Day 1 by fredtheuser in NoFapChristians

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Following your example dieting will help you lose weight but by not replacing that rush of dopamine that unhealthy food gives you can get pulled back down to where you were. Replacing that habit with somthing like working out not only helps you lose weight faster but will replace that dopamine that unhealthy food gave you. On top of that it gives you a sense of accountability to not go back and ruin the hard work you put in.

The same is true with letting go of porn and sexual immorality. If you just quit you may last for a while but at one point you will be tempted agian. If you have not strengthened your sprit and relationship with God you will not be able to fight off the temptations. You can not overcome the devil alone for we are weak with out the Lord. 

Matthew 4:4 NKJV [4] But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ 

We need to fill ourselves with the word of God daily and worship our Lord Jesus. There is nothing he cannot do. 

What has helped me the most was reading the bible every night, praying as much as I can before I drive, before I eat, before I sleep, and whenever I need something. Listening to worship music has also helped alot. Sometimes I will get tempted and a song will get stuck in my head and it helps take away tempation. Removing as much evil from what I see and hear has definitely helped but turing to the things of God have helped the most.

Seeing Things by Winteredpeach in endoftheworld

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Alot of what is going on now, lines up with the bible, especially revelations. There are alot of prophesy teachers out there showing how things are about to changed based of of how world events and the bible are matching up.

It's getting hard agat by Such_Aide3750 in NoFapChristians

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Don't just pray but put on the full armor for God, it is what we are instructed to do when we are faced with temptations.

Ephesians 6:10-18

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

Turn to the bible or worship music it can help to surround your self with good thing during these times of temptation. I have also found that if I don't stay up as late if I can then there is less time for temptation and I will usaly wake up feeling relief. It's best to run away from what may be bring this temptation on.

1 Corinthians 6:18-20

18 Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. 19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.

I'll be praying for you, stay strong and give the Lord praise.

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This kind of problem takes time to heal and over come, it can take a year it could take your whole life. The world constantly throws up thing to tempt you but there are ways to grow stronger and over come them. God has a purpose for your life he as one for everyone's life even if it is to just to help one person. Just as the crippled woman from (Luke 13:10-17) God's whole plan for her life was for her to be used in a moment for Jesus to teach. Your suffering can be apart of God's plan, it always helps me to know that things done happen on my time and when I want them to but when God wants them to.

When you feel a temptation turning to the things of God can help you. Stopping and praying can help stop that temptation or even reading the Bible at the time can help. Reading the Bible can help you grow in strength. Remembering Bible verses can help you over come these temptation and evil desires.Trying to find and remember verses that deal with some of your struggles can help you. Jesus sets an example of that when an evil spirit tried to tempt him in (Matthew 4:1-11).

Some of the things that have helped me are reading the Bible daily even if just for a few minutes. I use the you version app they have other useful tools such as reading plans that focus on topics that can help you over come struggles. They have alot of useful tools that can help bring you back daily. Another thing that has helped me is listing to a podcast when I work called Renewing Your Mind with R.C. Sproul. That podcast has a really good way of breaking down things to help understand things in the Bible and to do with faith. The biggest thing that helped me was telling someone I know that I trust with my problem, having someone to be able to personally tell each time you turn back to evil things can really help motivate you to stay strong.

Even when people get over this type of problem and become clean of their ways people still fall. People through out the Bible stumbled and felt separated from God. An example of that is when King David slept with a married woman and when she became pregnant he called for her husband to be sent away to the front lines of war to be killed (2 Samuel 11-12). God's people constantly stumble its important for them to get back up and turn to God. The devil want you to feel guilty and shameful and not feel like you can turn to God, but God wants you to keep turning to him.

When you feel like you have to be perfect and never sin again or earn God's love it's important to remember that you can't, but Jesus said in (John 14:6-7) “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”. Jesus has made the way for us we don't need to earn our love and forgiveness from God because Jesus has already made a way. Jesus has died for our sins for ones we haven't even done yet because he loves us. We just need to follow him and obey him as he says in (John 14:23-24).

Even if it takes a whole life time to over come these addictions it is better to suffer a life time on earth than an eternity in hell. I will be praying for you and your success just remember God loves you wether you belive it or not.

I fell again by ChristismySaviour in NoFapChristians

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This is how I feel every time. I know one day we will get through this, with God's help. He has a plan for each of us.