Hello i am 16 this year and i have been into inappropriate contentography and masturbation addiction for about 4 years. I really want to stop. each time i told myself to stop, a few days later i fall for it again. I feel so ashamed asking for forgiveness each time i did it. i wonder if god hates me, each time i failed him time and time again. And how do i overcome this problem? Please help me!
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Will he leave me or not bless me anymore? i kind of feel thathis presence is not with me anymore...
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No matter what, always know that God will never leave you. Masturbation is a sin but it's not the gravest of sins so don't feel extremely depressed about it!
Honestly, I'd advise you to go out more or if thats not a problem, get a hobby. If that doesn't work, get two hobbies! If you keep thinking about masturbation you'll eventually do it.
Do stuff that'll get your mind off it.
Relax, don't get all depressed and guilty the second time you touch but rather look for ways to not do it again. Depression is even worse.
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Honestly, I'd advise you to go out more or if thats not a problem, get a hobby. If that doesn't work, get two hobbies! If you keep thinking about masturbation you'll eventually do it.
Do stuff that'll get your mind off it.
Relax, don't get all depressed and guilty the second time you touch but rather look for ways to not do it again. Depression is even worse.
Hope I helped
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I was in the same boat and I know exactly how you feel. So let me start off by saying that God loves you so much! He is not angry with you, or disappointed. All of that ceased at the cross when Jesus died for us.
The passage that really helped me was Paul's saying in Romans 7:15-17. He says, "For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me."
He continues in verses 24 & 25, Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
So, as a Christian, in God's eyes through Jesus, you are a pure person. You are tempted by the old sin, but you are released from the prison of your sin. The thing is that we as fallen beings still believe the old lies that Satan tells us. We believe that we have to try and earn God's favor by doing good. One of my personal revelations was that no matter how good I am, I can never earn God's love. No matter how bad I am, I can never lose God's love. Once we are saved, we are on a journey to our home in Heaven. It will take us up mountains and down valleys, but we trust the Father to guide us on the way.
So what does God expect us to do? Rely on Him through the third being of the Trinity, the Spirit. A book that I am reading that really is life changing is "The Wonderful Spirit Filled Life" by Charles Stanley.
Ill use his words, Then we believed that Jesus was our Savior from the guilt of sin, and according to our faith it was unto us; now we must believe that He is our Savior from the power of sin, and according to our faith it shall be unto us. Then we trusted Him for forgiveness, and it became ours; now we must trust in Him for righteousness, and it shall become ours also. Then we took Him as a Savior in the future penalties of our sins; now we must take Him as a Savior in the present from the bondage of our sins. Then He lifted us out of the pit; now He is to seat us in heavenly places with Himself.
It is God working in you, not you working for God. Jesus says in John 15:5, I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing (emphasis mine). We are branches off of the vine. Branches receive the sap from the vine. It does not require work from the branches. Tell God that you are through trying. Tell Him that He is the only one who can change you. Trust and ask the Spirit to give you the strength to overcome inappropriate content and masturbation.
This changed my life, and I pray that it will change yours. Yes, I still sometimes stumble and touch or look at inappropriate content, but it is now the rarity, not the majority. I know God is not angry with me. I just tried to do it all on my own. All I have to do is focus my eyes back on my loving Father and trust Him on the long way home
Your Brother in Him,
Abel
The passage that really helped me was Paul's saying in Romans 7:15-17. He says, "For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me."
He continues in verses 24 & 25, Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
So, as a Christian, in God's eyes through Jesus, you are a pure person. You are tempted by the old sin, but you are released from the prison of your sin. The thing is that we as fallen beings still believe the old lies that Satan tells us. We believe that we have to try and earn God's favor by doing good. One of my personal revelations was that no matter how good I am, I can never earn God's love. No matter how bad I am, I can never lose God's love. Once we are saved, we are on a journey to our home in Heaven. It will take us up mountains and down valleys, but we trust the Father to guide us on the way.
So what does God expect us to do? Rely on Him through the third being of the Trinity, the Spirit. A book that I am reading that really is life changing is "The Wonderful Spirit Filled Life" by Charles Stanley.
Ill use his words, Then we believed that Jesus was our Savior from the guilt of sin, and according to our faith it was unto us; now we must believe that He is our Savior from the power of sin, and according to our faith it shall be unto us. Then we trusted Him for forgiveness, and it became ours; now we must trust in Him for righteousness, and it shall become ours also. Then we took Him as a Savior in the future penalties of our sins; now we must take Him as a Savior in the present from the bondage of our sins. Then He lifted us out of the pit; now He is to seat us in heavenly places with Himself.
It is God working in you, not you working for God. Jesus says in John 15:5, I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing (emphasis mine). We are branches off of the vine. Branches receive the sap from the vine. It does not require work from the branches. Tell God that you are through trying. Tell Him that He is the only one who can change you. Trust and ask the Spirit to give you the strength to overcome inappropriate content and masturbation.
This changed my life, and I pray that it will change yours. Yes, I still sometimes stumble and touch or look at inappropriate content, but it is now the rarity, not the majority. I know God is not angry with me. I just tried to do it all on my own. All I have to do is focus my eyes back on my loving Father and trust Him on the long way home
Your Brother in Him,
Abel
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Freedom from Masturbation and inappropriate contentography by James Jennings | illbehonest.com
Great sermon here.
Great sermon here.
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