Two Strategies to Win the War on Lust

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• JA

  @jane52355 · 8 years ago

  I was a victim of lusts (masturbation and porn) even after I became a born-again. I suffered the guilt for quite a while. It killed me every day, and the condemnation and realization that God would cast me out of His presence forever, hunted me to an unexplainable extent. I was ashamed of my spiritual condition but I just couldn&apos;t bring myself to share the condition with &nbsp;anyone. I sought for help from some spiritual leaders and they provided some way out but the condition only persisted. <br>Then one day I said to myself if I can&apos;t be delivered from this condition, then it means that the sacrifice of Christ is inconsequential and void of power to deliver. And then I started praying that God would prove His power over the dominion of sin by giving me the access to total freedom - that was the beginning of my deliverance. And the Lord did prove Himself to me - He cleanse my heart from lusts and implanted His divine nature of holiness in me. And today I live relaying on His grace to sustain my salvation and purity. I serve Him with conscience void of offenses.<br>Just in case you find yourself entangled in a web of lusts of any kind, I would like to recommend the blood of Jesus and His suffering cross as a gate-way to total freedom. Come to Jesus today and be free indeed.

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• AL

  @alanwhite6936 · 4 years ago

  I have been so Far Losing this Awful Battle But I Will Not Stop Trying ! &nbsp;Jesus helped me Defeat Alcohol an Drugs 26 Years Sober 24 off Valium an Cocaine 22 off Tobacco ! Lust an Anger is Next on the Hit List I am Determined Jesus is my Strength !

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• CH

  @Christina_320 · 8 years ago

  This is the hardest struggle for me too. God help me.

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• TD

  @Tdizzle7775 · 7 years ago

  Don’t tempt yourself. If you struggle with lust in a lust driven culture, minimize social media and TV. &nbsp;Don’t listen to worldly sensual music. Hit the Word. Be in fellowship and confess your lust to Christ taking it back to cross. Don’t give up! Fight the good fight!

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• GF

  @gf4rce · 8 years ago

  Amen. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

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• TH

  @thejesustree6639 · 7 years ago

  Here&apos;s how I was delivered from porn addiction. Victory is totally possible and worth it. Sorry for it being such a long reply. <br> <br>Three things gave me victory over porn addiction and lust: <br> <br>First, I realized my faith was lukewarm and I wasn&apos;t taking God seriously, so I began watching every video on YouTube about hell and people who had been given a glimpse of hell. If you struggle with porn as I did as a Christian, start here. Watching these videos helped me realize just how serious playing with sin is and kindled the utter fear of God in me, the dire fear of His eternal and fierce judgment of sin. It made me realize I had been playing with God as I played with sin, taking His forgiveness for granted, when in reality I was on my way to hell because my faith was lukewarm and wasn&apos;t repentant faith. The Bible says that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and these videos scared the living daylights out of me. So in utter fear, I surrendered to God completely and begged Him not just to forgive me of my sins through the blood of Jesus, but to strengthen me with His Holiness because I had none to withstand temptation. And He did. God is very good and longs for you to turn to Him in repentance. You can&apos;t gain victory over this by yourself but He can give you the victory. And He will! But you have to make the decision to give God 100% surrender and truly mean it, saying &quot;Enough is Enough. I&apos;m done!&quot; and then ask Him for the victory. Those videos of hell helped me reach that point of decision. And don&apos;t believe Satan&apos;s lie that you are beyond being forgiven. God will be faithful to forgive you and help you when you repent. <br> <br>Second, I realized that this is a spiritual battle, not just a fleshly battle, so I also renounced Satan&apos;s hold on my life and audibly commanded through the blood of Jesus that those demonic chains of immorality be broken in my life and that all spiritual forces of darkness flee from my life. When you watch porn, you are literally inviting the demonic world and its oppression into your life. Porn is the #1 tool Satan uses to enslave people, particularly men. When you watch porn, you are willfully rebelling against God and giving demonic forces the right to come into your life and build strongholds of oppression. That should terrify you. It did me once I realized the dark doors I was opening. And those strongholds that you have allowed the enemy to build must be destroyed if you truly want victory. You do that by renouncing this sin before God and commanding spiritual forces of darkness to leave by the power of the blood and name of Jesus. If you have any printed porn or images saved, destroy them, including those stored in your computer temp files. Bookmarks saved, erase them. Turn on safety filters on all internet search engines. Cleanse your house of all traces of porn so that you don&apos;t give the demonic forces the right to stay! Victory is totally possible through Jesus, prayer and standing on God&apos;s Word. Satan WILL flee as you renounce that sin before God. Please believe me, this is a spiritual battle, not just a fleshly battle. Choose to believe God, which means when He says He&apos;s for you, He really means it, and will give you the power to stand in His holiness and destroy the enemy. You are not powerless with God. <br> <br>Then third, I began starting each day by surrendering that day to God in prayer and asking Him for His holiness to walk in obedience, including obedience in my thought life. Tell Him your goal is 100% obedience and you will not settle for anything less. Choose each day, first thing, that this will be a day where you will walk in repentant faith, knowing that God loves you but that He is also Holy and will fiercely judge sin. Putting God first in your life like this will be costly. It will cost you the pleasure of sin for that day. Not easy if you&apos;re addicted to porn. But so worth it. The front line of the battle will be in your mind and Satan will fight you for control of your mind until God&apos;s holiness is firmly established in you. So begin taking every thought captive for Jesus and invite Him to be the Lord of your mind. Do not allow your mind to dwell on anything lustful and quickly ask God for help if you encounter it. If you give your mind over to lustful thoughts, even just a little, it will be a quick downward slide to failure. Be ruthless. It may seem hard, but I can tell you that victory is real. If you fail, repent and start these 3 steps over. You will get there. You will achieve victory over this. And this I promise you: the longer you walk in true repentant faith, the easier it gets. It will not stay difficult forever, just until that new pattern of obedience is established in your life. And then you will be free. <br> <br>I hope this helps. God bless.

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• JE

  @jesmat2006 · 7 years ago

  This is what I have understood.<br><br>Fighting Sin:<br>1. Exercise - resist the temptation (Resistance) <br>2. Diet - feed on God (Reception)

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• TH

  @ThereWasNoKaboom · 8 years ago

  Dear fellow brothers and sisters, &nbsp;feeling ashamed or guilt does not help. &nbsp;Instead confess it every night to God because hiding behind the bush like Adam did is a trap &nbsp;(as if we can hide from God) . &nbsp;Instead beg God to help you fight the evil desires of this “body of death” (like Paul calls it) that is decaying with time while our soul seeks to please Him. &nbsp;Like Piper said, &nbsp;engage in the battle, don’t say &nbsp;“it is what it is”. &nbsp; When you fall, &nbsp;the key is confess it every night and not listen to that voice that justifies it. &nbsp;Fight the good fight until your last day on earth!

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• DA

  @darnabedwell2115 · 8 years ago

  When Christ was tempted He spoke the Word. &nbsp;When &nbsp;&quot;resisting&quot;, &nbsp;you need to speak the word out loud. &nbsp;Redirect your focus to meditate on &nbsp;the Word and away from the temptation. &nbsp;The Word fights the battle. &nbsp;The flesh has no power to resist - it is weak. &nbsp;Put no confidence in the flesh. &nbsp;It is the Word that fights the battle for you. &nbsp;Read it - Think it - Speak it.

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• TR

  @TransientTacos · 8 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;d like to add to Pastor Piper&apos;s advice.. worship. Worship is key to fighting our sinful passions. Encountering the presence of God melts away all desires that otherwise draw us from him.

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• DR

  @DreamDust-mag · 8 years ago

  Jesus warned us that following in his footsteps won&apos;t be easy, but he never said he won&apos;t help his people while at his father&apos;s side. God Bless and fight the good fight of faith

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• AN

  @anushdsouza9632 · 7 years ago

  Once I struggled with this issue. Now I just resist it just by saying not today. I ask lord Jesus to give power . Imagining him give me tears for what he has done for me . <br>He died for me. Thank you Jesus Christ for everything.

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