You have to hate your sin and realize if you don't kill it, it will kill you. It will kill your dreams, it will kill your relationships, it will kill love, it steal your hope and peace. You need to run to God every time you're tempted and replace your sin with The LORD.
You are right. Nevertheless, it was easier to me when I realized that scriptures are historical facts. God is Love but also Consuming Fire. It is just that there is a lot of cherry picking now days when it comes to the scriptures. It is so serious that it is scary. Time is running out of Grace. That is what I learned...I repented and put my faith in Jesus Lord. Now I'm a new creature with new desires in Jesus name.
I felt very strong temptations to lust today. Opened my computer with bad intentions and the first thing I saw was this video on my recommended. I reloaded the page 4 more times and it was still there. This must be a sign
Pornography is what kept my homosexual desires alive. Since I've stopped watching it, I am no longer a slave to those desires, and eventually they will probably disappear. With the help of Jesus, I no longer identify as gay, and now I can see other men as friends and brothers, which is awesome. Jesus made me give up that false identity, and pornography is certainly something that belongs to Satan. It's really a poison.
Pray also against evil memory recall and any spirits that try to lead you around the wrong people, images, or vices. Bless and dedicate your devices. Pray before you go online and have a James 4 plan in place. God bless all those seeking healing from Jesus and are now healed in his name. May the holy Spirit fill up those areas and push out what shouldn't stay. May God bless the plan he has for us and send his only holy angels to guide us to it. Amen.
Our purpose isn’t to marry anyone, sometimes people never marry. You must first realize why you follow God and why you believe him. He should fulfill you and give you all you need. If you are looking for a relationship to fulfill you, you should stop and reevaluate your motives behind why you’re looking for that relationship and where your relationship with God is.
I think that struggle originates from the feeling of being dirty and not enough. That feeling is a lie from Satan. He wants us to believe that we’re worthless, so that when God gives us a command or has us do something for the kingdom it makes us ineffective. He may have lost the war for your soul, but he is going to do everything in his power to win whatever battles he can. Jesus wants you more than anything. He loves you so much that he died the most painful death possible FOR YOU. AND THEN, he came back from the dead so that you could join him. He endured temptation just like we are facing so he can truly say “I understand what you are going through.” Jesus cannot lie, and he says that you are a precious child of God. An heir to the kingdom of God just like he is. You are a prince or princess and you have brothers and sisters who are struggling with the same exact thing. I am one of them. It does not make you less. It just means that right now you are being faced with your own weakness, and it’s in our weakness that God’s true strength and Glory is revealed. Right now your testimony is being forged. It’s uncomfortable and hard to walk in the fire and endure the pressure. Jesus is right there next to you. You are not alone. I know that we may not meet here on this Earth, but I cannot wait to meet you in heaven. I want to hear all about your testimony and the ways that God worked through and for you. After that, I’ll hug you and tell you mine. I love you my precious sibling in Christ.
I really don’t know why Porn Exists Because it really addictive and hard to overcome a porn addiction which has a major affect on your sex life and relationship with your boyfriend/girlfriend. I’ve been struggling with my porn addiction at 15-16 years old. But now that I’m 21, I no longer don’t watch porn
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To be fair you were spiritually too strong to overcome that in the age of 21, I've seen some people who sank in until the age of 40, so hats off to you👍
A way im learning how to de-sexualise my mind is to look at people the way Jesus would look at them, because lust is the lack of love and we know the Christ is Love. So that’s what helps me. I also pray for the people that are yk cornstars and I pray for them to stop doing what they’re doing and others that may stumble due to that cornstar. 🌚🌚🌚
What really impacted me in seeing others as Jesus sees others was thru the Eastern Orthodox idea of Theosis. Michael Haiser (a protestant hebrew scholar) attested to this idea and defended it with scripture in his book *The Unseen Realm*, and the perspective really changes how we view humans in general.
It’s a battle, but we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us🙏 This is why lust is the one sin Jesus instructs us to run from this sin instead of fighting it as we are to do others
@@santiagomolinarestrepo6329 Yes, we are told to flee from sexual immorality. Perhaps because there is something different about it compared to other sins. The bible states as much saying that sexual sin is sin against the body where as other sin is outside the body
When the thoughts come to mind I always remember how much Christ loves me and what he put on the line for me to be with him, also get up and walk outside if need be brotha. All is possible through Christ, much love you got this.
@@santiagomolinarestrepo6329 1 Corinthians 6:18 "Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body". This is Paul telling the Corinthians that sexual immorality is a sin against one's own body because it is the only sin that so clearly affects the body.
Crazy how we have almost identical stories of exposure and recovery. Thank you for speaking up for all the 11 year old boys who are just starting in this terrible and destructive sin…I pray that this video finds them and any other man who is seeking freedom
What helped me the most is I realized that I truly was oppressed demonically. Not everyone is, but my mother had a dream about me having an open door into sexual sin, and I was a bit confused and couldn’t find it. I was praying and praying and studying and studying (Psalm 51 is so good for this), but eventually I was sitting in the shower and listening to a worship song that says: “Your presence is enough / Your presence is enough / Your presence is enough for me” it was then I heard him ask me “is my presence enough. Reluctantly (I am so thankful now!!!) I said yes because I knew he was going to ask me to sacrifice something, and he told me to rid my life of all secular music. I don’t listen, and never have listened, to sexual music. I still don’t know if it was a song or music in general, but my desire since then has lessened and lessened. In a single moment it went from an overpowering spiritual incitement to a habitual sin that scripture and prayer began to rid me of. “Draw near to God and he will draw near to you; resist the devil and he will flee from you.” Psalm 51 is great for this, as it was the Psalm David wrote after going into Bathsheba and killing Uriah.
As a Christian, the first thing I have to remember is that I am a wretch without Christ. I am a slave to my sin, as it’s the idol that I had closed my heart to God to worship. Open your heart to God. Christ is knocking at the door of our hearts. Without Him, I’m relying on myself, and I cannot end the sin on my own. My efforts are not enough. Depend on God. Understand your own helplessness and rely on Him. Pray to Him. Speak to Him. Every moment you can, pray without ceasing. Christian, He has redeemed you and knows you by name. Why do you hesitate? Be with Him. Are you too ashamed of your own sin to believe in His promise? Christian, you falter because you’re prideful. You’re worshipping your own willpower, thinking it’s yourself who will stop your lusts and depravity. You believe in your own efforts, but only God can set you free. Let go. Be with Him. It is not I who averted my sinful thoughts, but Christ in me.
I’m skeptical of that. Sure, desires change as a response to alignment with Christ. But how does something like that go away? I hate it. I wish I would die rather than fall back to it again. But I can’t ever make myself turn away entirely. Does that mean I don’t love Christ? Or that I’m not saved? I’m sick of the narrative that paints this sin as something that doesn’t allow you to be saved, when we are all sinners period. I need this to stop, but it’s not a problem of “I don’t believe hard enough.” How do I get rid of this? I’m sick of it sabotaging my life, and it’s more than what I’ve ever had to deal with before
@@bigbossadidoss8678 All sin we do doesn’t allow us to be saved; it’s only through God’s grace and sacrifice that we are saved. And yes, it is not a problem of “I don’t believe hard enough.” There is a trap in that thought process - that we are the ones who are capable of absolving sin through our belief alone. We can’t. While it’s good to believe - “Even the demons believe, and shudder!” - our belief doesn’t save us. God does. Rely on God in all things. Don’t rely on what you can do. You will do good works that will help you as a result of relying on God, yes. But that’s God leading you, not you leading yourself.
I am still fighting (or currently just giving into) sexual sin for years. Masturbation started when I was 10 & I’m currently 16 about to go onto 17 dealing with it. Although I’ve never watched porn , other sexual content like Boyfriend ASMRs (which often featured characters from fandoms I’m into) along with my imagination has fuel the lustful desires of my flesh & it starting to make me nonchalant to my disobedience. I’ve kept this sin hidden for years, so I’m confessing it somewhere now. And I thank you for frequently making videos on topics like these. Please pray for me 🙏♥️
This is so rough, and I'm praying for you! I escaped this battle more than ten years ago, but I feel very deeply. There is hope. There is a way out. It is hard work, but it is logical and possible by God's strength and grace. If you want to be free - keep going. Read, listen, learn, and find the weapons you need. This is a battle, but there *are* weapons that work for it 🫂🫂
Great job and wanting to do better!!! And choosing to confess and asking for help is a great start!! So proud of you! Praying for you to be free, but, also I really recommend that you try prayer and fasting:) it worked wonders for me so I really recommend it.
I used to struggle with this when I was your age too. I’m 21 now, and it does get a lot easier. One thing that made it easier was starting to find the videos cringey. Some reaction videos really highlight how cringey and dum the videos are and it makes you not want to watch those things.
12 years fighting for my life. I would spend up to 4 hours into the night, not doing my homework, and I didn't advance in life for years after high school and college. Over time, I fell into a deep, dark despair. I even gave up on God and Jesus, turning away from seeking Him. But God didn't let me go. For six months, I went through a process of faith alone and discovered a freedom in Him. (Edit): I would repeat one verse over and over again, even during relapse. “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:36 Someone once told me it was the power of repetition and mental gymnastics, basically. But I am 100% convinced it was a supernatural occurrence. The scriptures, inspired by God, become spiritual when believed upon with child-like faith. When acted upon with humility and hope in Jesus, they provide the strength and grace to achieve the promises of God. In my case, it was deliverance from addiction. And then, it was healing from family trauma. Now, life is a stark contrast to what it was during those days.
I agree brother that confessing the Scriptures over and over again will change your mind. Like what king David said in Psalm 119:13. What you say is what you believe, probably will do it more often to confess the Word.
Wonderful points. Porn is evil, addictive and destructive. Even if one avoids pornographic content, one can still create porn in their minds with other images. We must pray that Christ comes into our lives via the Holy Spirit and helps us to overcome this horrible addiction. We must pray that He desexualizes our minds so that we can be guided by the Holy Spirit.
Lust is very tough to overcome. I quit masturbation and looking at porn for about 10 months now. I feel like I got that in control and life is much better without it. The hard part I still struggle with at times is being out in public, whether at the public gym or at the beach. I see someone I'm attracted to who is exposing quite a lot and it's like the lustful thoughts are almost simultaneous. It's really a battle between flesh and spirit.
Remember Gods Grace is a super power and you gotta remember they're his children and last thing you don't wanna disrespect is his child because your disrespecting him
@@koreansmurf5276 It is normal to be tempted, we all are, even amongst the the most gracious. No human is free from temptation. We as christians are called to reject that temptation and to not give in. Not to "not have them at all", that is not the point.
I wouldn't use the word normal but reactive. Normal is how God designed us which lust is not normal it's satanic planned (covet sin) we're to turn, run from, and avoid.
7 years I was bound to porn, gave my life back to God June 28 2023 after “thinking” I was saved long before. Slowly but surely I started struggling less and less and now I can truly say Jesus set me free. I don’t have the desire , it disgusts me to even think about, I’m able to look away from temptation with ease. Also yes I deleted social media and put blockers on my phone to help as well. But the temptations irl or on the apps I have is still there but so easy to deter. But can’t get comfortable , I know satan will tempt me again and again because he knows I’m Gods child.
I've been struggling with porn and masturbation a lot. Unfortunately. And I am sorry to God, that I've been stumbling with those dirty actions over again. I confess my sins. But like Jesus said: 'With God all things are possible', we will win the battle with Him 💛 Thank you for your videos, they have helped me a lot on my way towards purity ❤ God bless you folks, stay strong in God 🙏🏻✨
You just spoke directly to my heart and situation. I opened RUclips and this video came up immediately. Thank you for posting this and allowing God to work through you.
This is true. I’ve been going strong a year now. No fap. No porn. Sitting with lustful emotions and thoughts and rebuking them when they start to creep in.
I'm struggling. Done things to others (not physically but still gross things I am not proud of) some things that I will take to my grave. This is something I needed to hear and something I've been struggling to do with myself for 10 years.
Guys in this comment section please read. I am 27 years old. I have struggled with porn since I was 9 years old. I have been married for a year and I must say. This never fully goes away. This will be a constant struggle for a lot of you. But that is okay. We all have daily battles but rejoice in overcoming the temptations. Rejoice in our Lord
Love and respect to you brother. I have fought this porn/sexual addiction since is was 18. I have just recently been set free in my 40s. I do have to disagree with you tho. John 8:36 says that whoever the Son sets free is free indeed. That means TOTALLY free, with no remnant. We have to relay on His strength, and not our own. It's when we don't lean on Him completely for our deliverance, we fall back into old habits. Praying your strength brother.
As a kid who grew up in a Christian private school I relate to this so much. The only real difference between your story and mine is that I started at age 12 rather than age 11. Just because I may have never went on the hub doesn't mean that I wasn't being sexualized by other types of soft corn that is legal on certain platforms including youtube. This is something that I never truly understood until even 2-3 years ago. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing this will truly help so many people as it did for me listening and looking back about how I thought at that young age. (As a 17year old now I am so glad that I have broken most of these types of mindsets and addiction now that doesn't mean that I am no longer at war with them, but it means that I am now overcoming).
I’ve been extremely anxious lately to the point where just feel like crying and i’ve been lusting to have some sort of escape and it makes me feel so much better that i have someone that can relate to me.
Porn honestly is so harmful. I often think about my future spouse and how lucky I’d be if they never got exposed or addicted and I know that’s impossible these days. I truly hate it. Even before I knew if it was sinful or not I hated it. when I first discovered guys really did what they did and watched it, it Shattered the way I looked at the world and it was really hard for me to accept for years. Most guys I’ve dated watched it and had an addiction. I personally vowed to myself I would never settle for someone who watches or thinks it’s not a big deal because I’ve already been there and done that and it’s a standard I have to protect myself from the pain of it. It’s literally cheating. People think that’s exaggerated but it’s the same feelings of betrayal and it makes you wonder why you wouldn’t just be enough for that person, regardless if it’s an addiction. It hurts the same way. Especially when you’re on the other end of that and you don’t do it. It disgusts me. The thing is I’m decently attractive too and it still makes you feel so ugly when you have a partner who does that because they will watch literally people who look nothing like you. you could be so gorgeous and this addiction has it so you still will never be enough to satisfy.
Yes, the actions cannot be fought, the thoughts can. Don't play with fire like I did (and still battle with). Look at Numbers 21, look at Jesus on the cross the second you recognize your mind wandering off to lust, the bite of the viper. In due time the thoughts will diminish, but stay vigilant to smite them whenever they pop up. And most of all, hold on to *grace!* God doesn't love you less because you failed; you were saved for free and you are are kept saved for free!
Glad I found this video. I struggle with this too, not alot but every time I feel ashamed, I know what I need to do yet I don't do it. Work in progress. For all of us out there who struggle.. we can do it. The accountability we hold ourselves to really matters. If you feel terrible for these things, you're on your way to being a better person.. keep striving. Love you all. And again thanks for this video.
Thank you so much for posting this video!! I tried triggers, even going back to a flip phone, but its like an addict looking for a fix....you will always find it! The phrase self-control or self-discipline is used many times in the New Testament by Jesus, Paul, Peter, and many others and I thought I understood what they ment.....but this video, not just cutting triggers bc they will always be around, but UNDERSTANDING triggers is definitely what I believe they ment when they spoke 2,000 years ago. Thank you for what you are doing! Ive been struggling my whole life with this beast and never felt I was getting footing mentally until I watched this video
I need prayer. I have struggled with lust my whole life........ It is so frustrating that I keep giving in. It ruins my joy. my peace. Pretty much everything.
What gets me is that I like my life, I think everything is fine. Nothing seems that chaotic, nothing really feels hopeless. And yet I keep returning to this sin, and why? I mean, I can point to a few reasons, habit, curiosity, the way that since ive been in it for so long when I try to stop my mind wont let me think about anything else until I get that release... I think one of the bigger things is, I want to give my life to God, at least, like overall, that's the idea. But do I live that way? Do I really try to give every moment to God? Not really. I havnt had that mentality. And im just hoping that I can grow into that mentality.
Great job on seeing the right mindset and wanting to have it! I really recommend memorizing scripture, that way you can quote them when you feel tempted. As well as keeping your focus on God:) also, try prayer and fasting
It is funny you're talking about triggers and how companies use them, because there was an ad on this video with an attractive looking woman for a therapy business. In that moment when my mind saw an opportunity to lust, it was much easier to skip the ad instead of going down the negative thought pattern to wonder exactly what she looked like in the clothes that were flattering her appearance. Lust also felt easier to resist a few minutes after watching this video earlier when I went back to social media since I filled my mind with Christian content. It just goes to show how important it is to daily encounter God, his people, and his ways. Thank you for the encouragement (or discouragement depending on how you look at it)!
God bless you my brother. This is good👊 I've never seen any videos like this posted. You can help many struggling souls. I appreciate it and wish you blessings
Pornographic and sensual related content like constant feed of instagram bikini models and other sensual stuff….all of that is not good for your brain. You were not meant to be exposed to sensual content for long periods of time. That stuff harms your mind and alters your thinking. All of a sudden you start seeing women in relation to their sexual ability. Your thoughts change, and you are constantly thinking about it, and eventually it changes how you approach women. You are very right man. I have struggled with lust for years, since I was a teenager. Since we are exposed to hundreds of pages of fast moving information every day through social media, it’s harmful to keep exposing yourself to lascivious content, scrolling for hours. My advice is to clean up your social media accounts as a good first step. Either take a long break, or really do some cleaning of your tik tok, instagram feed, etc.
The similarities in our stories are pretty much exactly the same. I was homeschooled my entire life, grew up in Godly home, had phenomenal parents. When I was 11, I got an iPod touch. I first saw pornography on the Vine app. I would scroll RUclips endlessly looking for something to fulfill that urge and craving, but telling myself it was okay because it “wasn’t pornography” . My teenage years and into my early adulthood I continued to fall back into the grasp of addiction. To those who have battled with addiction, hopelessness, and condemnation. You’re not alone. Follow the Lords conviction and seek his word. If you fall, get back up. Don’t let the devil tell you you’re anything less because you’ve fallen. David was a man after Gods own heart. David had a lot of issues. Conviction is of God. Condemnation is not. Keep your head up, continue to seek the face of God. He will deliver you .
I asked the Lord to help me battle my Lust and this morning this video pops up. How awesome is the Lord. The bible says ask and it shall be give you, and here this video is helping me with my problems. Thank you Lord and thank you Daily Disciple for this video
I haven't really watched your channel till this video caught my mind and now I really enjoy what you have to say, you honestly feel like a real person and not like how youtubers make themselves perfect and not like a brother, but you made this video feel like a 1 on 1 talk, I can relate to this so much, thank you. 😇
🎀As someone who struggled with porn So much I actually started doing it as a (job) thinking I had the "dream job", I am so glad to see when this topic is talked about because it truly does destroy you from within, I had no idea how much it completely wrecked me and how i viewed others, until I was saved and found Christ, I still struggle sometimes .... But now I see just how much it truly messed me up, people say it's "no big deal"....but it's so much worse then people realize....
I really like this honest guy. Plz continue with the straight talk. Too many people speak around the problem and don't confess that they have a problem.
This is so true and I wish men would see this and think about what he’s saying. Porn and anything leading to porn is harmful. It has ruined society and relationships. Please everyone share with your sons, boyfriends and spouses. It’s so important.
I had a porn addiction my whole life. It is the main reason I am single at 52. It ruined my relationship with women. I became Catholic and started praying the rosary every morning. Instantly all temptation disappeared. It changed me so profoundly I can't even express. I'm never tempted anymore and when I see seductive imagery or even a hot woman in person it doesn't affect me anymore.
You touched on it but.... to those struggling, PRAY and ask God to help you. Even if it's only saying "help me God". Ask Him to remove these things from your heart and watch the miracles change you when you truly give yourself too God.
This video convicted me of my sexual sins. I have been addicted to porn and masterbation for years. I fight the temptations but I give in and I hate it. Please pray for me to be free from this sin.
Thank you, I needed to hear this msg. Note to self, stop trying it on our own belief as in “oh I could stop it, etc etc…. Realize we are sinners in need of a Savior whose name is Jesus and he Loves you&I and all of his creation very much! Repent.”
I have turned to this kind of thing for so long to counter my anxiety and depression. I understand it’s the same as drugs or alcohol in that sense. It’s hard to deal with that daily anxiety and depression without something to make me forget about it for a while. Then the anxiety hits me harder than ever. And I hate it. I hate myself. I truly hate myself and feel worthless on a near daily basis. Please pray for me
This is my biggest struggle.. it's literally everywhere! Facebook, random things on the internet it'll show an attractive woman..or magazines and signs i walk past.. girls wearing yoga pants etc.. then my brain goes crazy with thoughts and then i sin.. i hate it so much and want so badly to be set free from it.. it feel impossible to overcome 😪 And when im having a bad day or something is wrong.. my thoughts goto "well watch porn and feel good for a while".. it's literally going to take a miracle to be set free of this.
Dude I totally feel you. My instagram and the ads I get on my phone are just full of cheeks. I've been on Semen Retention for almost 3 months now. It's been an insane journey. I still have huge corn cravings but I'm doing good. I almost feel as if it's an agenda these days. An agenda to make men weak so they lack motivation to chase their dreams, to keep us suppressed. And the biggest part of the agenda is to make it so we are lonely and don't have kids. Maybe they think there's a population issue? Idk. What I do know is watching Corn wilk keep you lonely and won't have any desire to go chase women and start a life. It really does kill your drive. I have had so much motivation ever since I stopped watching it.
In my life currently, I've been day by day so far stopping to fap in the bathroom and it's for a few different reasons: Basic reason is it's hurting me, my family, and my friends as well. Recently, a family friend of ours has stopped smoking after many decades and it became a motivation for me to start stopping my s*xual sin. Another reason is an actor from The Terminator franchise (the actor who played Kyle Reese) said a line in a podcast said he was killing himself because of the drinking he did for many years and it was an eye opener for me. The biggest reason why I kept on doing it was I was actually entertaining my thoughts of all of these hyper-s*xual active girls on the internet and in person. My verse in this season is Psalm 32:5 and I understand now why it has affected me with corn was because I desire to be with a Christian woman God has for me along with how I should be thinking of girls as God's child. I can't be distracted in the bathroom by my thoughts and the motivation to keep going to continue to stop my sin day by day. I knew through God it will end but at the same time, I'm dealing with it. I understand my triggers are women in movies, music, books who are being s*xualized along with posters, billboards, and all the disgusting thoughts I can't be entertaining anymore.
Hey Issac, have you considered that there’s a void or a lack of something in each of us that struggle with lust? There’s a song by a Christian artist named Moriah, called “Known, Seen, Loved”. I’ve been thinking about that song much more lately. “I thought I wanted answers… I thought I wanted healing… I thought I wanted justice… I thought I wanted power… But what I need most is to be known, seen, loved” Powerful. That song is powerful because it’s true. I’m half deaf and have been that way since birth. I don’t exactly fit in with everybody else. I have always had trouble making friends and not utterly embarrassing myself. So I tried my hardest to change my image and get a fresh start so I can have tons of friends and be much more cool. I spent so many Friday and Saturdays by myself growing up. While my friends all went out to hang out I had no friends, really. The reason I am telling you guys this is that now that I am married, I’m looking into why I still struggle. I’ve always wanted to be seen, and loved by someone. I’ve wanted a girlfriend and a wife. Porn was my outlet to try and cope with the loneliness. What some of us needed most was to come to the cross, and find Jesus whose arms are wide open. There’s something missing in our lives, and we are broken somewhere. The lust issues we all face are attempts at coping with those problems. Jesus is the answer guys. You are known, seen and loved by him. He is enough. My father in heaven sees me, and he understands me. He understands that I’m lonely. I’m not alone because what I am missing inside can be found in him. Porn is just an attempt at escaping the real issues. Sin hurts us more than we realize.
Hey, Shawn, my name is Pavel. Can you please pray for me? I’m struggling with the same issues you went through. I am praying for you and your marriage.
Thank you so much for this video brother. Not only can these tips apply to sexual sin, but other sins I struggle with like video game addiction and overeating. Thank you, God is using you for great things. God bless!
I'm on a new retention journey but Jesus is helping me. At my age 29, I'm like hey....I gotta change. I have to change what I put in my body, how I treat my body and others. It changes perception. It's healing to let your brain reset and focus on goals. Goals that make your life enhanced not worse. Financial, godly relationships that last.
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Amazing points made. I will start using the retraining my thirst method. Another thought that may help is to remember that the Lord blesses through obedience, but curses and judges through sin. Please remember all you younger men out there that it doesn’t get easier the older you get. Get ahead of it now so as to strengthen your relationship with God. He wants to bless you, but obedience must come first. I’m 45 and married and have and can easily be triggered, so I must die to myself and my own desires daily,.......sometimes hourly.
For many years I thought 🌽 brought out and enabled my worst desires to run rampant. After getting clean and looking back I realized those desires weren’t bad. It was the way I was acting on them which was bad and extremely unhealthy. We all have things we want, what we do with those feelings is what matters.
talking about triger, broadly speaking, not only understanding the filthy content, triger can also come from feeling disgrace, sadness, sorrows, becareful on those things too. this is obviously not a simple battle, pay attention to your lifestyle. basically change everything. it's hard but we're fighting together.
Although I might not agree with the religious portion of this, the addictive and keeping accountable really hit hard. Especially the redesigning your tastes.
I’m doing good on the not watching or looking up explicit videos and images, but the hard part I still struggle with being married is while out in public, seeing other women and having sexual thoughts. Or seeing other women and continually look at/ towards her, even while with my wife.
Man I’m 2 years clean off porn at 24. It’s absolutely insane how drastic of a change it made in my mind. I’m able to have beautiful non sexual relationships with women that are far more pleasurable and emotionally fulfilling than sex. I’m also never jealous/ envious anymore. Very secured into my masculine frame.
The part where you mentioned how after falling into lust you promised to never do it again, then went to watch a christian video about lust and get hyped up, just to fall into it again the next day is so relatable unfortunately...
I have been reprogramming for a couple of years but after decades of adultry and lust it's left me in a spot at times that it just happens automatically. More and more I can spot it for what it is and I can put a halt to it. But there are times where all rational just stops and the old habits just rule. To all that suffer as I do stay strong I'll say prayer for us as well.
When most countries ban highly addictive substances like cocaine and heroin, what is the justification for letting pornography be legal? Surely it is more addictive and harmful than drugs like marijuana that are still illegal in many places. Society could easily ban the production and distribution of pornography if it understood it’s another narcotic.
My big thing as I’m trying to get out of it is that I don’t get anything from it I don’t even get pleasure from it but I keep turning back to it like I’m a cigarette addict
Thank you for the content. Can you maybe put the mic on a table. It was a bit distracting hearing the sound of the cable moving around when you were talking.
I don’t watch porn as much as i used to. I’ve prayed to God to help me deal with pornography and lust. I understand that change takes time, a couple things that has helped me reduce and work towards quitting porn is fixing my sleep schedule (sleeping earlier). At least for most people, porn is watched late at night when your medium of consumption is at an arm's reach. Keeping these mediums far away from you tends to help (out of sight out of mind). Another thing that has honestly helped me is working out. It was such a drastic switch, when I started working out and got consistent with it, I lost all interest in porn. This is mostly because my “working out” journey brought along a mentality of self improvement, a mentality that surpassed my prior desire to watch porn. I strongly believe that God answers our prayers, and uses ways well within our reach to help us. Just know that you’re not alone in this journey and that with the help of God and the willingness to surrender you’ll come out victorious. Bless.
I desexualized my brain over i year ago. I have absolutely ZERO urges. I direct all the 'energy' to my goals, hobbies and healthy desires. best decision ever.
I told myself I would never do it again after the first time I SH'd, and the 2nd and 3rd time as well, then after the 4th time I knew I had a problem, and I didn't know how to solve it. Then lockdown happened and you could hardly see my arm for the marks. I stopped as my mental health improved, but something would make me go back. I relapsed big time last summer and It was so different not being in lockdown with my arms looking as they did. I felt I was letting down everyone who has supported me by them seeing me like that. I'm probably in the longest stretch I've ever had of not doing it, but I know something can trigger me, even thinking about it makes me tempted, but I know how to resist that now. If you do something addictive, then telling yourself "that was a mistake, I'll never do that again" is being in denial and you are being naive.The reality is you've opened that bottle and you can't put the lid back on. You don't need to keep doing it, but you need to approach not doing it with that in mind, rather than trying to pretend you had never opened that bottle in the first place.
Corn addiction is tough. Because it's very similar to heroin in brain scans. I've been on Semen Retention for the last 3 months and it's made quitting weed and alcohol a walk in the park. Been working out putting on good muscle,.eating super healthy with almost no sugar.. don't even crave sugar anymore but I tell yah,.that dopamine hit you get from Corn is no joke. I've been embracing the cravings lately though. I realize it's my brain trying to hijack my motivation, my aura, and I'm not letting it happen. I'm in control of the stirring wheel. I think women can kinda tell when you watch it too. I have so much energy built up lately, anytime I go into public, women look at me like they want to eat me. Dudes either mean mug me or they size me up but not all of them. People are attracted to me like a magnet. Once you start seeing the results of retaining your seed. You won't want to go back. I did relapse with corn early on in my journey and when I did, I tried to take note off all the things that it did to me. It made the beautiful, bright day seem quite a bit more dark and cloudy. It gave me a little bit of brain fog too. It also made me forget super little things that I definitely wouldn't have forgotten if I didn't watch it that day. Social anxiety went up a little bit too, makes it so you don't want to interact with people, all for what? Just a quick dopamine hit. If you're trying to build my muscle too, it's not good because it will leave cortisol in your body after you're done watching it. Lock in brothers
Thank you for discussing this. My journey with porn started a similar way to you. I initially started with images, then moved to porn images, then moved to extreme stuff, then it got depraved because at this point I wasn't feeling the hit the same (and afterwards I would feel like my soul has been ripped off). Fast foward to me being 19 and I found that quitting cold turkey was hard. So I started with deleting websites and search engines (since the search engine was restricted for my whole family since I have younger sibs and found loop holes). I deleted youtube channels that had nothing to do with God or the news. Then I started getting into scripture, and I understood that while it will not go away, whenever I stumble I should approach the father. Then I began limiting it to a couple times a day, then to ones a day, and now it is down to once a couple weeks. Reality is lust is a sin, and sins have consequences. For me that consequence is knowing that for the rest if my life even though I have gotten better, I will have to live with the fact my life has been corrupted. Everyonce in a while an ad or bad video throws me back. But I agree with you, this is not something that will go away. One thing to understand is, no one should ever let it get to a point where you are ashamed to come before God and repent after you do it. Even if it is one minute after you just finished previously repenting. Also disgust is a part of repentance, but do not mistake it as a barrier to repentance, or a sign of unworthiness before God. Stay blessed my friends 🙏🏾✝️
A big issue I have in this battle is I have no one close to me who really understands that this is bad. They don't see it as big of an issue as it is so I've been fighting this fight without someone who understands. Yes I have a buddy way back from highschool but he doesn't see things the same. Listens but doesn't see the same. I long for people or even just one person I could spend time around who can help by having the same drive as me but so far I've found none
As someone who doesn't follow any bikini models or struggles with Porn, I do have a frustration and *maybe someone can speak to this*. The other night I was watching a video and in the video was a beautiful (25 y/o) woman sharing her story, just being really vulnerable about dealing with substance addiction in her past, dealing with a miscarriage, healing through trauma etc. It was both an interesting and beautiful video and I thought wow this person is amazing, really sounds like she's maturing-so out of curiosity (and i mean genuine curiosity) I checked out her instagram page and what did I find? A bunch of thirst trap, lingerie posts. And in that moment, everything I knew about her went out the window (her story, her life, who she is, even my respect)--my brain instantly went to viewing her as a sexual object-I closed instagram because I don't like to indulge. The frustration for me is that even though the woman posting promiscuous photos and the one in the video were the same, they were two completely different people. My frustration is SO many women do this. On one hand I want to have compassion on this woman as I should but on the other it's like dude what the heck are you doing??? I will be doing my due diligence though, I am actually going to remove instagram for awhile maybe even permanently because I do need to de-sexualize my brain as I'm tired of the instagram bodies there are. But can anyone speak into this?
There is actually a really tough disconnect for a lot of women, who are taught that displaying themselves as sexually attractive is 1) the way to look beautiful 2) not sexual, just 'cute' 3) the only way to feel loved 4) not responsible for how guys see them. This teaching has even infiltrated the church, and because a woman's created beauty is so core to her identity, it has to be handled with extreme caution, otherwise it ends up being legalistic, controlling or traumatic. It is a rough one. I'm really sorry for you mate. And really grateful I was raised in a home with high modesty standards, so I don't live with that type of regret 💔🫂
Dude, honestly I feel the same way. I honestly don’t lust after anyone in church or in public, but I almost always only lust after people who I have respect for. If they’re dressed horribly and they know it or doing thirst trapped videos, I not only don’t respect them but I definitely am more apt to lust at them. Sometimes I wonder if that’s me judging even when I’m not a judgey typa person.
You have to hate your sin and realize if you don't kill it, it will kill you. It will kill your dreams, it will kill your relationships, it will kill love, it steal your hope and peace. You need to run to God every time you're tempted and replace your sin with The LORD.
Thank you, I needed this ❤
Thank you, I know a friend named Mark that told me the same thing! God bless you both!
It’s so true, but also a lot easier to say than to convert into lasting action
Absolutely 💯
You are right. Nevertheless, it was easier to me when I realized that scriptures are historical facts. God is Love but also Consuming Fire. It is just that there is a lot of cherry picking now days when it comes to the scriptures. It is so serious that it is scary. Time is running out of Grace. That is what I learned...I repented and put my faith in Jesus Lord. Now I'm a new creature with new desires in Jesus name.
I felt very strong temptations to lust today. Opened my computer with bad intentions and the first thing I saw was this video on my recommended. I reloaded the page 4 more times and it was still there. This must be a sign
How are you feeling now?
@@Robweisenhowser ready to commit my life to christ
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@@Robweisenhowser ready to commit my life to christ
@@lcf7662 Amen!! Me too
Pornography is what kept my homosexual desires alive. Since I've stopped watching it, I am no longer a slave to those desires, and eventually they will probably disappear. With the help of Jesus, I no longer identify as gay, and now I can see other men as friends and brothers, which is awesome. Jesus made me give up that false identity, and pornography is certainly something that belongs to Satan. It's really a poison.
This is such a delightful testimony. Thank you for sharing!!!
Pray also against evil memory recall and any spirits that try to lead you around the wrong people, images, or vices. Bless and dedicate your devices. Pray before you go online and have a James 4 plan in place. God bless all those seeking healing from Jesus and are now healed in his name. May the holy Spirit fill up those areas and push out what shouldn't stay. May God bless the plan he has for us and send his only holy angels to guide us to it. Amen.
Doesn't it seem like this is an attack on future children? Pray for your future children and spouse too.
Awesome bro!
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The biggest struggle is thinking that you'll never find anyone. It creates hopelessness and despair and idk how to get around that.
Prayer, put your hopes and dream in your prayers, and ask God. Look at pslams and proverbs see how david and solomon asked God and prayed to Him.
Struggling with Same thing it's so hard for me to find a Christian Man
Our purpose isn’t to marry anyone, sometimes people never marry.
You must first realize why you follow God and why you believe him. He should fulfill you and give you all you need.
If you are looking for a relationship to fulfill you, you should stop and reevaluate your motives behind why you’re looking for that relationship and where your relationship with God is.
I think that struggle originates from the feeling of being dirty and not enough. That feeling is a lie from Satan. He wants us to believe that we’re worthless, so that when God gives us a command or has us do something for the kingdom it makes us ineffective. He may have lost the war for your soul, but he is going to do everything in his power to win whatever battles he can.
Jesus wants you more than anything. He loves you so much that he died the most painful death possible FOR YOU. AND THEN, he came back from the dead so that you could join him. He endured temptation just like we are facing so he can truly say “I understand what you are going through.”
Jesus cannot lie, and he says that you are a precious child of God. An heir to the kingdom of God just like he is. You are a prince or princess and you have brothers and sisters who are struggling with the same exact thing. I am one of them.
It does not make you less. It just means that right now you are being faced with your own weakness, and it’s in our weakness that God’s true strength and Glory is revealed.
Right now your testimony is being forged. It’s uncomfortable and hard to walk in the fire and endure the pressure. Jesus is right there next to you. You are not alone.
I know that we may not meet here on this Earth, but I cannot wait to meet you in heaven. I want to hear all about your testimony and the ways that God worked through and for you.
After that, I’ll hug you and tell you mine. I love you my precious sibling in Christ.
Read up on sex transmutation. Sex drive can unlock a whole world of manifestations beyond mere sex…
I really don’t know why Porn Exists Because it really addictive and hard to overcome a porn addiction which has a major affect on your sex life and relationship with your boyfriend/girlfriend. I’ve been struggling with my porn addiction at 15-16 years old. But now that I’m 21, I no longer don’t watch porn
So you do watch porn?
Same reason drugs and human trafficking exist. Greed and Power.
[Intro]
(Money, money, money, money, money...)
[Verse 1]
(Money, money, money, money, money...)
Everybody's got a price
Everybody's gonna pay
(Money, money, money, money, money...)
Because the Million Dollar Man...
Always get his way
(Money, money, money, money, money...)
[Verse 2]
(Money, money, money, money, money...)
Some might cost a little
Some might cost a lot
(Money, money, money, money, money...)
But I'm the Million Dollar Man...
And you will be bought
(Money, money, money, money, money...)
[Outro]
(Money, money, money, money, money...)
To be fair you were spiritually too strong to overcome that in the age of 21, I've seen some people who sank in until the age of 40, so hats off to you👍
This is sadly very true !! I can completely relate... Only by God's grace has he helped me to break that chain 🙏
A way im learning how to de-sexualise my mind is to look at people the way Jesus would look at them, because lust is the lack of love and we know the Christ is Love. So that’s what helps me. I also pray for the people that are yk cornstars and I pray for them to stop doing what they’re doing and others that may stumble due to that cornstar. 🌚🌚🌚
I am trying that too because Jesus looks at us with love and sees us as more than just our flesh.
That is a smart and holy way/method to desexualize the mind. God bless you for sharing 🙏.
What really impacted me in seeing others as Jesus sees others was thru the Eastern Orthodox idea of Theosis. Michael Haiser (a protestant hebrew scholar) attested to this idea and defended it with scripture in his book *The Unseen Realm*, and the perspective really changes how we view humans in general.
@@McSmurfy yesss
@@sovereigngodlisaloves9525 no problem! I’m still a work in progress though!
Ive been trying to quit for 12 years, please pray for me, doing a lot better but still struggle at times
It’s a battle, but we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us🙏 This is why lust is the one sin Jesus instructs us to run from this sin instead of fighting it as we are to do others
@@jamievans38 do you mean we fight the other sins, but we should not fight lust and we have to run from it?
@@santiagomolinarestrepo6329 Yes, we are told to flee from sexual immorality. Perhaps because there is something different about it compared to other sins. The bible states as much saying that sexual sin is sin against the body where as other sin is outside the body
When the thoughts come to mind I always remember how much Christ loves me and what he put on the line for me to be with him, also get up and walk outside if need be brotha. All is possible through Christ, much love you got this.
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1 Corinthians 6:18 "Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body".
This is Paul telling the Corinthians that sexual immorality is a sin against one's own body because it is the only sin that so clearly affects the body.
Crazy how we have almost identical stories of exposure and recovery. Thank you for speaking up for all the 11 year old boys who are just starting in this terrible and destructive sin…I pray that this video finds them and any other man who is seeking freedom
What helped me the most is I realized that I truly was oppressed demonically. Not everyone is, but my mother had a dream about me having an open door into sexual sin, and I was a bit confused and couldn’t find it. I was praying and praying and studying and studying (Psalm 51 is so good for this), but eventually I was sitting in the shower and listening to a worship song that says: “Your presence is enough / Your presence is enough / Your presence is enough for me” it was then I heard him ask me “is my presence enough. Reluctantly (I am so thankful now!!!) I said yes because I knew he was going to ask me to sacrifice something, and he told me to rid my life of all secular music. I don’t listen, and never have listened, to sexual music. I still don’t know if it was a song or music in general, but my desire since then has lessened and lessened. In a single moment it went from an overpowering spiritual incitement to a habitual sin that scripture and prayer began to rid me of. “Draw near to God and he will draw near to you; resist the devil and he will flee from you.”
Psalm 51 is great for this, as it was the Psalm David wrote after going into Bathsheba and killing Uriah.
Pslam 51 truly changed my life
As a Christian, the first thing I have to remember is that I am a wretch without Christ. I am a slave to my sin, as it’s the idol that I had closed my heart to God to worship.
Open your heart to God. Christ is knocking at the door of our hearts. Without Him, I’m relying on myself, and I cannot end the sin on my own. My efforts are not enough.
Depend on God. Understand your own helplessness and rely on Him. Pray to Him. Speak to Him. Every moment you can, pray without ceasing.
Christian, He has redeemed you and knows you by name. Why do you hesitate? Be with Him. Are you too ashamed of your own sin to believe in His promise?
Christian, you falter because you’re prideful. You’re worshipping your own willpower, thinking it’s yourself who will stop your lusts and depravity. You believe in your own efforts, but only God can set you free.
Let go. Be with Him. It is not I who averted my sinful thoughts, but Christ in me.
Hallelujah in Jesus Mighty name Amen.
I’m skeptical of that. Sure, desires change as a response to alignment with Christ. But how does something like that go away? I hate it. I wish I would die rather than fall back to it again. But I can’t ever make myself turn away entirely. Does that mean I don’t love Christ? Or that I’m not saved? I’m sick of the narrative that paints this sin as something that doesn’t allow you to be saved, when we are all sinners period. I need this to stop, but it’s not a problem of “I don’t believe hard enough.” How do I get rid of this? I’m sick of it sabotaging my life, and it’s more than what I’ve ever had to deal with before
@@bigbossadidoss8678 All sin we do doesn’t allow us to be saved; it’s only through God’s grace and sacrifice that we are saved.
And yes, it is not a problem of “I don’t believe hard enough.” There is a trap in that thought process - that we are the ones who are capable of absolving sin through our belief alone. We can’t. While it’s good to believe - “Even the demons believe, and shudder!” - our belief doesn’t save us. God does.
Rely on God in all things. Don’t rely on what you can do. You will do good works that will help you as a result of relying on God, yes. But that’s God leading you, not you leading yourself.
I am still fighting (or currently just giving into) sexual sin for years. Masturbation started when I was 10 & I’m currently 16 about to go onto 17 dealing with it.
Although I’ve never watched porn , other sexual content like Boyfriend ASMRs (which often featured characters from fandoms I’m into) along with my imagination has fuel the lustful desires of my flesh & it starting to make me nonchalant to my disobedience.
I’ve kept this sin hidden for years, so I’m confessing it somewhere now. And I thank you for frequently making videos on topics like these. Please pray for me 🙏♥️
This is so rough, and I'm praying for you! I escaped this battle more than ten years ago, but I feel very deeply.
There is hope. There is a way out. It is hard work, but it is logical and possible by God's strength and grace. If you want to be free - keep going. Read, listen, learn, and find the weapons you need. This is a battle, but there *are* weapons that work for it 🫂🫂
Great job and wanting to do better!!! And choosing to confess and asking for help is a great start!! So proud of you! Praying for you to be free, but, also I really recommend that you try prayer and fasting:) it worked wonders for me so I really recommend it.
Good job you got this brother. 🙏
I used to struggle with this when I was your age too. I’m 21 now, and it does get a lot easier. One thing that made it easier was starting to find the videos cringey. Some reaction videos really highlight how cringey and dum the videos are and it makes you not want to watch those things.
@@cortannaorientOne thing I did to get out of it was to say the things you watch are boring and lame and you start to lose interest and move on.
12 years fighting for my life. I would spend up to 4 hours into the night, not doing my homework, and I didn't advance in life for years after high school and college. Over time, I fell into a deep, dark despair. I even gave up on God and Jesus, turning away from seeking Him. But God didn't let me go. For six months, I went through a process of faith alone and discovered a freedom in Him.
(Edit): I would repeat one verse over and over again, even during relapse.
“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
John 8:36
Someone once told me it was the power of repetition and mental gymnastics, basically. But I am 100% convinced it was a supernatural occurrence. The scriptures, inspired by God, become spiritual when believed upon with child-like faith. When acted upon with humility and hope in Jesus, they provide the strength and grace to achieve the promises of God. In my case, it was deliverance from addiction. And then, it was healing from family trauma. Now, life is a stark contrast to what it was during those days.
I agree brother that confessing the Scriptures over and over again will change your mind. Like what king David said in Psalm 119:13.
What you say is what you believe, probably will do it more often to confess the Word.
Wonderful points. Porn is evil, addictive and destructive. Even if one avoids pornographic content, one can still create porn in their minds with other images. We must pray that Christ comes into our lives via the Holy Spirit and helps us to overcome this horrible addiction. We must pray that He desexualizes our minds so that we can be guided by the Holy Spirit.
Lust is very tough to overcome. I quit masturbation and looking at porn for about 10 months now. I feel like I got that in control and life is much better without it. The hard part I still struggle with at times is being out in public, whether at the public gym or at the beach. I see someone I'm attracted to who is exposing quite a lot and it's like the lustful thoughts are almost simultaneous. It's really a battle between flesh and spirit.
Remember Gods Grace is a super power and you gotta remember they're his children and last thing you don't wanna disrespect is his child because your disrespecting him
Well if they are exposing quite a lot isnt it normal for some sexual thoughts to come to mind?
@@koreansmurf5276 It is normal to be tempted, we all are, even amongst the the most gracious. No human is free from temptation. We as christians are called to reject that temptation and to not give in. Not to "not have them at all", that is not the point.
I wouldn't use the word normal but reactive. Normal is how God designed us which lust is not normal it's satanic planned (covet sin) we're to turn, run from, and avoid.
7 years I was bound to porn, gave my life back to God June 28 2023 after “thinking” I was saved long before.
Slowly but surely I started struggling less and less and now I can truly say Jesus set me free. I don’t have the desire , it disgusts me to even think about, I’m able to look away from temptation with ease. Also yes I deleted social media and put blockers on my phone to help as well. But the temptations irl or on the apps I have is still there but so easy to deter. But can’t get comfortable , I know satan will tempt me again and again because he knows I’m Gods child.
YES I love the food analogy. I 100% agree. Practical advice. Retrain your taste!
I've been struggling with porn and masturbation a lot. Unfortunately. And I am sorry to God, that I've been stumbling with those dirty actions over again. I confess my sins. But like Jesus said: 'With God all things are possible', we will win the battle with Him 💛 Thank you for your videos, they have helped me a lot on my way towards purity ❤ God bless you folks, stay strong in God 🙏🏻✨
You just spoke directly to my heart and situation. I opened RUclips and this video came up immediately. Thank you for posting this and allowing God to work through you.
This is true. I’ve been going strong a year now. No fap. No porn. Sitting with lustful emotions and thoughts and rebuking them when they start to creep in.
I'm struggling. Done things to others (not physically but still gross things I am not proud of) some things that I will take to my grave. This is something I needed to hear and something I've been struggling to do with myself for 10 years.
It's really great that you trusted your Dad enough, to give him your phone, and to let him speak into this part of your life.
Guys in this comment section please read. I am 27 years old. I have struggled with porn since I was 9 years old. I have been married for a year and I must say. This never fully goes away. This will be a constant struggle for a lot of you. But that is okay. We all have daily battles but rejoice in overcoming the temptations. Rejoice in our Lord
I am also 27 and married for one year. And I agree that the enemy continues to tempt me to betray my wife.
Love and respect to you brother. I have fought this porn/sexual addiction since is was 18. I have just recently been set free in my 40s. I do have to disagree with you tho. John 8:36 says that whoever the Son sets free is free indeed. That means TOTALLY free, with no remnant. We have to relay on His strength, and not our own. It's when we don't lean on Him completely for our deliverance, we fall back into old habits. Praying your strength brother.
Brothas your not alone in this, 30 yr old been married for a few years still have those demons.
As a kid who grew up in a Christian private school I relate to this so much. The only real difference between your story and mine is that I started at age 12 rather than age 11. Just because I may have never went on the hub doesn't mean that I wasn't being sexualized by other types of soft corn that is legal on certain platforms including youtube. This is something that I never truly understood until even 2-3 years ago. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing this will truly help so many people as it did for me listening and looking back about how I thought at that young age. (As a 17year old now I am so glad that I have broken most of these types of mindsets and addiction now that doesn't mean that I am no longer at war with them, but it means that I am now overcoming).
I’ve been extremely anxious lately to the point where just feel like crying and i’ve been lusting to have some sort of escape and it makes me feel so much better that i have someone that can relate to me.
I am a teen who does the youtube thing that you were doing yourself. I pray and hope I can quit. Man I also have heavy anxiety like you did.
this was a very brave thing to talk about, i really appreciate this episode because of how many things can relate to. thank you
Porn honestly is so harmful. I often think about my future spouse and how lucky I’d be if they never got exposed or addicted and I know that’s impossible these days. I truly hate it. Even before I knew if it was sinful or not I hated it. when I first discovered guys really did what they did and watched it, it Shattered the way I looked at the world and it was really hard for me to accept for years. Most guys I’ve dated watched it and had an addiction. I personally vowed to myself I would never settle for someone who watches or thinks it’s not a big deal because I’ve already been there and done that and it’s a standard I have to protect myself from the pain of it. It’s literally cheating. People think that’s exaggerated but it’s the same feelings of betrayal and it makes you wonder why you wouldn’t just be enough for that person, regardless if it’s an addiction. It hurts the same way. Especially when you’re on the other end of that and you don’t do it. It disgusts me. The thing is I’m decently attractive too and it still makes you feel so ugly when you have a partner who does that because they will watch literally people who look nothing like you. you could be so gorgeous and this addiction has it so you still will never be enough to satisfy.
Just a quick look at your page and all the "booty" workouts and real music shows that you're not ready for a genuine partner.
There are still older people who don’t expose themselves or haven’t been exposed have faith not everyone is as completely lost.
I get you, it does feel like they had sex with some other multiple number of woman and that you are not enough ever
I over men I rather be alone
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It’s not easy I try to stay strong too but, Have faith we serve a God of miracles!
Yes, the actions cannot be fought, the thoughts can. Don't play with fire like I did (and still battle with). Look at Numbers 21, look at Jesus on the cross the second you recognize your mind wandering off to lust, the bite of the viper. In due time the thoughts will diminish, but stay vigilant to smite them whenever they pop up.
And most of all, hold on to *grace!* God doesn't love you less because you failed; you were saved for free and you are are kept saved for free!
Glad I found this video. I struggle with this too, not alot but every time I feel ashamed, I know what I need to do yet I don't do it. Work in progress. For all of us out there who struggle.. we can do it. The accountability we hold ourselves to really matters. If you feel terrible for these things, you're on your way to being a better person.. keep striving. Love you all. And again thanks for this video.
Thank you so much for posting this video!! I tried triggers, even going back to a flip phone, but its like an addict looking for a fix....you will always find it! The phrase self-control or self-discipline is used many times in the New Testament by Jesus, Paul, Peter, and many others and I thought I understood what they ment.....but this video, not just cutting triggers bc they will always be around, but UNDERSTANDING triggers is definitely what I believe they ment when they spoke 2,000 years ago. Thank you for what you are doing! Ive been struggling my whole life with this beast and never felt I was getting footing mentally until I watched this video
I need prayer. I have struggled with lust my whole life........ It is so frustrating that I keep giving in. It ruins my joy. my peace. Pretty much everything.
What gets me is that I like my life, I think everything is fine. Nothing seems that chaotic, nothing really feels hopeless. And yet I keep returning to this sin, and why? I mean, I can point to a few reasons, habit, curiosity, the way that since ive been in it for so long when I try to stop my mind wont let me think about anything else until I get that release...
I think one of the bigger things is, I want to give my life to God, at least, like overall, that's the idea. But do I live that way? Do I really try to give every moment to God?
Not really. I havnt had that mentality. And im just hoping that I can grow into that mentality.
Same man
Great job on seeing the right mindset and wanting to have it! I really recommend memorizing scripture, that way you can quote them when you feel tempted. As well as keeping your focus on God:) also, try prayer and fasting
It is funny you're talking about triggers and how companies use them, because there was an ad on this video with an attractive looking woman for a therapy business. In that moment when my mind saw an opportunity to lust, it was much easier to skip the ad instead of going down the negative thought pattern to wonder exactly what she looked like in the clothes that were flattering her appearance. Lust also felt easier to resist a few minutes after watching this video earlier when I went back to social media since I filled my mind with Christian content. It just goes to show how important it is to daily encounter God, his people, and his ways. Thank you for the encouragement (or discouragement depending on how you look at it)!
God bless you my brother. This is good👊 I've never seen any videos like this posted. You can help many struggling souls. I appreciate it and wish you blessings
Thank you so much brother! You have no idea how much this helped me! God absolutely is using you, keep doing His work!
Pornographic and sensual related content like constant feed of instagram bikini models and other sensual stuff….all of that is not good for your brain. You were not meant to be exposed to sensual content for long periods of time. That stuff harms your mind and alters your thinking.
All of a sudden you start seeing women in relation to their sexual ability. Your thoughts change, and you are constantly thinking about it, and eventually it changes how you approach women.
You are very right man. I have struggled with lust for years, since I was a teenager. Since we are exposed to hundreds of pages of fast moving information every day through social media, it’s harmful to keep exposing yourself to lascivious content, scrolling for hours.
My advice is to clean up your social media accounts as a good first step. Either take a long break, or really do some cleaning of your tik tok, instagram feed, etc.
Big fight with my wife and I needed this to help me it’s gonna be long road but I’m ready to quit thsi and live life for her
What a necessary video, Isaac! Thanks for sharing with us!
Cheers from Brazil!
The similarities in our stories are pretty much exactly the same. I was homeschooled my entire life, grew up in Godly home, had phenomenal parents. When I was 11, I got an iPod touch. I first saw pornography on the Vine app. I would scroll RUclips endlessly looking for something to fulfill that urge and craving, but telling myself it was okay because it “wasn’t pornography” . My teenage years and into my early adulthood I continued to fall back into the grasp of addiction. To those who have battled with addiction, hopelessness, and condemnation. You’re not alone. Follow the Lords conviction and seek his word. If you fall, get back up. Don’t let the devil tell you you’re anything less because you’ve fallen. David was a man after Gods own heart. David had a lot of issues. Conviction is of God. Condemnation is not. Keep your head up, continue to seek the face of God. He will deliver you .
I asked the Lord to help me battle my Lust and this morning this video pops up. How awesome is the Lord. The bible says ask and it shall be give you, and here this video is helping me with my problems. Thank you Lord and thank you Daily Disciple for this video
I haven't really watched your channel till this video caught my mind and now I really enjoy what you have to say, you honestly feel like a real person and not like how youtubers make themselves perfect and not like a brother, but you made this video feel like a 1 on 1 talk, I can relate to this so much, thank you. 😇
🎀As someone who struggled with porn So much I actually started doing it as a (job) thinking I had the "dream job", I am so glad to see when this topic is talked about because it truly does destroy you from within, I had no idea how much it completely wrecked me and how i viewed others, until I was saved and found Christ, I still struggle sometimes .... But now I see just how much it truly messed me up, people say it's "no big deal"....but it's so much worse then people realize....
I really like this honest guy. Plz continue with the straight talk. Too many people speak around the problem and don't confess that they have a problem.
It's an unbelievably similar story to me, too, bro! thanks for sharing
God loves you Issac
Bro thank you for your consistency and effort for this channel. I am sure that the change you are bringing to people is unimaginable 👍
This is so true and I wish men would see this and think about what he’s saying. Porn and anything leading to porn is harmful. It has ruined society and relationships. Please everyone share with your sons, boyfriends and spouses. It’s so important.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful truth. I love you and I’m thankful for you.
I will be really honest i have an awful addiction so I'm happy that people like you are helping, i really needed this❤❤☦️☦️ may god bless you
Lets sue the industry
I love the videos you put out & you cover a lot of topics that I need to hear. Thank you very much brother 🙏
This is one of my favorite Christian channels. Very personable and relevant, something we all struggle with but it can be overcome!
I had a porn addiction my whole life. It is the main reason I am single at 52. It ruined my relationship with women. I became Catholic and started praying the rosary every morning. Instantly all temptation disappeared. It changed me so profoundly I can't even express. I'm never tempted anymore and when I see seductive imagery or even a hot woman in person it doesn't affect me anymore.
Freedom from porn in Jesus name! The enemy has had us for too long but freedom is coming 🙂
You touched on it but.... to those struggling, PRAY and ask God to help you. Even if it's only saying "help me God".
Ask Him to remove these things from your heart and watch the miracles change you when you truly give yourself too God.
This video convicted me of my sexual sins. I have been addicted to porn and masterbation for years. I fight the temptations but I give in and I hate it. Please pray for me to be free from this sin.
This is so informative, I really needed this
Thank you, I needed to hear this msg.
Note to self, stop trying it on our own belief as in “oh I could stop it, etc etc…. Realize we are sinners in need of a Savior whose name is Jesus and he Loves you&I and all of his creation very much! Repent.”
I have turned to this kind of thing for so long to counter my anxiety and depression. I understand it’s the same as drugs or alcohol in that sense. It’s hard to deal with that daily anxiety and depression without something to make me forget about it for a while. Then the anxiety hits me harder than ever. And I hate it. I hate myself. I truly hate myself and feel worthless on a near daily basis. Please pray for me
This is my biggest struggle.. it's literally everywhere! Facebook, random things on the internet it'll show an attractive woman..or magazines and signs i walk past.. girls wearing yoga pants etc.. then my brain goes crazy with thoughts and then i sin.. i hate it so much and want so badly to be set free from it.. it feel impossible to overcome 😪
And when im having a bad day or something is wrong.. my thoughts goto "well watch porn and feel good for a while".. it's literally going to take a miracle to be set free of this.
“Bigger is he that is in me than he that is in the world”. You can do this brother, Gods got you. Let go and let God.
Dude I totally feel you. My instagram and the ads I get on my phone are just full of cheeks. I've been on Semen Retention for almost 3 months now. It's been an insane journey. I still have huge corn cravings but I'm doing good. I almost feel as if it's an agenda these days. An agenda to make men weak so they lack motivation to chase their dreams, to keep us suppressed. And the biggest part of the agenda is to make it so we are lonely and don't have kids. Maybe they think there's a population issue? Idk. What I do know is watching Corn wilk keep you lonely and won't have any desire to go chase women and start a life. It really does kill your drive. I have had so much motivation ever since I stopped watching it.
In my life currently, I've been day by day so far stopping to fap in the bathroom and it's for a few different reasons:
Basic reason is it's hurting me, my family, and my friends as well.
Recently, a family friend of ours has stopped smoking after many decades and it became a motivation for me to start stopping my s*xual sin.
Another reason is an actor from The Terminator franchise (the actor who played Kyle Reese) said a line in a podcast said he was killing himself because of the drinking he did for many years and it was an eye opener for me.
The biggest reason why I kept on doing it was I was actually entertaining my thoughts of all of these hyper-s*xual active girls on the internet and in person.
My verse in this season is Psalm 32:5 and I understand now why it has affected me with corn was because I desire to be with a Christian woman God has for me along with how I should be thinking of girls as God's child.
I can't be distracted in the bathroom by my thoughts and the motivation to keep going to continue to stop my sin day by day. I knew through God it will end but at the same time, I'm dealing with it.
I understand my triggers are women in movies, music, books who are being s*xualized along with posters, billboards, and all the disgusting thoughts I can't be entertaining anymore.
What helped me was strengthening my relation ship with the Lord Jesus Christ, hope it helps you too, try it out brotha!
Hey Issac, have you considered that there’s a void or a lack of something in each of us that struggle with lust? There’s a song by a Christian artist named Moriah, called “Known, Seen, Loved”.
I’ve been thinking about that song much more lately.
“I thought I wanted answers…
I thought I wanted healing…
I thought I wanted justice…
I thought I wanted power…
But what I need most is to be known, seen, loved”
Powerful. That song is powerful because it’s true. I’m half deaf and have been that way since birth. I don’t exactly fit in with everybody else. I have always had trouble making friends and not utterly embarrassing myself. So I tried my hardest to change my image and get a fresh start so I can have tons of friends and be much more cool.
I spent so many Friday and Saturdays by myself growing up. While my friends all went out to hang out I had no friends, really. The reason I am telling you guys this is that now that I am married, I’m looking into why I still struggle. I’ve always wanted to be seen, and loved by someone. I’ve wanted a girlfriend and a wife. Porn was my outlet to try and cope with the loneliness.
What some of us needed most was to come to the cross, and find Jesus whose arms are wide open. There’s something missing in our lives, and we are broken somewhere. The lust issues we all face are attempts at coping with those problems.
Jesus is the answer guys. You are known, seen and loved by him. He is enough. My father in heaven sees me, and he understands me. He understands that I’m lonely. I’m not alone because what I am missing inside can be found in him. Porn is just an attempt at escaping the real issues. Sin hurts us more than we realize.
Hey, Shawn, my name is Pavel. Can you please pray for me? I’m struggling with the same issues you went through. I am praying for you and your marriage.
This is beautiful man
Mine was loneliness and not feeling loved 100% but the love I have from my Heavenly Father is more then enough!
Thank you so much for this video brother. Not only can these tips apply to sexual sin, but other sins I struggle with like video game addiction and overeating. Thank you, God is using you for great things. God bless!
Thank you, brother.
Thank you for making this video Brother. It was very edifying for my spirit.
I have been watching sexual content for 4 years and never told anyone. I knew this was wrong for doing it.
So I want to confess this and make a change
This is awesome revelation thank you for sharing , glory to God !
I'm on a new retention journey but Jesus is helping me. At my age 29, I'm like hey....I gotta change. I have to change what I put in my body, how I treat my body and others. It changes perception. It's healing to let your brain reset and focus on goals. Goals that make your life enhanced not worse. Financial, godly relationships that last.
Hallelujah!!!! The daily jesus devotional has been a huge part of my transformation, God is good 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻was owning a loan of $47,000 to the bank for my son's brain surgery (David), Now I'm no longer in debt after I invested $8,000 and got my payout of m $270,500 every months,God bless Christy Fiore 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸..
Hello!! how do you make such monthly, I’m a born Christian and sometimes I feel so down of myself 😭 because of low finance but I still believe God
Hi that's good you have idea &share to those who deserve it that's great god bless🙏🙏
Can I also do it??? My life is facing lots of challenges lately
After I raised up to 525k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states🇺🇸🇺🇸 also paid for my son's surgery….Glory to God, shalom.
Honestly, I WILL SAY SHE IS AN ANGEL WHO GOD HAS SENT TO HELP THE NEEDY.
Hey man, this video was superb. Thanks for this. I’ll definitely be subscribing and looking forward to more 🙏🏻 God bless
Amazing points made. I will start using the retraining my thirst method. Another thought that may help is to remember that the Lord blesses through obedience, but curses and judges through sin. Please remember all you younger men out there that it doesn’t get easier the older you get. Get ahead of it now so as to strengthen your relationship with God. He wants to bless you, but obedience must come first. I’m 45 and married and have and can easily be triggered, so I must die to myself and my own desires daily,.......sometimes hourly.
That final sentence was beautiful....
For many years I thought 🌽 brought out and enabled my worst desires to run rampant. After getting clean and looking back I realized those desires weren’t bad. It was the way I was acting on them which was bad and extremely unhealthy. We all have things we want, what we do with those feelings is what matters.
If you’re struggling I love you and am praying for you ♥️
Amen! God bless you man❤️
I realize I’m able to actually be friends with women now.
talking about triger, broadly speaking, not only understanding the filthy content, triger can also come from feeling disgrace, sadness, sorrows, becareful on those things too. this is obviously not a simple battle, pay attention to your lifestyle. basically change everything. it's hard but we're fighting together.
Although I might not agree with the religious portion of this, the addictive and keeping accountable really hit hard. Especially the redesigning your tastes.
I’m doing good on the not watching or looking up explicit videos and images, but the hard part I still struggle with being married is while out in public, seeing other women and having sexual thoughts. Or seeing other women and continually look at/ towards her, even while with my wife.
Even when you get married, lust and an oversexualized mind don't just disappear when you say I do! Good video!
Man I’m 2 years clean off porn at 24. It’s absolutely insane how drastic of a change it made in my mind. I’m able to have beautiful non sexual relationships with women that are far more pleasurable and emotionally fulfilling than sex.
I’m also never jealous/ envious anymore. Very secured into my masculine frame.
I hope that I have this kind of person as my mentor/leader in church.
The part where you mentioned how after falling into lust you promised to never do it again, then went to watch a christian video about lust and get hyped up, just to fall into it again the next day is so relatable unfortunately...
I have been reprogramming for a couple of years but after decades of adultry and lust it's left me in a spot at times that it just happens automatically. More and more I can spot it for what it is and I can put a halt to it. But there are times where all rational just stops and the old habits just rule.
To all that suffer as I do stay strong I'll say prayer for us as well.
I’ve watched this twice. I may watch again.
When most countries ban highly addictive substances like cocaine and heroin, what is the justification for letting pornography be legal? Surely it is more addictive and harmful than drugs like marijuana that are still illegal in many places. Society could easily ban the production and distribution of pornography if it understood it’s another narcotic.
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My big thing as I’m trying to get out of it is that I don’t get anything from it I don’t even get pleasure from it but I keep turning back to it like I’m a cigarette addict
Thank you for the content. Can you maybe put the mic on a table. It was a bit distracting hearing the sound of the cable moving around when you were talking.
This is fire 🔥 happiness comes from
Progress
I don’t watch porn as much as i used to. I’ve prayed to God to help me deal with pornography and lust. I understand that change takes time, a couple things that has helped me reduce and work towards quitting porn is fixing my sleep schedule (sleeping earlier). At least for most people, porn is watched late at night when your medium of consumption is at an arm's reach. Keeping these mediums far away from you tends to help (out of sight out of mind). Another thing that has honestly helped me is working out. It was such a drastic switch, when I started working out and got consistent with it, I lost all interest in porn. This is mostly because my “working out” journey brought along a mentality of self improvement, a mentality that surpassed my prior desire to watch porn. I strongly believe that God answers our prayers, and uses ways well within our reach to help us. Just know that you’re not alone in this journey and that with the help of God and the willingness to surrender you’ll come out victorious. Bless.
I desexualized my brain over i year ago. I have absolutely ZERO urges. I direct all the 'energy' to my goals, hobbies and healthy desires. best decision ever.
What did you do whenever you had intense urges to consume something "Sexual"?
Hey man, i love this video it helps me understand my own triggers. Thanks man! you are an inspiration and a Gods Disciple
Dating apps have skewed my view on woman and I noticed this recently and I hate that it’s normalized way of picking a partner now.
I thought that was James Dean in the thumbnail.
Thank you so much my brother amen 🙏🏼
I told myself I would never do it again after the first time I SH'd, and the 2nd and 3rd time as well, then after the 4th time I knew I had a problem, and I didn't know how to solve it. Then lockdown happened and you could hardly see my arm for the marks.
I stopped as my mental health improved, but something would make me go back. I relapsed big time last summer and It was so different not being in lockdown with my arms looking as they did. I felt I was letting down everyone who has supported me by them seeing me like that.
I'm probably in the longest stretch I've ever had of not doing it, but I know something can trigger me, even thinking about it makes me tempted, but I know how to resist that now.
If you do something addictive, then telling yourself "that was a mistake, I'll never do that again" is being in denial and you are being naive.The reality is you've opened that bottle and you can't put the lid back on. You don't need to keep doing it, but you need to approach not doing it with that in mind, rather than trying to pretend you had never opened that bottle in the first place.
Corn addiction is tough. Because it's very similar to heroin in brain scans. I've been on Semen Retention for the last 3 months and it's made quitting weed and alcohol a walk in the park. Been working out putting on good muscle,.eating super healthy with almost no sugar.. don't even crave sugar anymore but I tell yah,.that dopamine hit you get from Corn is no joke. I've been embracing the cravings lately though. I realize it's my brain trying to hijack my motivation, my aura, and I'm not letting it happen. I'm in control of the stirring wheel. I think women can kinda tell when you watch it too. I have so much energy built up lately, anytime I go into public, women look at me like they want to eat me. Dudes either mean mug me or they size me up but not all of them. People are attracted to me like a magnet. Once you start seeing the results of retaining your seed. You won't want to go back. I did relapse with corn early on in my journey and when I did, I tried to take note off all the things that it did to me. It made the beautiful, bright day seem quite a bit more dark and cloudy. It gave me a little bit of brain fog too. It also made me forget super little things that I definitely wouldn't have forgotten if I didn't watch it that day. Social anxiety went up a little bit too, makes it so you don't want to interact with people, all for what? Just a quick dopamine hit. If you're trying to build my muscle too, it's not good because it will leave cortisol in your body after you're done watching it. Lock in brothers
Thank you for discussing this. My journey with porn started a similar way to you. I initially started with images, then moved to porn images, then moved to extreme stuff, then it got depraved because at this point I wasn't feeling the hit the same (and afterwards I would feel like my soul has been ripped off).
Fast foward to me being 19 and I found that quitting cold turkey was hard. So I started with deleting websites and search engines (since the search engine was restricted for my whole family since I have younger sibs and found loop holes). I deleted youtube channels that had nothing to do with God or the news. Then I started getting into scripture, and I understood that while it will not go away, whenever I stumble I should approach the father. Then I began limiting it to a couple times a day, then to ones a day, and now it is down to once a couple weeks.
Reality is lust is a sin, and sins have consequences. For me that consequence is knowing that for the rest if my life even though I have gotten better, I will have to live with the fact my life has been corrupted. Everyonce in a while an ad or bad video throws me back. But I agree with you, this is not something that will go away.
One thing to understand is, no one should ever let it get to a point where you are ashamed to come before God and repent after you do it. Even if it is one minute after you just finished previously repenting.
Also disgust is a part of repentance, but do not mistake it as a barrier to repentance, or a sign of unworthiness before God. Stay blessed my friends 🙏🏾✝️
“If the last time wasn’t the last time, this time won’t be either.”
A big issue I have in this battle is I have no one close to me who really understands that this is bad. They don't see it as big of an issue as it is so I've been fighting this fight without someone who understands. Yes I have a buddy way back from highschool but he doesn't see things the same. Listens but doesn't see the same. I long for people or even just one person I could spend time around who can help by having the same drive as me but so far I've found none
As someone who doesn't follow any bikini models or struggles with Porn, I do have a frustration and *maybe someone can speak to this*. The other night I was watching a video and in the video was a beautiful (25 y/o) woman sharing her story, just being really vulnerable about dealing with substance addiction in her past, dealing with a miscarriage, healing through trauma etc. It was both an interesting and beautiful video and I thought wow this person is amazing, really sounds like she's maturing-so out of curiosity (and i mean genuine curiosity) I checked out her instagram page and what did I find? A bunch of thirst trap, lingerie posts. And in that moment, everything I knew about her went out the window (her story, her life, who she is, even my respect)--my brain instantly went to viewing her as a sexual object-I closed instagram because I don't like to indulge. The frustration for me is that even though the woman posting promiscuous photos and the one in the video were the same, they were two completely different people. My frustration is SO many women do this. On one hand I want to have compassion on this woman as I should but on the other it's like dude what the heck are you doing??? I will be doing my due diligence though, I am actually going to remove instagram for awhile maybe even permanently because I do need to de-sexualize my brain as I'm tired of the instagram bodies there are. But can anyone speak into this?
Yeah man that's a real shame. I deleted Instagram and all of my other social media platforms 6 years ago. Best decision of my life.
There is actually a really tough disconnect for a lot of women, who are taught that displaying themselves as sexually attractive is 1) the way to look beautiful 2) not sexual, just 'cute' 3) the only way to feel loved 4) not responsible for how guys see them.
This teaching has even infiltrated the church, and because a woman's created beauty is so core to her identity, it has to be handled with extreme caution, otherwise it ends up being legalistic, controlling or traumatic.
It is a rough one. I'm really sorry for you mate.
And really grateful I was raised in a home with high modesty standards, so I don't live with that type of regret 💔🫂
@@tealmountaintrekking6141 good for you man that's amazing! I unfortunately can't do that entirely because of work
Dude, honestly I feel the same way. I honestly don’t lust after anyone in church or in public, but I almost always only lust after people who I have respect for. If they’re dressed horribly and they know it or doing thirst trapped videos, I not only don’t respect them but I definitely am more apt to lust at them.
Sometimes I wonder if that’s me judging even when I’m not a judgey typa person.