started getting attacked by demons and having sleep paralysis. Objects would even move on their own in my house. It was like if the demonic wasn’t happy about me not serving them anymore. However I discovered that they’re terrified of the name of Jesus, specially when you call his name on the original form, Yeshua. He made it all stop. Occasional I have my slip ups and fall to temptation but as long as I’m breathing, I know he’ll be there for me
Praying for you brother I have had the same problem with coke and porn. Spent hours doing it. I just pray I don’t do any this weekend.
Wow that's heavy. You are very lucky to still be alive after previously snorting cocaine for hours as you said in your comment
sleep paralasis is brutal. i had it 4-6 years or so. i need to scream the name of the lord for hours and crying my self to extortion while im paralyised. i absolutley cant confirm that saying the name of the lord breaks it so fast. i could now be pride and dont tell the world about it. but i decided here just to tell it as it was. im sorry
GOD is GREAT
What did your parents do for a living?
I'm surprised this channel isn't more popular. I'm a Pentecostal in the Church of God and I have never found any other teaching that comes close to this on sexuality. In our denomination from my experience, one is told to grit ones teeth against sexual sin/ dont think about it, without any positive theology of sexuality. So the theology of the body has been an amazing teaching for me and I think it's necessary for all youth in the church today to learn. I'm in seminary now but I hope to one day get to take the courses y'all offer. Peace
Thanks for sharing! Jesus came for freedom, not to repression. We look forward to having you over for one of our courses!
Soon, there is going to be the rapture. It's when there will be trumpet sounds, and after the trumpet sounds, God will lift his people from here. Also, God said people should be living by the Bible. Amen, and God bless you.
* John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life".
I'm also a "Pentecostal". I have been struggling with my sexual feelings whole my Christian life. I think it's even worse for women because it is generally thought they don't struggle with their sexual desires. I'm now 43 and it's been hell for 30 years.
Check Paul Washer, he is protestant and I'm amazed by how convergent the teachings are on this chanel, truly wonderful, makes me wonder why people fight so much when we agree so much
@@KlaraKreckova Sexual feelings are one thing, porn is another.
If you're married find ways to make your sexual life more satisfying to you, as for porn cut it out of your life entirely.
" if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell."
I needed to hear this message - thank you so,so so, much for making this powerful video message. I believe we are approximately the same age. Your testimony - of your own experience dealing with this hellish sin speaks directly to me - as I myself was exposed to pornography at a young age. I am now 60 yo and though I know it is sin - it is - as you say hellish - and I have struggled with all my life - it is the thorn in my side. I don’t just want to stop - I want to have it erased from my memory. I know Jesus has forgiven me of this terrible sin and , as you say, this sinful desire must be untwisted so that I never return to it as a dog returning to it’s own vomit. May GOD BLESS YOU for your ministry and untwist my mind and grant me deliverance.
Thank you so much for sharing! What he has begun he will bring to completion (Phil 1:6). We are praying for continued healing.
The books the freedom model and easypeasy also help
I'm in my early 60s and I still struggle with it but I keep my faith in Jesus and bare my cross daily
Do something different and radical to free yourself. It harder to change when your older.
"And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell."
This was profound and spoke to me deeply. I had always noticed my desire for a loving relationship and my refusal to settle for less than what my heart desired fueled me to turn to grow my relationship with God, and to realize that it's actually what I had been seeking all along. God has been amazing to keep faith alive in my heart in believing his promise (even when I couldn't find it exactly in scripture.. but this video helped with that too!), and it has produced so much fruit in my own transformation!
All glory to Jesus! Thank you for sharing.
Pray for me brothers. I'm struggling against pornography and masturbation. I wanted to quit but after a week, I get relapse over and over again. I know it is a sin but I don't know how I keep myself doing after it. I'm trap and slave of this lust addiction. And yesterday is my another relapse against porn again. I'm weak and I don't know how to begin again. I'm tired. 😔
Thanks for being vulnerable and sharing. You were made for freedom; the glory that awaits is worth the battle you’re in.
You will conquer in the name of JESUS.
Psalms 91:2
[2]I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
JESUS is your refuge and your fortress. In him you can trust.
I also relapsed recelt like yesterday night. Man, get to God. God said run from it. Don't fight it.
You right. Like how Joseph ran away. I believe that GOD still loves you. I myself have been going through this issue and I want to draw close to GOD.
The father in the parable of the Prodigal Son, the location of the Father didn't change. So too the location of GOD has not changed. HE won't forsaken us or leave us, because HE loves you and I. There is still hope I believe.
The books the freedom model and easypeasy also help
It’s violence towards everyone involved, even the person watching. That story at the start might as well be me. I was exposed to it far too early for all the wrong reasons. Twisting me in ways that only God could work out, I was like the Gordian Knot in human form.
Praise Jesus for washing me of my sins, praise God for showing me there is hope and purpose for someone like me.
There is hope, indeed!
This man is a real help. I wish I found him earlier.
Bless You, Theology-of-body guy and thank You of course. :)
May the Lord be with you, with you all
I was exposed to porn when i was 4 years old. I am still suffering till this day. It really sucks coz i genuinely wanna change but i keep sinning.
Same dood
Praying for you
If you have the desire to change then God is working through you
Same brother =/
The books the freedom model and easypeasy also help
These are powerful words. I shuddered thinking of marriage as a union dwarfed by the union God wants with each of us. I am struck because I had been living at odds with God for years, I could not see myself unified with him. This message was a wake up call to a greater love that I have ignored for too long.
If anyone needs personal prayer for their porn addiction leave a comment below and I will pray for you :)
Worst thing I was ever exposed to as a child.
Discovered it at 11, found it at 18, became addicted at 19....now im 22 and trying to quit..im on a spiritual journey right now....afte going in circles in habitual sin...the one thing i wish i never knew....
I also deleted 65 of it off my new phone and i felt pain....im still fighting
I discovered it at 5
The spirit behind pornography and masturbation is very very powerful. Do not take it lightly. I'm battling to quit now and I see what kind of demon I'm fighting here. I can't cope with the effects of it. Always pray for your brothers and sisters in Christ. You never know what they are going through.
It is such a battle, one I'm still in, but we mustn't give up! About half my close friends and I are very much in the fight. But just remember, you are just as loved and valued by God before you give into temptation as afterwards. His kind of love ought to bring us out of these sins. One day at a time! Praying for you!
I needed this video in my life today, AMEN to this 🙏 Jesus set me free Lord !
Amen! You were made for the freedom for which Christ has set us free, keep fighting the good fight.
Very interesting! And makes me realize a lot of my porn watching throughout my past has been from a desire to love a woman like Jesus loves the church and be able to gently sanctify her.
I have tried everything. I have fasted. I have prayed and asked God many times to remove this out of my life. I don't know if God really cares to see me quit this habit. But l like the explanation.
Christ came for redemption; the glory that awaits is worth the fight. Praying for you!
@@TheologyoftheBodyInstitute Thanks and God bless
This is really excellent. It feels like someone finally has articulated what I couldn't put together - like the finding that missing piece of a puzzle. Thank you very much.
We're so glad it blessed you! Please pray for us.
Last time I started to search up porn,I couldn't continue.The conviction from the Holy Spirit was too strong.This was new to me because usually I could do it without caring it was wicked.
Hm..can't relate
@@Living_Soul54 Spiritual growth takes time
For all my brothers, do the 16:8 fasting everyday, pray daily and use the power of `I am`. Say to yourselves, `I am an overcomer, I am servant of Christ, I am a light in the world, etc.'
I had this tab open to watch for later and I'm sorry but when I finally clicked on it and heard you say "P*rn" so suddenly and unexpectedly I found it too funny. Just a little bit of comedy to come out of a very serious topic. Thank you as always for the much needed messages.
In my teenage years, I had a church girl come up to me and say "you are a man of god but you do not think about money" - meaning, even though I have spiritual attributes, I am not good enough for relationship since I am broke.
Being a Christian for 20 years and remaining single is mockery.
Churches are the worst place to find women.
Skill issue. You think its the worst place to find women because the women who don't necessarily care about your financial stability and financial compatibility also don't necessarily care about getting married to you none the less have a life long committed relationship with you. Money is the #1 reason for divorce and its wise to sort that out before entering a relationship with someone. What sense does it make for a valued young woman to get married to someone who won't or can't provide an environment that allows her the freedom to stay home, give birth to many children and homeschool them if she so chooses?
Your experience in church with females is not uncommon. Many single women in church have the following attitude: I'm looking for a Godly man, just not you. Many times what women define as financially stable is only applicable to the top 10% or even less of male earners.
Thank you so much, Cristopher! Please pray for me. I'm 24 years old and I'm seeking for the true love.
From Argentina, un saludo grande!
This is how I successfully quit porn. I know this beggars belief but it's true: I watched a video about demonic attacks / demonic possessions / hauntings. I learnt from that video that those demonic entities absolutely *hate* Psalm 23 (The Lord is my Shepherd). The man in the video was a psychotherapist who worked with schizophrenics at a psychiatric hospital. The schizophrenics told him that the voices in their heads began to scream as if they had been set on fire every time someone recited Psalm 23 in their presence or merely played a recording of Psalm 23. Apparently reciting or listening to Psalm 23 is the easiest way of getting rid of those attacks and those entities. (A few symptoms of demonic attacks were mentioned in that video and I recognised them in myself). I decided to do an experiment - I played a recording of Pslam 23 and I felt something akin to a jolt of electricity going through my body - something like a shiver just stronger... I decided to play a recording of Psalm 23 on a loop as I slept. I set the volume to a level where it was still loud enough for me to hear but quiet enough for me to fall asleep to. When I woke up, I had no urges to watch porn. It felt like a miracle. I tried (and failed) to quit porn a number of time in my life. I basically resigned myself to not being able to quit it. I (wrongly) assumed that being addicted to porn was part and parcel of being a man. Turns out the answer to that is a loud, resounding "no". Looking back, it feels as if those entities were behind my addiction and were fuelling it. I haven't had any temptations regarding porn since then and I haven't watched any porn since then either. Whenever I have some silly thought I recite Psalm 23 in my thoughts and the temptation simply disappears.
Again, I know it sounds too good to be true but it really worked for me (by - in my opinion - banishing those demonic entities that were constantly tempting me to watch this filth).
My husband of 11 years got into a horrible car accident after we married leaving him disabled. I struggled with smut during my marriage which only leaves you lonelier. God truly will fill that emptyness.
Indeed, He wants to satisfy the deepest desires of your heart (Jn 11:15)!
I’m getting baptised next year and I’m trying to stop before I become Christian. It’s honestly so hard by I too got introduced to it at a young age
The battle is worth the glory that awaits! Praying for you.
The books the freedom model and easypeasy also help
I watched porn today for the first time in 2 months and I am so unbelievably disappointed in myself.
Don't dwell on it. Go to confession and fight once more. God be with you.
You were made for greatness, brother! Praying for you.
don't focus on that - we all have our weaknesses, and need God's help (John 15,5). As Saint Augustine said 'as long as you fight, you are the winner'. Praying for you!
P.S. I also fell yesterday, but I've been to confession today. The fight continues! - 'I didn't hear no bell', in the words of Rocky Balboa.
Okay your disappointed-, now 🛑 STOP being disappointed and keep going forward✝️🛐
Beware of disappointment in Yourself - a Godmade creature. That's what the evil one wants to get You on. As people say here, go to confession... but beware of confessing this sin everytime as well. The evil one wants to set You on a path of believing that You have to deserve Grace and Communion by not falling into this sin. We all have already deserved it thanks to Our Lord's sacriface on the Cross. So bear in mind that this sin is more like a psychological than a spiritual issue (as long as You don't really consciously make it Your God, which we all suppose You're not intending to) and try to focus on upper desires (games, creativity). And pray. Look, Your Lord was tested for You about everything and suffered for this sin. He knows what You are going through and loves You. And He is grasping You firmly. Think of that. That be Your focus now.
I struggle with this almost everyday. I never thought I would have addictive behavior but, this is like a form of a drug.
The books the freedom model and easypeasy also help
Your messages are powerful and life-changing! I'm grateful you let GOD in enough to make the changes in YOU! You are a Wonderful Blessing 🙏🏿
Keep knocking it out of the park, Pastor 🙏🏿
This is so true in so many aspects.
I’m crying. Thank you. 🙏🏻
Glory to God! Glad it was helpful.
Bruh i try every time to quit the longest i went was 15 days 3 days here 2 days here 7 days there im just tired man hopefully when Jesus comes back he just ends it for me man its hard to do it
I have been a Christian for over 40 years and still struggle with how to accept and feel God's love in my heart and for it to come into my heart. I want to feel the love not just mentally think about love but to really know it's there in my heart. It's this lostness and unable to walk in the spirit that causes me to periodically stop seeking and studying God's word. It's why I think and continue to sin and usually why I emotionally beat myself up after sin and always return to the sinful pride of satisfying my life's desires myself. I am 70 years old and still feel distance from God. I do believe that the distance is God withdrawing his love due to sin when I need more love not less, God says he will show me the way and I need for God to show me. If God loves me he would show me exactly how to open up to him as I am not smart enough to figure it out and so I remain frustrated. I will pray about this tonight and hope God will talk to me through his word as I read my bible and pray that someday God will take me fully into his arms and I will physically feel his love, but as of today, I don't feel it. I know it mentally but I don't physically feel it.
We need to learn how to stay in the ache and by so doing learn how to open that yearning for infinite goodness and beauty.
Stay in the ache.
Such a beautiful talk revealing the lies of the enemy and bringing us to the light of truth!
Can't thank you enough, God bless you/your ministry.
You’re spot on about how we believe the lie that God does not want to satisfy our desires. I believed that as a young teenage boy and I even blasphemously hoped Satan would help me get women since God didn’t seem to want to help me find a girlfriend. Over time I matured, but for years I believed that dumb lie. The truth is the devil wants you to miss out on true satisfaction, and God wants to give you exactly what you will make you happiest. So when God gives us a “no” or “wait,” it’s part of His effort to maximize our good and maximize our fulfillment. That’s a God worth serving and loving.
Thank you for sharing! Please pray for us.
Powerful testimony. Thanks for sharing
You're so welcome!
Thank you! Great video. The message I needed to hear.
You are so welcome!
This is the best explanation of what it really is and how to beat it that ive ever heard.
We’re so glad it blessed you! Keep fighting the good fight and pray for us, please!
My answer to quitting porn has been praying a full rosary every mornng!
It is quite a powerful prayer! Please include a Hail Mary for the TOBI in there.
one thing that immediately stops me is the thought of "if you watch it now you will never be able to get with your crush" or imagine your future kids finding out what you've done and looked up for 10+ years of your life everyday
Thanks. The thumbnail inspired me of the site again 😅
Am a recovering 17 year addict thanking Jesus and being in Conquer Series, had some relapses past year but even in though was free for a year it’s a journey to continue learning of our fallen nature, this was a helpful perspective surrendering more to the lord about the lies and help show the truth, will confess staying in ache it hurts but is far more manageable now these days. Peace be with you all
Thank you for sharing. The glory that awaits is worth the battle!
Was introduced when I was 11 to pornography, half of my life now I've been addicted to it, have been hoping to conquer it for some time now but I keep relapsing. I've never been able to go past 9 days without a relapse. I'm not Catholic/believe Mary is God but this video was helpful. I'm hoping that this helps guide me in the right direction as a Christian.
Mary is not God. She's only the mother of God.
Mary is the ark of the New Covenant (Revelations 12) who carried God the Son who also took up her human nature as His own, along with the Divine Nature He always had (John 1).
The journey to freedom has been long and hard but by God's grace i am over 90 days free today. Breaking down the lies and replacing them with something healthier. I no longer desire things that take my away from God.
Congratulations! Keep fighting the good fight, we're praying for you.
Your testimony about the blessed Sacrament power to dissolve and reform sexual desire to its true longing towards God is absolutely amazing . I give grace to the Holy Spirit having guided me today to your testimony.
We’re so glad it blessed you! Please pray for us that we may live this truth to the full.
In Jesus' name, I sever any unholy ties with individuals in my past, including those whose images I have viewed, or any unholy ties in past generations. I take back what I gave and give back what I took, in Jesus' name. May these unholy ties be broken and any resulting sins or weaknesses from these ties be lifted and washed away. May we all be washed clean in the Blood of the Lamb.
Amen! Thank you lord
Thank you Christopher, you are truly a blessed man.
We're glad it blessed you. Please pray for us.
Grateful for this video! Wise and true words!
Keep fighting the good fight!
I’m 28 quitting now. Have tried before, but honestly not with all my heart. Now I have to. It’s made me less of a man than God wanted me to be.
Appreciate the message! It is needed!
We’re glad it blessed you!
I am praying for the strength to go before the Eucharist and give my images to God. I was exposed to porno and alcohol at age 7 by my dad and an Uncle, that was 63 years ago, and I'm still in the battle. Sword of St. Michael go into combat with me. Love your channel.
Thank for sharing your witness! You are a true example of perseverance in the fight for all of us.
Porn is a big problem in our society. Its eveywhere a roomate once told me why do you think porn sites dont charge you to look at porn because they want us to get hooked on porn. Snapchat and Instagram are basically porn sites. Iphones make it easy to access porn. My only solution is to block porn and stay active cause when we have too much time we sin more. As a man i will only settle for a good woman even if it means I find her when im old.
going in a fancy bar is basiclly porn. i was yesterday with my sister in a fancy bar. the waiter girl was so goodlooking, witch is cool but she was basiclly naked xD also the promiscous vibes there. i was feeling like in hell. this was enough fancy places for another 14 years xD i will stay in my 7x7meter room and play video games as i always do
Psalm 119:11 CSB
I have treasured your word in my heart so that I may not sin against you.
Excelente!! Muy bueno!! God bless you for your great job
Hello Christopher, I discovered theology of the body through your work and it has led me to a realization, theism logically entails Christian Theism
P1. If God exists then there is a probability of 1 that he would create a best kind of world
P2. A best kind of world is one with embodied agents (axiological axiom)
C1. Therefore, there is a probability of 1 that God will create a world of embodied agents (1,2)
P3. If God creates a world with embodied agents, then God marrying his creations in that world is a best action (axiological axiom)
C2. Therefore, in any embodied world God creates, God must marry his creations (C1&3)
P4. In any world with embodied agents, marriage is a comprehensive union of mind, body and soul (definition)
P5. An incarnation is a comprehensive union of divinity and embodiment (definition)
C3. Therefore, if God is to marry his creations then he must become incarnate (C2&4,5)
C4. Therefore, If God exists then there is a probability of 1 that God would become incarnate (C1 - C3)
I never cared for porn even when I was younger man and Im not a prude. I always thought porn was overated and the addiction people have for it is crap. When people appreciate the addiction over their spouse or partner there is a serious underlying spiritual problem
I'm more of a fundamentalist bible believer and usually stay away from listening to anything catholic.
but this was very insightful and helpful. the talk you gave helped me to realize i can benefit from believers with much different views than me!!
Thank you so much for sharing. It always brings us so much joy when we hear that our non-Catholic brothers and sisters are blessed by the Theology of the Body.
the bible tells us (this is for ANYTHING) KEEP the good, throw the bad away. when a serial murder tells you 2 and 2 is =4 , you say amen. when a preacher says 2 and 2 is 5 you say: you will go to hell for that. not that fundamentalist as i see^^ (at least what i see, saw not much)
When someone commits a sin of lust. The common thing is thinking about what you did, but no one thinks of the ones who provided you that. When I see some of this cute girls doing this kind of stuff, I feel sad for them too being slaves of this sin thinking they are free.
Not pray for your redemption of yours sins only, pray for the ones who thinks they are free too.
Amen! That girl also has parents. Imagine what they feel like. Imagine being a parent and knowing _your_ kid is doing that.
Then there's the danger of being one who causes someone else to sin. That just compounds it more.
Hello God bless you!
I've been having struggles 😔 and I fall into pornography and masturbation again, I accept that I have experiencing this due to my disobedience, I neglected the commandments of God, and didn't continue strengthening myself in God.
And now I'm caved in here and all seems like I've been forgotten by the LORD and I never would come out from this!
You will come out I struggle with this and it has pushed me away from God but jeohavah great redemer loved us no matter what keep going I will pray for you remember as children we can boldy come to his throne
Amen. Thank you for this video.
Thank you, I have and still am struggling with this.
Pastor, god bless the ministry
God bless you, too!
Often when we fall to sexual temptation in some disordered way is not due to our lack of understanding of the fact that is not the truest and noblest expression of love, but instead of the convinction we will never be able, for some reason, to experience that truest and noble expression of love which everyone of us desires.
Pray for me. I'm addicted to porn. I've repented over and over again, but i keep returning to it. I know it's sin. I know JESUS has set me free from my sins. Yet I can't stop. I pray for strength from the Holy Spirit, but I still do it. Please help my Father God. Please, LORD JESUS, save me.
Thank you for being vulnerable, your weakness is a gift to the Lord. We're praying for you!
Every single woman at my church rejected me, and would then go on to enter relationships. I am the only young man at my church who is still single. In a church full of young singles I ended up being the one nobody wanted.
I have my own apartment, I have a good job, I have a car, I run a side business, I volunteer at the church.
I once heard somewhere a relationship should be when two people grow closer to God together, I always loved that and always wanted that kind of relationship.
Yet I've never had one. Nobody ever wanted that with me. Everyone took one look at me in their respective walks of faith and collectively said: "No"
God does not help me, I prayed for strength to go through the constant rejection and constant loneliness. God never gave it to me.
I prayed for God to take away my desire for a relationship entirely, He did not.
I prayed for God to draw Himself closer to me, because surely He is enough, and it only feels as if He has left me.
The only comfort I have now is porn, because no matter how fake it is, it is the closest thing to feeling wanted I've ever gotten in my life.
Thank you for sharing and being vulnerable, brother! We're certainly praying for you and truly believe that your pain of rejection is the same pain Christ felt while hanging on the Cross. If you'd be open to it, check out this intro to Theology of the Body. We believe it will set you on the true pursuit and redemption of your holy desires for love: www.tobforfree.com/
Every word of this is so true for me and my journey. You even quoted some of my fav Scripture! If you ever need a witness for testimony, let me know! 😊
Thank you for sharing!
Porn is the Devil's hook and many, men, women and children take the lure, hook, line and sinker.
It quickly becomes an addiction. Sheer will power will not overcome the addiction, I know, as I too was hooked but I'm now out of it for almost a year, happily celibate. We need the most powerful weapon.
Pray the rosary daily and see what happens in a week. Ad Jesum per Mariam.
Please. Pray for me. Im 20 years old and keep relapsing every week and going back to confession. I feel guilty for abusing confession. I just want to quit this and live freely.
Thank you for your honest and vulnerable comment @jamesmccloud7535 ! The battle is brutal but don't give up on fighting the good fight! Here's a playlist with videos that might be helpful: ua-cam.com/play/PLAbqXQaOvkM5bCz689gTJM4IdMr7Qd5gb.html&si=911Vc9t357IPMEm5
Porn is poison to soul..
A strong attachment to flesh..
To Have a confession and commit to it..
Remember when desire to watch porn or seeing other in lust by eyes..
..Said loudly inside my head " lust lust lust.."
And say a prayer.. Lord have mercy on me ..
Your sharing is incredible help, much appreciated. I will contemplate on it
God bless
Very good stuff here. Thank u.❤
We're so glad it blessed you! Please pray for us.
This is Amazing! Thanks man!
We're so glad it blessed you!
I've finally crossed the over 50% mark. I've been stuck and relapsing halfway through my journey and starting today, I've finally started the other half of my journey to quitting and resisting lust. All I can do now is pray that God can give me strength and cleanse my mind and soul.
Amazing. The battle is worth the glory that awaits! Praying for you.
@@TheologyoftheBodyInstitute thank you. I could use that since it won't be easy. I'm planning to go to confession soon
I was about 9 when I first saw sexual images and had my mind twisted when I saw it. And I was about 13 when I struggled with looking at things constantly, but also wanting marriage and a helper desperately. I’m 20 and now I’ve been fighting lust very easily by God’s Grace, and my only problem with slipping into sin is my sexual needs as a man. But I’m now becoming able to be a week off at a time without porn and I’m fighting it with all of my mind so I can be completely free in time for marriage. I’m 7 days free today for my 2nd time and I’m always stopping myself from being distracted on UA-cam or being bored so my evil thoughts latch on to me. Reading scripture and writing notes from preachers and scripture and meditating on those notes has helped my be encouraged so much.
your associating your mans needs to it. and as long u do that u cant get free from it. but sure you have mans need. try at least not to watch or heare this adult material.
Keep fighting the good fight! The glory that awaits is worth the battle. Praying for you!
I was clean for almost 5 years but last year I fell and can’t get up ever since. Please pray for me
Your weakness is a gift to the Lord! Praying.
Thank you for your work!
You're so welcome! Please keep us in your prayers.
Not Catholic myself but this video popped up in my feed just at the right time. Jesus didn't come for the clean and the righteous; he came for the sick and the lost.
Shame has kept me from coming to God when that exactly the time I should be seeking Him. It's a long arduous walk but one that leads to a place that is sweeter than any earthly desire.
I've also seen porn for the first time, in a magazine, very young. Around that same age too. In my teen ages I was also somewhat stuck onto it, even though I felt it was painful at the same time. First, I thought it felt like masochism to watch someone else having the sex one is craving for. Second, imagining we could have, for real, what we're watching everytime we watched it, we wouldn't be as satisfied as we imagine. Testimonials of porn "workers" (when genuine and not simple self-promotion) cast some light on it. Sex becomes a bore, a routine devoid of all beauty and imagination. One can even notice that porn itself has been worsening in artistic and secondary aesthetic elements over the decades, giving up all photographic and scenic beauty in favour of crude sex. In my opinion, I think what we're infinitely searching for is a kind of definitive satiety. It makes this subject much more transcendental than earthly. That's not something one can achieve entirely in this life.
You have saved me thank you an praise Jesus
All glory to God!
I'm almost 62. Porn since I was a kid. It's over now. For years now. I got away from it and the church helped. It's gone now and so are the images. Ten years back I had the eucharist but the day before I saw porn. The host tasted like glass. Like fiberglass. I knew that host wasn't consecrated. I about fell down before the priest and the alter. It was supernatural. Period. I'll never forget it. Bless you and you can abstain from evil. Fall and get up. God bless.
I’m very addictive watching porn since I was young, please pray for me. I want to get rid off this addictive from now till I died.
if porn is the wrong way to meet your God-given sexual needs, then what is the right way? (assuming you don't have an available spouse). If you do then I don't understand why anyone would use porn in the first place. Its when you have no healthier option that porn becomes attractive.
Question
I assume you are a Catholic given a few references you said
You pray to a dead woman - idolatry
Changed the 10 commandments
Call yourself father when Yeshua said not to
Claim to forgive man of sin
If you haven’t worked that out please how can you solve this issue ?
Hoping you see the light
Brother God bless you! I am speechless! I saw the same image 2 weeks ago while I was asking the lord for help. Their is no doubt why friars took Mary as their protector! She is the new image of eve the true, whole and sacred one. If you are struggling to see the pure image of women look upon Mary. 🙏🏻✝️❤
Indeed, she is a good Mother that cares for her children!
Idk when I stopped it was a blur but I think it was maybe last week. Staring reading my Bible again consistently and the rest is history
The books the freedom model and easypeasy also help
I'm sorry, but I really am struggling with this one. I've been following this channel for a while and I've watched several dozen of these kinds of videos from West, but I'm having an extremely hard time understanding what he's trying to say! What exactly does "giving the images up to God" mean on a practical level? How is sitting in and dwelling with one's depravity supposed to be helpful or effective? And genuinely, the image at 8:30 seems more creepy/twisted than it is liberating or freeing.
I'm someone who is really trying to make progress against a problem that I've battled with for well over a decade. If I'm missing something, please, someone let me know, but right now I feel more confused than ever.
Hello and thank you for your honest comment! It's difficult to address every individual's particular situation in a short form UA-cam video. We'd recommend submitting your question to the Ask Christopher West Podcast where he and his wife give more detailed advice. Feel free to submit your question here: askchristopherwest.com/ask
I kind of already started to understand this stuff and I've pretty much solved this issue in me. Problem is, now I just want to get hitched to every (available) woman I see. I don't care about appearance, personality, age, nothing. I'll take whatever comes for me. It's, uh... all I think about anymore. Never had a girlfriend even. The loneliness is unbearable.
Just giving some advice from a former sex addict the best way to get women is to not even think about or try to get them (obviously don't sit in your bedroom the whole time) and when it comes to God's plan especially as a man we could be 30 40 before he sends us a good woman so we must learn to not have them on our mind and make a covenant with our eyes like David thiers no easy way to do it
@@yessam1460 agreed I got married at 40 I now have a happy family life
@@theelph100 that's what I like to hear congratulations brother 🙏 I'm 22 so I hope I have time to start one aswell if not ill see you all in heaven as family
@@yessam1460 But if I don't care about women, why am I supposed to want them in the first place?
@@lonelylad9818 a month ago you were lonely and would take any woman you could get now you don't want a woman? Bro we all want a women and vice versa were designed to need each other and when you actually find love not lust your soul becomes 1 with your wife as we have become 1 with Jesus and he is 1 with the Father, so you may say you don't want a woman but your deepest desires and your literal genetic makeup goes against that in every way, were designed to be together not mope around about and lose hope because of the world around us focus on God not this pitiful way of thinking renew your mind