1 Corinthians 6:18-20 NIV [18] Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. [19] Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; [20] you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies Matthew 5:29-30 NLT [29] So if your eye-even your good eye-causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. [30] And if your hand-even your stronger hand-causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
I will pray for you. Don’t ever give up. When you feel like you have no faith left and like you’re rotten to the core, keep fighting. Keep going back to God and learn from your failures. You’re not alone in the fight.
Proverbs 16:4 4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Isaiah 43:10 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen:that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. Isaiah 46:9-10 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Jeremiah 1:5 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Ephesians 1:4-5 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world,that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, Romans 8:28-30 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Corinthians 3:6-9 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. John 6:44- 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 15:16 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. Acts 13:48 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 1 Peter 1:2 2 The Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. Galatians 1:15 15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, Ephesians 1:11-12 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. Matthew 22:14 14 For many are called, but few are chosen. Colossians 3:12 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Revelation 13:8 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Jeremiah 1:5 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Romans 8:33 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. Romans 8:3-4 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. John 1:17 - For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John 7:19 "Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? Titus 1:15Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. Hebrews 9:14 KJV - How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him Proverbs 18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. 3When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. 4The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. Proverbs 24:17-18 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. Ephesians 4:32 KJV - And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Zechariah 13:6And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. 2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (So, the people in Matthew 7:21-23, were under the law. and took God's name in vain) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them,I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (Iniquity in unbelief!!).
"Never give up on God" Amen! Romans 3:23-25 ESV for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, [24] and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, [25] whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. ❤✝️
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
“and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” Acts 16:30-31 KJV “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:” John 1:12 KJV
wow, i needed to hear that. Anytime I fall back into temptation or sin I feel too broken to seek God. But God truly welcomes us back with open arms every single time we fall. God's grace and love toward us is so beautiful, we truly cannot comprehend His great love.
Satan wants us to feel unworthy because of our sin, but God loves us all and offers us all salvation if we accept him. Jesus died for our sins so while we may be dirty he makes us clean again.
Please pray for me to overcome my lust. The longest I've went without giving in is a mere 10 days. I just want to be delivered from this evil that I love in the flesh, but hate in the Spirit.
In the meantime, can I pray that you overcome the condemnation that you feel? Christians fall short every day. God knows they will. His forgiveness and mercy are broader and deeper than we can ever fathom or exhaust. God brings conviction with gentleness. It is we who condemn ourselves and judge harshly. Your sin is not an obstacle to God. Forget your long account of sin for a while. Stop condemning yourself. Remember God loves you as you are. Concentrate on hearing God's voice, and yield to Him. In this, and everything else. When you fail to yeild to Him, acknowledge that you are an unproductive servant in need of His grace and strive to do better in the future. Don't condemn yourself and become disheartened. We ARE forgiven! That means we are GIVEN grace beFOREhand! He knows who we are and what we are like. Sinful creatures in a fallen world. It is not our results that matter, but the sincerity of our efforts. None of us is perfect, or without sin. Praise God, you seem sincere in your efforts to overcome sin, but do it in His strength and not in your own, and remember that God isn't nearly as harsh and unforgiving about your sin as you can be.
I used to be the agnostic, the atheist, the denier. I'm done being those things. I do still love science and exploring the nature of the universe, but now I have faith in Jesus Christ. In God. In not sinning. And in being good. In doing good and having faith. If I, the once furious, prideful, drunkard of an atheist can make this change and feel love, faith, and hope, then you can too. To everyone reading, God and Jesus love you. Keep trying to do good, and have faith. You are enough. And you are not alone. Stay alive. Amen. ❤
This is incredible! The love of our saviour is just so pure, so perfect, so powerful. The people that reject him, haven't fully grasped the purity that is in his love and his kingdom. But once we understand how beautiful it is, we can't resist following him. He is the way, the truth, and the life. May God bless all of us immensely, amen.
However unlike heading to hell, God helps you in the road to Heaven. You're provided with peace, love and joy despite the things you face. I think that's a really comforting thing to know that God's there. So uh, just keep going to the right place with the right hands. God's there. God bless.
When I was hurting, i'd run and seek numbness in booze, weed, pills, and other drugs. I was trying to escape and numb the pain.. Maybe find a little happiness from the world rather than seek comfort in Gods arms. I always knew God, as long as I can remember, but I ran into my own destruction for so long. Never feeling worthy, I'd always self sabotage and live so recklessly. Slowly, God has delievered me from those ways. He has given me a heart of love and eyes of discernment, but there will always be work to do. How great is God! God loved me all through my failures and poor choices. He was waiting for me to learn what I needed to learn all the while watching over me.
Amen! Thank you for sharing my friend. Truly your story has inspired me and I feel like I saw myself in your story especially the first half. I am current in this pit, my sin and the desires of my heart circling me like hyenas, waiting for my demise. I have fallen a million times but God has loved me even I did. It’s an overwhelming feeling, one that I don’t quite feel like I deserve after all the pain I have inflicted on the Lord. I have gone to war with myself and my weapon aim at Him who has loved me through and through, never leaving me nor forsaken me. Your testimony has given me hope. Thank you for sharing and may God continue to use you and bless you ❤️
@hellothere1973 God bless you. May he deliver you from temptation and help you overcome the world. We will always be imperfect, but God can save us from ourselves and give us new hearts. Hearts strong enough to overcome the enemy and loving enough to love those who do us wrong.
Proverbs 16:4 4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Isaiah 43:10 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen:that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. Isaiah 46:9-10 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Jeremiah 1:5 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Ephesians 1:4-5 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world,that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, Romans 8:28-30 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Corinthians 3:6-9 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. John 6:44- 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 15:16 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. Acts 13:48 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 1 Peter 1:2 2 The Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. Galatians 1:15 15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, Ephesians 1:11-12 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. Matthew 22:14 14 For many are called, but few are chosen. Colossians 3:12 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Revelation 13:8 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Jeremiah 1:5 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Romans 8:33 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. Romans 8:3-4 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. John 1:17 - For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John 7:19 "Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? Titus 1:15Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. Hebrews 9:14 KJV - How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him Proverbs 18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. 3When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. 4The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. Proverbs 24:17-18 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. Ephesians 4:32 KJV - And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Zechariah 13:6And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. 2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (So, the people in Matthew 7:21-23, were under the law. and took God's name in vain) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them,I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (Iniquity in unbelief!!).
This made me cry ive been a smoker ever since i was 17 addicted to pornography ever since i was 13 addicted to alcohol ever since i turned 20. Ive failed in so many regards that sometimes i do consider suicide meaningful relationships have failed because of me, and it only adds to the hurt. i want to feel and be able to do that without substances but every time i try i feel like im going to explode, yet gods always been with me through everything even though he shouldnt. im not a good person by any means.
You are loved with a love that we cant even comprehend🤍 We all fall short on this love, important is to get up and ask for forgivness! I will pray for you because I know our God can set you free from your addictions!
You are not alone. In fact every true christian struggles just in a different way. But God is genuinely happy to see you return. My relative said to me once: When a father is holding a baby there are no conditions to his love. Whether it's causing troubles or not, whether it has brown or blue eyes, all it's sickness, nothing that matters. There is just love. I'm very sorry for you and I know full well what it's like to fail( especially when you promise you'd change). But hold in there. It really gets better. I also struggle with lust but now the thoughts and images in my head are milder. I constantly say to myself:If God really created something out of nothing, then he can make something from everybody even out of me😔😮💨
I Pray in Jesus name for healing, for standing up, for arising from darkness. I Pray Light of Jesus and His Blood over your life, His Spirit on you, guid you to light, to His children to get power back.
God will touch you and lead to people that will inspire and transform , when it happens Come Back and share it with us God is doing it now, and his Angels are arranging everything now
great, now I'm in tears. Thank you for so perfectly illustrating what it's like to walk with Christ whilst experiencing the realities, temptations and traumas of this world.
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9. If you’re tired just remember in our weakness He is strong. Cry out to the Lord for He knows that you are tired. He will give you rest
I tried making myself feel better by going for a drive and blasting the music, first. Nothing worked. Called out to Christ from the spiritual pain. I didn't want to sin. I felt like Job, rolling around on the ground in pain. Everything was taken from me. I complained to Christ and then I cried, well balled like a hungry baby. It feels so lonely when you fight sin. Then after all that tension, I felt much better but it took a while of struggle. God Bless.
Why does this have to be so relatable? A Christ follower who took up smoking and has a hard time quitting?? I've tried quitting, but it's a habit that won't go away. And people talk to me like I need to go cold turkey, did you try exercise, do this do that, blah blah.. like they have any idea what drove me to do it in the first place (unbearable emotional pain from divorce, which I'm over from 5 years ago.. except now I'm stuck with this habit). Now I have a dependency, and it's a leisure activity that I'm sure is killing me. I've never been super healthy and fit, either, which makes it worse. I always teeter on average. God's been graceful in allowing me to keep living with no health problems, but at some point, it will all catch up to me in an instant and I won't be able to reverse it. Even though I know all of this, you know what? Smoking represents taking a break, stepping away from things so I can relax and think. But that's not a practice I've been able to do without a cigarette. Someone please let me know if they've been through the same thing or are going through it right now, to share thoughrs. I just needed to get this out and hear what others who have struggled with smoking actually have to say. One day I will quit, one way or another.
My uncle was able to quit smoking by replacing the habit with chewing peanuts. He would step outside for some fresh air and chew peanuts for 5-10 minutes. Jesus said when 1 demon is removed, 7 more can enter. so it is important to fill the void with something else that is good. Otherwise, things could get a lot worse, without the positive replacement. Everyone is different, so find what works for you. Another thing I'd like to add is that I struggle with alcohol. I drank for 10 years and couldnt go more then a month without a drink. I tried different things on my own and had no success until I starting praying. I prayed at the beginning of every day, asking for help to stay sober just for today and then at the end of the day I would give thanks to God for keeping me sober for today. I was then able to achieve 1 year of being alcohol free. It was during this time I won tickets, to see my favorite sports team live for the first time. I'm speaking from personal experience so my advice to you is to find what works for YOU. Research for yourself to see what may help your specific situation, as everyone is different and unique. There is hope. The important thing is to never give up and to continue to try, try, try again.
@iroquoispliskinlt.juniorgrade and that verse is referring to how without The Holy Spirit, then that person is an open vessel for worse demons to harm you. But if your house isn't empty and has the Holy Spirit, then demons can't enter you. Think of your addiction as spiritual warfare. The closer you are to God, the less temptation can grip you. Have a good day, and stay sober🤍
I’m in the same boat as you brother.. my romantic relationship is what got me to start smoking.. and yeah sometimes it feels like I can only think straight when I light up that cigarette.. yup I know it’s killing me too.. but I have given it over to JESUS I have been praying about it for months. JESUS says all things are possible for HIM who has faith. So I’m leaving it up to GOD I know and have faith that I’m gonna stop before it harms me.. I have gone one full day today without smoking… it starts here and if I fall again JESUS will give me the strength the bear my cross and walk again.. have faith, believe and you will quite. I know it’s finished for me because GOD says it is.
Same thing but a different addiction for me. And I want to hit on what you said was the cause is what matters, what drove you to do it. You're totally right and I think the answer is right there in your words; the thing we need to address is not the action (of course we want the action to go away) but we need to address the root of the brokenness. If we don't address the source of our pain, something else will fill the gap of smoking, some new, unhealthy method of escape. God is in the business of healing and molding us, he is the great physician. He wants to heal you and it starts with being intimate and vulnerable with him about all your pain and the circumstances surrounding your divorce. As he heals you he will change your heart and you will replace your habits. Remember to keep your eyes on him and his goodness and the things of his will... set your mind on beautiful things. If you only focus on not trying to smoke you will eventually fall, human willpower has limits. Also remember that when you feel the emptiness, the pangs, the urge to smoke... you have the choice to fill it with God who will fulfill or smoking that won't. Love you brother and I know that he will bring victory in your life. He didn't just die on the cross.. but rose!!! He has promised that you will rise as well.
I come from a severe drug addiction background and to this day nicotine has been one of the hardest things for me to give up, mostly because of stress, and the fact it’s not socially unacceptable like the hard drugs, and people are so proud of me for how far I’ve come with opioids and Marijuana that they don’t think my nicotine addiction is a big deal and sometimes it encourages me a little bit to hang onto and convince myself I don’t need to quit. I will say I had moments when I was really walking close with the Lord that I tried to quit, and did pretty good considering how long and how much I’ve smoked or vaped all my life, also nicotine patches helped for sure. Something I noticed though is that I start to feel like I can’t give it up when I’m not trusting God, and have some anxiety about where I stand with Him. When I’m confident in my walk and not doubting or full of fear and anxiety I don’t feel the need to smoke NEARLY as much and for me I think that will be the key to quitting. Biggest advice is take your eyes off your sin and put it on Jesus. Like Moses who raised the serpent in the wilderness and it healed all who looked upon it, so it is with us when we look to Jesus, we can’t possibly do this stuff or quit on our own, or even if we force ourselves to stop, only He can truly heal us from these addictions at the root once and for all. it’s all through looking to the cross, not ourselves which will only lead to more discouragement.
Woah man, absolutely spot on of the tension between wanting God but also wanting sin and the comfort it brings at times. Really powerful and beautiful, very well done
todays my birthday. i messed up, i couldn't resist. its sunday. i needed this video, thank you. you are a blessing. im disappointed in myself, yet i don't touch the one thing to heal me of my sins.. my bible sits next to me wanting to be picked up, God wants me free and I keep saying no. how selfish. thank you for having such a way with words. this video made me cry. I need change and only im capable of starting that discipline.
Sin distances one from God (Isa. 59:2) and makes one more vulnerable to the Destroyer. The sheep must not stray from the protection of the Shepherd (Psalm 23). The road to life is long and difficult (Matt. 7:14), one must exercise faith, patience and persistence. Best wishes to all.
I needed to hear this right now. This is a picture of my life and the life of many more. This is something you can't even discuss in Sunday School or with anybody that hasn't struggled with mental health and addictive disorders. It is the raw and real truth! Praise God for His Mercy, Grace and Unconditional Love. He is the friend of the broken hearted and Jesus knows our sin as it bore it bleeding on the cross! Thank you my brother for this timely reminder. I've hit a low point and have even felt lost again. Going to pick up my Bible and get on my knees.
It hurts the most when you know exactly what this feels like, word for word. This video really broke me but the tears from it ironically feel like healing like breaking down walls. Thank you brother in Christ for not being afraid to show the things that happen in the secret place and doing so in a way that tells us God really is. He is love and He will never give up on us even when we’re like the prodigal son and walk away. Even when we’re like Jonah and run away. Cause if God saw Barabbas as worthy to save, you too my friend are set free. This is apart of your journey, your testimony. Tell the people. You are free my friend. You are free. Never give up on God cause God has left the 99 to look for you and when He finds you, He rejoices. Keep fighting the good fight for anyone reading. You are not alone! ❤️
Hallelujah! And wow! "He is love and He will never give up on us even when we’re like the prodigal son and walk away. Even when we’re like Jonah and run away. Cause if God saw Barabbas as worthy to save, you too my friend are set free." I am absolutely encouraged. ❤🔥
This thorn in my flesh. This lustful tendencies. I envy people who could just say no to these tendencies. While I on the other hand, suffer from persevering to not cross that line. It's like people who could just quit alcohol while I go crazy not being able to control myself. We all have our own sufferings. It's inevitable. Maybe the point is to suffer with joy, that suffering when directed towards God will lead to grace and His Kingdom. I truly believe that this suffering is just a reminder that were not meant in this world. We are mere pilgrims of the world.
My friend, thank you. Thank you for reminding me of His love for me. Thank you for reminding me, to be better. Try to be better. Not just for me but because He chose me to be better. Jesus loves you.
Im watching this high rn. I was doing fine i felt before doing it the first time but maybe i wasnt. I do gain a lot of confidence high and do feel free and ethereal sometimes. Its the best feeling i ever felt
most powerful, personable, and respectable video I’ve seen after mindlessly scrolling on RUclips. Thank you for your message. But I thank you Father God for Your sacrifice and patience. Through You, i will be made whole.
I'm battling with lust. No matter how much I try to break free I keep falling...I'm 19 but this all started when I was 11. I'm tired of it. I'm sick and tired. In fact, I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. And I'm involved with a guy online who i like so much but he won't get me closer to God. In fact he's dragging me away but i don't know how to end things with him. I thought i could control lust...little did ik is that its actually controlling me. Its a stronghold that I can't seem to get rid of
Me too, it started when I was 11, before I'd sleep I'd have to "fantasize about a guy.. " 😹. I'm now 22 and 2 yrs ago my lust upgraded into masturbation I watched a lot of yt vids to advice me on how to stop, also prayed about it. I'm a female btw. I fought it, I'm fighting those urges every day. I haven't done any of those for a couple months. I look back and sometimes laugh at how pointless it was. I hope you are able to fight it too, I know you can 💃💪 Also leave that guy, this yr I was in the same boat as you but as soon as he mentioned he doesn't believe in God. I cut things off with him off. Sorry for the long typing 😅
@acidicsoul4978 nooo no problem at all. This actually made me feel a lot better, and it gave me a lot of hope. I pray that I will be able to fight it as well
I’m 24. My bf was struggling hard and lead to a horrible breakup. If you get into a relationship let your partner know your struggles before she or he finds out and it causes break up. I was being lied to for years. I gave him a chance and now we are 2 year strong again and he’s changed so much. I couldn’t believe the guy I was with since high school was struggling so bad with lust…he said his started since he was like 8. It was like porn, sexually charged tv shows and books and just his brain couldn’t be normal because he was basically being controlled by his lust. Not a way to live. Now he’s stop watch porn and changed his perspective and has has a good job and stopped masturbating (we live together) our relationship got a lot better. Before he was obsessed with sex. Now it feels balance like he’s more himself. I’ll pray for you! Sorry if this is TMI
something i’ve heard of is when you have a small thought of going back to your sin, you have to turn your thoughts. for me, i feel like i have to almost physically turn my thoughts, like i have to make myself think of anything else until something catches on and the thoughts of sin are pushed away. lingering on the thought of sinning, especially the (temporary) satisfaction that comes with it, is what brings you into action.
That is definitely one of the things I struggle with. And have been struggling with it for over 40 years, only in recent years realizing that for me the struggle has been so hard because I didn't realize I was dealing with an addiction (basically since early middle school). But God has always seen me through. So many bad situations I got myself into (or almost did) that in hindsight could have been so much worse had God not been looking out for me. He gives me the strength to resist temptation and turn away from my wicked ways. And when I stumble and fall (as I so often do), he picks me up, dusts me off, wipes away my tears (and shame), wraps His loving arms around me and says, "Let's try again. I have you." Take heart and have hope, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." - 2 Corinthians 5:21
Oh, God how I hate the sin, and how I hate my fleshly desires, Oh God how I desire to be of one Spirit and flesh, and yet still I live in a body of death. For sin is but ashes in the mouth, and dust in the wind. Destruction to what I hold dear. If you say you love sin, you do not know life, and you do not understand death.
Dang brother, that hit me in the feels. Was saved in high school. Fell during Iraq. Was given another opportunity to accept His gift years later. Still struggle with sin and this video nails the internal battle I constantly have. Would like to see more of this style of videos from you. Be that light brother.
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
This is the perfect description of the normal Christian life. The sixteenth century reformer Martin Luther said that our greatest sin is presuming that we are righteous, and the first of his famous 95 theses states that the life of a Christian is a life of daily repentance.
I’ve finally overcome alcoholism, marijuana dependency, and nicotine withdrawal, thank you Christ. Lust is all that is left holding me back. How far disconnected I’ve become.
i feel like there is no point to living. I wont kill myself ever, but even though I'm a Christian i have lost hope. You don't have to pray for me. i just feel like i need to share this idk.
Many Pastor's struggle with this, and depression. Derek Prince talked about how he'd fast and pray more and more thinking that would make the depression leave until God showed him the depression was a person, not himself, Having that view helped him remove it from his life. Here's a short where he explains it better - ruclips.net/video/UB2bHMYo2Gc/видео.html&ab_channel=BRMinistries
He loves you and understands where you're at. Keep bringing your longing and brokenness to Him. The day is coming soon when He will wipe away our tears, heal our brokenness, and lift us up to live in His presence forever.
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew." St. Francis de Sales "Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey. Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul." St. Anthony of Padua "For God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all that seek him in truth." Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 2:13 You should consider doing a spiritual retreat in a monastery, blot out the noise of the world. God bless
In another instance of too much sloth I was experiencing temptation, then this popped up and I clicked on it. Thank you man. Thank you God. He renews my strength with strength greater than my own.
My brother I’m glad I found you.I will leave you with this knowledge.Go listen to the words of Amazing Grace and See the Grace thru Our wretchfull hearts and Awaken my brother Reborn.🙏👼✝️
The amount of times I’ve been in this same struggle/thoughts is countless. But yet here I am still on fire for my lord. & as I sit back for a sec & look how far I’ve come with Christ, I realize how victorious he’s made me in all my battles. Which shows me he has & never will leave me nor forsake me (deuteronomy 31-6-8) he’s showed me all it takes is simple faith. Just keep it simple with him. Love him, trust/obey his word, let go of yourself & lay at his feet everyday. Just submit to his loving grace & mercy & he’ll heal all your brokenness. He has helped me overcome so many addictions. I’m far from perfect but I can finally see the work he’s done in my life. Thank you my Father💜✝️
Thank you Lord for the video it is nice knowing im not the only one who struggles to live with this guilt thank you lord for your love thank you God amen
The hours, days, weeks and months searching RUclips for answers and finally, mercifully, the answer appears in a video two and half minutes long. Thank you Mr Ryan. Just what I’ve been searching for. 😢
Amen. Thank you Matthew so much for the video. God has saved me recently from a car crash which wasn’t violent but I believe it was punishment for my countless sins of lust. I’m trying to stop but the sin is so attractive I keep falling back. I have started going to mass every Sunday and that has definitely helped me do it less often. The goal is to focus on my career, physicality and relationships so I don’t have to think about that sin again.
every time i return to God or i see something related to God after sinning, I feel a tingling feeling in my right cheek like as if it's a hand holding my cheek
Man, never had a video speak exactly what had been going. Through my mind and speaking to my same struggle. It's proof the Holy Spirit is the same in us, giving us the conviction we need but also the hope that we need as well.
Thank you for this brother. Following Jesus truly is becoming a soldier for HIs kingdom, fighting spiritual battles every day. But let us remember that we are already victorious in Jesus's death on the cross! I pray we draw strength from Him each day, and not rely on our own. Spirits up Christians!
I’ve gone through so much. And I’ve suffered trauma that’s been affecting me long term because of the church and it made my OCD worse. But I’m not going to give up on God. Jesus went through way more for me
You are loved brother even if people or things happen really bad, you got this Jesus got this. He still in control and don't forget that you are a child of God.
This was incredible. "For what I am doing I do not understand: for that which I desire to do I do not do, and that which I desire not to do I do." -Romans 7:15
I also used to smoke, but got showed me in a dream that i cant keep smoking and get to heaven. God is good, he set me free from smoking, he can help you too. Amen
@@ninjarogue I mean why would god allow one person to commit a sin and not someone else. I was trying to understand if smoking was a sin or not and then I had the dream where god showed me that it was a sin and that i had to quit. Then i knew i had to stop and i fought the addiction with god. I prayed over and over for god to take the addiction away and with the help of god i broke free. It wasnt easy for me and i fell many times but with gods help everything is possible. Pray to god and ask him for help and realise that it is in fact a sin and that you need to repent of it. God bless.
@@ninjarogue Well I dont really remember since i try to leave that behind. But if you are a smoker and you know that you have to quit god can help you like he helped me.
This was very beautiful! Sin shall no more have dominion over me! She who lives in pleasure is dead while she yet lives. He who sows to the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption but he who sows to the spirit will of the spirit reap life ever lasting! The grace of God given to us TO deny ungodliness! Only by His grace can we walk up rightly and even then our righteousness is as filthy rags before Him. Sin hurts so bad! I got into drinking and partying at 14 and now I’m 30 saved 5 years ago, it’s been a battle overcoming all the things I used to numb myself but my oh my is the reward of a clean conscience and His presence worth it! I think knowing He is always there and never will leave us or forsake us is the biggest help to actually cry out to Him and be able to turn away from sin!
Beautifully done Matthew.. this is the truth of today’s generation, today’s society, of many believers.. those hidden sins within our hearts.. when we close our doors in the four corners of our rooms we find ourselves not exactly what God wants us to be.. may it be hidden vices, lust, undisciplined spiritual behavior, a lack of understanding, torment, worry, sadness.. but as we seek Him more, we will come to see His ways.. and truly, the things of this world, seem all to fade away.. I had many vices in the past and a sinful life, now completely freed, but the Lord Jesus Christ.. but there is always a price to pay, as we turn away from this world, our minds are renew, and the systems of this world seem to fade away.. I was completely free from vices, and even the urge that wants to get back to the systems of this world, through price of life - 21 day fasting experience, cleansed it for me.. I’m on my 19th day of recovery from my 40 days water fasting recently.. and to tell you.. We have come too far to look back.. 🌎🌍🌏
The timing of this video is amazing! I wrote this a few days ago about Romans 7, before I watched this. These verses jumped off the page at me! Throughout my addiction, I repeatedly set the requirement for myself to never mess up. Then I would get so frustrated whenever I committed the same sin once again. I had grand plans to be a holy servant for God, but then I often "threw it all away" by sinning, and I would sulk for awhile before I felt like God wanted to be around me again. I look at my sin and feel the same pain as Paul when he says "Wretched man that I am!" I WANT to do what's right. I AGREE that God's law is good. So why is it so hard to DO what it says? It's because sin is still present in my flesh. I find it so encouraging that I'm not the only one with a war waging within me, fighting to do what's right. It's a battle every day, but His grace is new every morning. The father of lies says "Just give in. You're too far gone." But I know my God declares me not guilty, and will grant my prayer to remove my sin. And until then, I have God's spirit to call out Satan's lies and show me how to live like Jesus.
I forgive you your sins. You are not defined by the mistakes you've made. You are defined by the love God has showered upon you. Thank you for this video.
Wow this spoke to me on another level, I know I‘m a good Person deep down but i keep on failing, i did so many bad things, i try my best atleast on most days i try to not get lost in sin.
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guys please help me overcome lust please pray for me
1 Corinthians 6:18-20 NIV
[18] Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. [19] Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; [20] you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies
Matthew 5:29-30 NLT
[29] So if your eye-even your good eye-causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. [30] And if your hand-even your stronger hand-causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
watch imbeggars video on prayer and temptation
I’ll pray for you bro
I will pray for you. Don’t ever give up. When you feel like you have no faith left and like you’re rotten to the core, keep fighting. Keep going back to God and learn from your failures. You’re not alone in the fight.
Proverbs 16:4
4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Isaiah 43:10
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen:that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Isaiah 46:9-10
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Jeremiah 1:5
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Ephesians 1:4-5
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world,that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Romans 8:28-30
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Corinthians 3:6-9
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
John 6:44-
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me
draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 15:16
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit,
and that your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Acts 13:48
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
1 Peter 1:2
2 The Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Galatians 1:15
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
Ephesians 1:11-12
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
Matthew 22:14
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
Colossians 3:12
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Revelation 13:8
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Jeremiah 1:5
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Romans 8:33
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
Romans 8:3-4 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
John 1:17 - For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 7:19 "Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
Titus 1:15Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Hebrews 9:14 KJV - How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him
Proverbs 18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. 3When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. 4The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Proverbs 24:17-18 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Ephesians 4:32 KJV - And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Zechariah 13:6And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (So, the people in Matthew 7:21-23, were under the law. and took God's name in vain)
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them,I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (Iniquity in unbelief!!).
I will never give up on God because God never gave up on me
Facts bro damn
"Never give up on God" Amen!
Romans 3:23-25 ESV
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, [24] and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, [25] whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
❤✝️
amen
Well put
God is not real. When will people understand
Im too tired of fighting please i just need you to save me Jesus.
Real
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
“and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”
Acts 16:30-31 KJV
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:”
John 1:12 KJV
Amen. When you give your battles and worries to God, He will deliver you from the darkness.
God lets you fight to become stronger in your faith in him
1:35 "I hate *the* sin too."
Yeah big typo there in the captions on the video for sure...
wow, i needed to hear that. Anytime I fall back into temptation or sin I feel too broken to seek God. But God truly welcomes us back with open arms every single time we fall. God's grace and love toward us is so beautiful, we truly cannot comprehend His great love.
Satan wants us to feel unworthy because of our sin, but God loves us all and offers us all salvation if we accept him. Jesus died for our sins so while we may be dirty he makes us clean again.
Amen
Amen
He wants us to dispare and brake, he doesnt care if u sin its just a tool for it. But we are stronger
Please pray for me to overcome my lust. The longest I've went without giving in is a mere 10 days. I just want to be delivered from this evil that I love in the flesh, but hate in the Spirit.
In the meantime, can I pray that you overcome the condemnation that you feel? Christians fall short every day. God knows they will. His forgiveness and mercy are broader and deeper than we can ever fathom or exhaust. God brings conviction with gentleness. It is we who condemn ourselves and judge harshly. Your sin is not an obstacle to God. Forget your long account of sin for a while. Stop condemning yourself. Remember God loves you as you are. Concentrate on hearing God's voice, and yield to Him. In this, and everything else. When you fail to yeild to Him, acknowledge that you are an unproductive servant in need of His grace and strive to do better in the future. Don't condemn yourself and become disheartened. We ARE forgiven! That means we are GIVEN grace beFOREhand! He knows who we are and what we are like. Sinful creatures in a fallen world. It is not our results that matter, but the sincerity of our efforts. None of us is perfect, or without sin. Praise God, you seem sincere in your efforts to overcome sin, but do it in His strength and not in your own, and remember that God isn't nearly as harsh and unforgiving about your sin as you can be.
You need to fast and pray acknowledging the sin through it confessing through repentance and asking for deliverance
Prayer! ❤️
You need deliverance
You're not alone. Me too. So don't feel alone and defeated. With Jesus we will conquer ❤
“But my child, how I hate the sin too…so much that I died to save you from it”
I used to be the agnostic, the atheist, the denier. I'm done being those things. I do still love science and exploring the nature of the universe, but now I have faith in Jesus Christ. In God. In not sinning. And in being good. In doing good and having faith.
If I, the once furious, prideful, drunkard of an atheist can make this change and feel love, faith, and hope, then you can too. To everyone reading, God and Jesus love you. Keep trying to do good, and have faith. You are enough. And you are not alone.
Stay alive.
Amen. ❤
Amen!
@@Sunnyleaf-ki9ip Thank you for being the first one to say it. That means a lot to me. Amen. ❤️
@@skyscapegamingllc8154 yey glory be to God!
Amen. Thank you for the encouragement, and thank you for sharing. 💗
This is incredible! The love of our saviour is just so pure, so perfect, so powerful. The people that reject him, haven't fully grasped the purity that is in his love and his kingdom. But once we understand how beautiful it is, we can't resist following him. He is the way, the truth, and the life. May God bless all of us immensely, amen.
The road to Hell feels like Heaven & the road to Heaven feels like Hell
😂 facts
There’s one way to heaven and that’s placing your faith and trust in Jesus
However unlike heading to hell, God helps you in the road to Heaven. You're provided with peace, love and joy despite the things you face. I think that's a really comforting thing to know that God's there. So uh, just keep going to the right place with the right hands. God's there. God bless.
@@Aekii0001 Yes, the divine path set before us ordained & aligned by Christ himself ✨. Amen. 🙏
So true 💯 but God will guide us 🙏
“Lord, grant me abstinence; but not quite yet.” -St. Augustine
When I was hurting, i'd run and seek numbness in booze, weed, pills, and other drugs. I was trying to escape and numb the pain.. Maybe find a little happiness from the world rather than seek comfort in Gods arms.
I always knew God, as long as I can remember, but I ran into my own destruction for so long. Never feeling worthy, I'd always self sabotage and live so recklessly. Slowly, God has delievered me from those ways. He has given me a heart of love and eyes of discernment, but there will always be work to do.
How great is God! God loved me all through my failures and poor choices. He was waiting for me to learn what I needed to learn all the while watching over me.
Amen! Thank you for sharing my friend. Truly your story has inspired me and I feel like I saw myself in your story especially the first half. I am current in this pit, my sin and the desires of my heart circling me like hyenas, waiting for my demise. I have fallen a million times but God has loved me even I did. It’s an overwhelming feeling, one that I don’t quite feel like I deserve after all the pain I have inflicted on the Lord. I have gone to war with myself and my weapon aim at Him who has loved me through and through, never leaving me nor forsaken me. Your testimony has given me hope. Thank you for sharing and may God continue to use you and bless you ❤️
@hellothere1973 God bless you. May he deliver you from temptation and help you overcome the world.
We will always be imperfect, but God can save us from ourselves and give us new hearts. Hearts strong enough to overcome the enemy and loving enough to love those who do us wrong.
Proverbs 16:4
4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Isaiah 43:10
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen:that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Isaiah 46:9-10
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Jeremiah 1:5
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Ephesians 1:4-5
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world,that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Romans 8:28-30
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Corinthians 3:6-9
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
John 6:44-
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me
draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 15:16
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit,
and that your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Acts 13:48
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
1 Peter 1:2
2 The Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Galatians 1:15
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
Ephesians 1:11-12
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
Matthew 22:14
14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
Colossians 3:12
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Revelation 13:8
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Jeremiah 1:5
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Romans 8:33
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
Romans 8:3-4 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
John 1:17 - For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 7:19 "Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
Titus 1:15Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Hebrews 9:14 KJV - How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him
Proverbs 18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. 3When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. 4The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Proverbs 24:17-18 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Ephesians 4:32 KJV - And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Zechariah 13:6And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (So, the people in Matthew 7:21-23, were under the law. and took God's name in vain)
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them,I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity (Iniquity in unbelief!!).
@@1Psalmaday Amen, thank you for this! God bless you ❤️
My fellow brothers and sisters I listened when he said"Be still and Know that I AM GOD"
Turn away from what you see so you can hear him
This made me cry ive been a smoker ever since i was 17 addicted to pornography ever since i was 13 addicted to alcohol ever since i turned 20. Ive failed in so many regards that sometimes i do consider suicide meaningful relationships have failed because of me, and it only adds to the hurt. i want to feel and be able to do that without substances but every time i try i feel like im going to explode, yet gods always been with me through everything even though he shouldnt. im not a good person by any means.
You are loved with a love that we cant even comprehend🤍 We all fall short on this love, important is to get up and ask for forgivness! I will pray for you because I know our God can set you free from your addictions!
You are not alone. In fact every true christian struggles just in a different way. But God is genuinely happy to see you return. My relative said to me once: When a father is holding a baby there are no conditions to his love. Whether it's causing troubles or not, whether it has brown or blue eyes, all it's sickness, nothing that matters. There is just love.
I'm very sorry for you and I know full well what it's like to fail( especially when you promise you'd change). But hold in there. It really gets better. I also struggle with lust but now the thoughts and images in my head are milder.
I constantly say to myself:If God really created something out of nothing, then he can make something from everybody even out of me😔😮💨
Paul writes that none are good but God. Roman's 6:23
I Pray in Jesus name for healing, for standing up, for arising from darkness. I Pray Light of Jesus and His Blood over your life, His Spirit on you, guid you to light, to His children to get power back.
God will touch you and lead to people that will inspire and transform , when it happens Come Back and share it with us God is doing it now, and his Angels are arranging everything now
great, now I'm in tears. Thank you for so perfectly illustrating what it's like to walk with Christ whilst experiencing the realities, temptations and traumas of this world.
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9. If you’re tired just remember in our weakness He is strong. Cry out to the Lord for He knows that you are tired. He will give you rest
I tried making myself feel better by going for a drive and blasting the music, first. Nothing worked. Called out to Christ from the spiritual pain. I didn't want to sin. I felt like Job, rolling around on the ground in pain. Everything was taken from me. I complained to Christ and then I cried, well balled like a hungry baby. It feels so lonely when you fight sin. Then after all that tension, I felt much better but it took a while of struggle. God Bless.
Words can’t express how relatable this is. I’m glad this popped up
Why does this have to be so relatable? A Christ follower who took up smoking and has a hard time quitting?? I've tried quitting, but it's a habit that won't go away. And people talk to me like I need to go cold turkey, did you try exercise, do this do that, blah blah.. like they have any idea what drove me to do it in the first place (unbearable emotional pain from divorce, which I'm over from 5 years ago.. except now I'm stuck with this habit). Now I have a dependency, and it's a leisure activity that I'm sure is killing me. I've never been super healthy and fit, either, which makes it worse. I always teeter on average. God's been graceful in allowing me to keep living with no health problems, but at some point, it will all catch up to me in an instant and I won't be able to reverse it. Even though I know all of this, you know what? Smoking represents taking a break, stepping away from things so I can relax and think. But that's not a practice I've been able to do without a cigarette. Someone please let me know if they've been through the same thing or are going through it right now, to share thoughrs. I just needed to get this out and hear what others who have struggled with smoking actually have to say. One day I will quit, one way or another.
My uncle was able to quit smoking by replacing the habit with chewing peanuts. He would step outside for some fresh air and chew peanuts for 5-10 minutes. Jesus said when 1 demon is removed, 7 more can enter. so it is important to fill the void with something else that is good. Otherwise, things could get a lot worse, without the positive replacement. Everyone is different, so find what works for you.
Another thing I'd like to add is that I struggle with alcohol. I drank for 10 years and couldnt go more then a month without a drink. I tried different things on my own and had no success until I starting praying. I prayed at the beginning of every day, asking for help to stay sober just for today and then at the end of the day I would give thanks to God for keeping me sober for today. I was then able to achieve 1 year of being alcohol free. It was during this time I won tickets, to see my favorite sports team live for the first time.
I'm speaking from personal experience so my advice to you is to find what works for YOU. Research for yourself to see what may help your specific situation, as everyone is different and unique. There is hope. The important thing is to never give up and to continue to try, try, try again.
@iroquoispliskinlt.juniorgrade and that verse is referring to how without The Holy Spirit, then that person is an open vessel for worse demons to harm you. But if your house isn't empty and has the Holy Spirit, then demons can't enter you. Think of your addiction as spiritual warfare. The closer you are to God, the less temptation can grip you. Have a good day, and stay sober🤍
I’m in the same boat as you brother.. my romantic relationship is what got me to start smoking.. and yeah sometimes it feels like I can only think straight when I light up that cigarette.. yup I know it’s killing me too.. but I have given it over to JESUS I have been praying about it for months. JESUS says all things are possible for HIM who has faith. So I’m leaving it up to GOD I know and have faith that I’m gonna stop before it harms me.. I have gone one full day today without smoking… it starts here and if I fall again JESUS will give me the strength the bear my cross and walk again.. have faith, believe and you will quite. I know it’s finished for me because GOD says it is.
Same thing but a different addiction for me. And I want to hit on what you said was the cause is what matters, what drove you to do it. You're totally right and I think the answer is right there in your words; the thing we need to address is not the action (of course we want the action to go away) but we need to address the root of the brokenness. If we don't address the source of our pain, something else will fill the gap of smoking, some new, unhealthy method of escape. God is in the business of healing and molding us, he is the great physician. He wants to heal you and it starts with being intimate and vulnerable with him about all your pain and the circumstances surrounding your divorce. As he heals you he will change your heart and you will replace your habits. Remember to keep your eyes on him and his goodness and the things of his will... set your mind on beautiful things. If you only focus on not trying to smoke you will eventually fall, human willpower has limits. Also remember that when you feel the emptiness, the pangs, the urge to smoke... you have the choice to fill it with God who will fulfill or smoking that won't. Love you brother and I know that he will bring victory in your life. He didn't just die on the cross.. but rose!!! He has promised that you will rise as well.
I come from a severe drug addiction background and to this day nicotine has been one of the hardest things for me to give up, mostly because of stress, and the fact it’s not socially unacceptable like the hard drugs, and people are so proud of me for how far I’ve come with opioids and Marijuana that they don’t think my nicotine addiction is a big deal and sometimes it encourages me a little bit to hang onto and convince myself I don’t need to quit. I will say I had moments when I was really walking close with the Lord that I tried to quit, and did pretty good considering how long and how much I’ve smoked or vaped all my life, also nicotine patches helped for sure. Something I noticed though is that I start to feel like I can’t give it up when I’m not trusting God, and have some anxiety about where I stand with Him. When I’m confident in my walk and not doubting or full of fear and anxiety I don’t feel the need to smoke NEARLY as much and for me I think that will be the key to quitting. Biggest advice is take your eyes off your sin and put it on Jesus. Like Moses who raised the serpent in the wilderness and it healed all who looked upon it, so it is with us when we look to Jesus, we can’t possibly do this stuff or quit on our own, or even if we force ourselves to stop, only He can truly heal us from these addictions at the root once and for all. it’s all through looking to the cross, not ourselves which will only lead to more discouragement.
somebody like this so I can come back to it years from now, please
Woah man, absolutely spot on of the tension between wanting God but also wanting sin and the comfort it brings at times. Really powerful and beautiful, very well done
todays my birthday. i messed up, i couldn't resist. its sunday. i needed this video, thank you. you are a blessing. im disappointed in myself, yet i don't touch the one thing to heal me of my sins.. my bible sits next to me wanting to be picked up, God wants me free and I keep saying no. how selfish. thank you for having such a way with words. this video made me cry. I need change and only im capable of starting that discipline.
God will never abandon you, he always loves and forgives. Jesus bless you
Once I knew of God , but now I’m proud to say I walk with him
,all praise to God almighty 🥲🙏🏻
Thank you, brother in Christ
Sin distances one from God (Isa. 59:2) and makes one more vulnerable to the Destroyer. The sheep must not stray from the protection of the Shepherd (Psalm 23). The road to life is long and difficult (Matt. 7:14), one must exercise faith, patience and persistence.
Best wishes to all.
I needed to hear this right now. This is a picture of my life and the life of many more. This is something you can't even discuss in Sunday School or with anybody that hasn't struggled with mental health and addictive disorders. It is the raw and real truth! Praise God for His Mercy, Grace and Unconditional Love. He is the friend of the broken hearted and Jesus knows our sin as it bore it bleeding on the cross! Thank you my brother for this timely reminder. I've hit a low point and have even felt lost again. Going to pick up my Bible and get on my knees.
It hurts the most when you know exactly what this feels like, word for word. This video really broke me but the tears from it ironically feel like healing like breaking down walls. Thank you brother in Christ for not being afraid to show the things that happen in the secret place and doing so in a way that tells us God really is. He is love and He will never give up on us even when we’re like the prodigal son and walk away. Even when we’re like Jonah and run away. Cause if God saw Barabbas as worthy to save, you too my friend are set free. This is apart of your journey, your testimony. Tell the people. You are free my friend. You are free. Never give up on God cause God has left the 99 to look for you and when He finds you, He rejoices. Keep fighting the good fight for anyone reading. You are not alone! ❤️
Hallelujah!
And wow! "He is love and He will never give up on us even when we’re like the prodigal son and walk away. Even when we’re like Jonah and run away. Cause if God saw Barabbas as worthy to save, you too my friend are set free." I am absolutely encouraged. ❤🔥
@@pastelshade Glory be to God my friend. God bless you ❤️
@@hellothere1973 thank you. May His face continue to shine upon you.
This thorn in my flesh. This lustful tendencies. I envy people who could just say no to these tendencies. While I on the other hand, suffer from persevering to not cross that line. It's like people who could just quit alcohol while I go crazy not being able to control myself. We all have our own sufferings. It's inevitable. Maybe the point is to suffer with joy, that suffering when directed towards God will lead to grace and His Kingdom. I truly believe that this suffering is just a reminder that were not meant in this world. We are mere pilgrims of the world.
My friend, thank you. Thank you for reminding me of His love for me. Thank you for reminding me, to be better. Try to be better. Not just for me but because He chose me to be better. Jesus loves you.
Im watching this high rn. I was doing fine i felt before doing it the first time but maybe i wasnt. I do gain a lot of confidence high and do feel free and ethereal sometimes. Its the best feeling i ever felt
most powerful, personable, and respectable video I’ve seen after mindlessly scrolling on RUclips. Thank you for your message. But I thank you Father God for Your sacrifice and patience. Through You, i will be made whole.
I'm battling with lust. No matter how much I try to break free I keep falling...I'm 19 but this all started when I was 11. I'm tired of it. I'm sick and tired. In fact, I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. And I'm involved with a guy online who i like so much but he won't get me closer to God. In fact he's dragging me away but i don't know how to end things with him. I thought i could control lust...little did ik is that its actually controlling me. Its a stronghold that I can't seem to get rid of
Me too, it started when I was 11, before I'd sleep I'd have to "fantasize about a guy.. " 😹. I'm now 22 and 2 yrs ago my lust upgraded into masturbation I watched a lot of yt vids to advice me on how to stop, also prayed about it. I'm a female btw.
I fought it, I'm fighting those urges every day. I haven't done any of those for a couple months. I look back and sometimes laugh at how pointless it was. I hope you are able to fight it too, I know you can 💃💪
Also leave that guy, this yr I was in the same boat as you but as soon as he mentioned he doesn't believe in God. I cut things off with him off.
Sorry for the long typing 😅
@acidicsoul4978 nooo no problem at all. This actually made me feel a lot better, and it gave me a lot of hope. I pray that I will be able to fight it as well
I’m 24. My bf was struggling hard and lead to a horrible breakup. If you get into a relationship let your partner know your struggles before she or he finds out and it causes break up. I was being lied to for years. I gave him a chance and now we are 2 year strong again and he’s changed so much. I couldn’t believe the guy I was with since high school was struggling so bad with lust…he said his started since he was like 8. It was like porn, sexually charged tv shows and books and just his brain couldn’t be normal because he was basically being controlled by his lust. Not a way to live. Now he’s stop watch porn and changed his perspective and has has a good job and stopped masturbating (we live together) our relationship got a lot better. Before he was obsessed with sex. Now it feels balance like he’s more himself. I’ll pray for you! Sorry if this is TMI
something i’ve heard of is when you have a small thought of going back to your sin, you have to turn your thoughts. for me, i feel like i have to almost physically turn my thoughts, like i have to make myself think of anything else until something catches on and the thoughts of sin are pushed away. lingering on the thought of sinning, especially the (temporary) satisfaction that comes with it, is what brings you into action.
That is definitely one of the things I struggle with. And have been struggling with it for over 40 years, only in recent years realizing that for me the struggle has been so hard because I didn't realize I was dealing with an addiction (basically since early middle school). But God has always seen me through. So many bad situations I got myself into (or almost did) that in hindsight could have been so much worse had God not been looking out for me. He gives me the strength to resist temptation and turn away from my wicked ways. And when I stumble and fall (as I so often do), he picks me up, dusts me off, wipes away my tears (and shame), wraps His loving arms around me and says, "Let's try again. I have you." Take heart and have hope, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." - 2 Corinthians 5:21
Oh, God how I hate the sin, and how I hate my fleshly desires, Oh God how I desire to be of one Spirit and flesh, and yet still I live in a body of death. For sin is but ashes in the mouth, and dust in the wind. Destruction to what I hold dear. If you say you love sin, you do not know life, and you do not understand death.
Dang brother, that hit me in the feels. Was saved in high school. Fell during Iraq. Was given another opportunity to accept His gift years later. Still struggle with sin and this video nails the internal battle I constantly have. Would like to see more of this style of videos from you. Be that light brother.
The last day I quit smoking, God asked me Do you love that cigarette more than me. That was 11 years ago. Never smoked again
For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
This is the perfect description of the normal Christian life. The sixteenth century reformer Martin Luther said that our greatest sin is presuming that we are righteous, and the first of his famous 95 theses states that the life of a Christian is a life of daily repentance.
Saved by grace through faith not by works lest any man boast. Thank you King Jesus ❤
You don’t know how much I needed to hear this this morning. God used you. Thank you brother.
I’ve finally overcome alcoholism, marijuana dependency, and nicotine withdrawal, thank you Christ. Lust is all that is left holding me back. How far disconnected I’ve become.
I cry a lot. 😭😭💔
Thankyou for aweking my soul😭😭💔
it is So important to get fed by his word and pray everyday!
😭😭😭🔥💯🎯📖✨🕊️🙏 it's a visious cycle but thank God we have JESUS ❤
I feel this so much 💜 as a woman too
Wow bro. This was solid. Praise Jesus my man, he loves you too mate.
i feel like there is no point to living. I wont kill myself ever, but even though I'm a Christian i have lost hope. You don't have to pray for me. i just feel like i need to share this idk.
Many Pastor's struggle with this, and depression. Derek Prince talked about how he'd fast and pray more and more thinking that would make the depression leave until God showed him the depression was a person, not himself, Having that view helped him remove it from his life. Here's a short where he explains it better - ruclips.net/video/UB2bHMYo2Gc/видео.html&ab_channel=BRMinistries
He loves you and understands where you're at. Keep bringing your longing and brokenness to Him. The day is coming soon when He will wipe away our tears, heal our brokenness, and lift us up to live in His presence forever.
this is so beautifully put, thank you
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew." St. Francis de Sales
"Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey. Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul." St. Anthony of Padua
"For God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all that seek him in truth." Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 2:13
You should consider doing a spiritual retreat in a monastery, blot out the noise of the world.
God bless
Very useful guidance. Thanks for sharing.
God bless you 🙏
@@SyoDraws Thanks be to God 🙂
Most accurate narration I've heard.
This is so beautiful I’m crying rn
In another instance of too much sloth I was experiencing temptation, then this popped up and I clicked on it. Thank you man.
Thank you God. He renews my strength with strength greater than my own.
My brother I’m glad I found you.I will leave you with this knowledge.Go listen to the words of Amazing Grace and See the Grace thru Our wretchfull hearts and Awaken my brother Reborn.🙏👼✝️
The amount of times I’ve been in this same struggle/thoughts is countless. But yet here I am still on fire for my lord. & as I sit back for a sec & look how far I’ve come with Christ, I realize how victorious he’s made me in all my battles. Which shows me he has & never will leave me nor forsake me (deuteronomy 31-6-8) he’s showed me all it takes is simple faith. Just keep it simple with him. Love him, trust/obey his word, let go of yourself & lay at his feet everyday. Just submit to his loving grace & mercy & he’ll heal all your brokenness. He has helped me overcome so many addictions. I’m far from perfect but I can finally see the work he’s done in my life. Thank you my Father💜✝️
It was at this very moment of my entire day/week/year/life when I really needed to hear this that it shows up on my RUclips. Thank you brother
This was extremely helpful to hear.
Wow. That was so relatable and at a such perfect timing. Thank God ❤
Hang in there darlin!God loves everyone of us as if there was only one of us!🙏😇🤗
I am not a good person just forgiven for I was once a hopeless sinner now I am just a sinner with hope.
Thank you Jesus for delivering me from cocain, alcoholism, and homosexuality!!! All things are POSSIBLE with God!! 🎉🥳🙌♥️
Thank you Lord for the video it is nice knowing im not the only one who struggles to live with this guilt thank you lord for your love thank you God amen
What a beautiful video. & what a blessing for me at this time too. Keep up the work
I love this you do, brother
In Christ. God’s Word is so powerful
You calling me “not with anger , not with judgment “ just love those lines ❤❤❤❤
You just said it all. God bless you bro
The hours, days, weeks and months searching RUclips for answers and finally, mercifully, the answer appears in a video two and half minutes long. Thank you Mr Ryan. Just what I’ve been searching for. 😢
This hits hard, love this
Beautiful JESUS. Full of GRACE.
KING OF KINGS !
AMEN
Really scared of falling back again don’t trust myself but I’m trusting he’ll bring us out of the cycles ❤thank u Lord for your love .
Get in the word. Pray, get rid of all distractions. Trust in the Lord.
Amen. Thank you Matthew so much for the video. God has saved me recently from a car crash which wasn’t violent but I believe it was punishment for my countless sins of lust. I’m trying to stop but the sin is so attractive I keep falling back. I have started going to mass every Sunday and that has definitely helped me do it less often. The goal is to focus on my career, physicality and relationships so I don’t have to think about that sin again.
every time i return to God or i see something related to God after sinning, I feel a tingling feeling in my right cheek like as if it's a hand holding my cheek
Wow I need to learn not be so judgmental…the title of the video had me viewing you a certain way. Thank you for your words. Truly GOD-SPIRING.
This was beautiful. Thank you, brother in Christ ❤
God bless you brother. I needed to hear that so much... a word in due season for sure. Thank you for giving me hope in my struggles.
Brother this had me tearing up and I raised my hand and said thank you God.
Man, never had a video speak exactly what had been going. Through my mind and speaking to my same struggle. It's proof the Holy Spirit is the same in us, giving us the conviction we need but also the hope that we need as well.
Thank you for this brother. Following Jesus truly is becoming a soldier for HIs kingdom, fighting spiritual battles every day. But let us remember that we are already victorious in Jesus's death on the cross! I pray we draw strength from Him each day, and not rely on our own. Spirits up Christians!
Thank you so much for this, truly I believe this is the most impactful video I have ever watched
Needed this man 🧍♂️ thanks for saying the words that I wouldn’t want to muster
I pray that, when the time comes, I'll be able to choose what is right rather than what is easy
This is a true masterpiece, You got Holy guidance
I’ve gone through so much. And I’ve suffered trauma that’s been affecting me long term because of the church and it made my OCD worse. But I’m not going to give up on God. Jesus went through way more for me
You are loved brother even if people or things happen really bad, you got this Jesus got this. He still in control and don't forget that you are a child of God.
This was incredible.
"For what I am doing I do not understand: for that which I desire to do I do not do, and that which I desire not to do I do." -Romans 7:15
Real. Keep going. Jesus loves you. Luke 18:9-14. Beating his chest saying: "Have mercy on me, a sinner".
I also used to smoke, but got showed me in a dream that i cant keep smoking and get to heaven. God is good, he set me free from smoking, he can help you too. Amen
How long have you quit and how did you quit?
This is a honest question, do you think this applies to all christians who smoke, like for example Charles Spurgeon?
@@ninjarogue I mean why would god allow one person to commit a sin and not someone else. I was trying to understand if smoking was a sin or not and then I had the dream where god showed me that it was a sin and that i had to quit. Then i knew i had to stop and i fought the addiction with god. I prayed over and over for god to take the addiction away and with the help of god i broke free. It wasnt easy for me and i fell many times but with gods help everything is possible. Pray to god and ask him for help and realise that it is in fact a sin and that you need to repent of it. God bless.
@@Mudskippersarecool14 How long did it take you to finally quit after going back and forth?
@@ninjarogue Well I dont really remember since i try to leave that behind. But if you are a smoker and you know that you have to quit god can help you like he helped me.
This was very beautiful! Sin shall no more have dominion over me! She who lives in pleasure is dead while she yet lives. He who sows to the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption but he who sows to the spirit will of the spirit reap life ever lasting! The grace of God given to us TO deny ungodliness! Only by His grace can we walk up rightly and even then our righteousness is as filthy rags before Him. Sin hurts so bad! I got into drinking and partying at 14 and now I’m 30 saved 5 years ago, it’s been a battle overcoming all the things I used to numb myself but my oh my is the reward of a clean conscience and His presence worth it! I think knowing He is always there and never will leave us or forsake us is the biggest help to actually cry out to Him and be able to turn away from sin!
God gave this to me with the perfect timing🙏
wow!
was about to comment about the smoking, but then i understand what you did with this one!
this is so good and so relatable!
Keep Going, Brother. God is working through you even now. May the Lord Jesus bless you and be with you 🙏🙌
Spot on man. Really a strong message
I introduced my brother to heroin and it killed him. Now I don't do drugs but I drink almost everyday. Thank you for your message. I can relate.
I truly wish everyone in this world could feel Gods love.
Beautifully done Matthew.. this is the truth of today’s generation, today’s society, of many believers.. those hidden sins within our hearts.. when we close our doors in the four corners of our rooms we find ourselves not exactly what God wants us to be.. may it be hidden vices, lust, undisciplined spiritual behavior, a lack of understanding, torment, worry, sadness.. but as we seek Him more, we will come to see His ways.. and truly, the things of this world, seem all to fade away..
I had many vices in the past and a sinful life, now completely freed, but the Lord Jesus Christ.. but there is always a price to pay, as we turn away from this world, our minds are renew, and the systems of this world seem to fade away..
I was completely free from vices, and even the urge that wants to get back to the systems of this world, through price of life - 21 day fasting experience, cleansed it for me.. I’m on my 19th day of recovery from my 40 days water fasting recently.. and to tell you..
We have come too far to look back.. 🌎🌍🌏
😢❤ This is all of us.
The timing of this video is amazing! I wrote this a few days ago about Romans 7, before I watched this.
These verses jumped off the page at me! Throughout my addiction, I repeatedly set the requirement for myself to never mess up. Then I would get so frustrated whenever I committed the same sin once again. I had grand plans to be a holy servant for God, but then I often "threw it all away" by sinning, and I would sulk for awhile before I felt like God wanted to be around me again.
I look at my sin and feel the same pain as Paul when he says "Wretched man that I am!" I WANT to do what's right. I AGREE that God's law is good. So why is it so hard to DO what it says? It's because sin is still present in my flesh.
I find it so encouraging that I'm not the only one with a war waging within me, fighting to do what's right. It's a battle every day, but His grace is new every morning. The father of lies says "Just give in. You're too far gone." But I know my God declares me not guilty, and will grant my prayer to remove my sin. And until then, I have God's spirit to call out Satan's lies and show me how to live like Jesus.
I forgive you your sins. You are not defined by the mistakes you've made. You are defined by the love God has showered upon you. Thank you for this video.
The fight is hard but it is won only by running to the Cross and Jesus Christ again. Dont give up, this hits home real deep.
Wow this spoke to me on another level, I know I‘m a good Person deep down but i keep on failing, i did so many bad things, i try my best atleast on most days i try to not get lost in sin.
This is beautiful. Thank you God for never giving up on me...
“And lo, I AM with you always, even unto the end of the world.” Amen. 🙏
This is a sensational Video,full respect to you Matthew.