How can i fight my sin ?

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I need help, I have this problem with masturbation. When i was a teenager i started masturbating at shower and it stuck in my mind and everytime i go to take a shower i get this images,feelings that remind me about this and i often feel like I am tempted to do that . So everytime i go to shower i feel strugling not to do that. Although i was born again and for a long time i stopped doing that,but couple of times i fail and now i feel like like this place is just temping me its self. I am not tempted to watch inappropriate content or something,but just in the shower. I can't just avoid going to the shower.
 

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Well, one thing that stands out in all that you've written here is the focus you have upon yourself. Can I suggest to you that so long as you're focused upon you, your desires, your feelings, your struggles, the more of you you'll produce? The Bible urges us to "look unto Jesus" (Hebrews 12:2-3) and to "behold the glory of the Lord" (2 Corinthians 3:18) and to meditate upon the revelation of God in Scripture (Psalms 1; Matthew 4:4; Philippians 4:8). The more you are focused upon Christ, the more like him you'll end up being. This is because God has made us to be conformed to our focus. Advertising companies make billions every year on the basis of this fact. The more a thing occupies your thoughts, the greater the likelihood it will shape your thinking, desires and behaviour. This is as true in the spiritual realm as it is in the consumerist culture of North America. Part of the answer, then, to changing who you are involves looking away from yourself to that to which you wish to be conformed. In the case of the Christian person, it is to Christ that God intends they should be conformed (Romans 8:29) and so it is unto him they ought to be constantly looking.

Of course, if you find Christ dull and uninteresting, if he is just some distant, heavenly figure far removed from your life, well, it will be hard to "look unto him" in any consistent way. But if you love him, if you have a strong desire to know him deeply, if you long to have fellowship with him as your Saviour, Lord and Friend, all of the things Scripture tells you to do in being conformed to his likeness will be a joy, not an onerous, laborious duty. Turning away from drugs, knocking off the smoking, ditching the lifestyle you once lived centered upon you and your desires can be a delight when doing so leads you into deeper, fuller, more wonderful fellowship with Jesus. If, though, the goal is just to clean yourself up, to follow the rules, to be a "good person," you've missed the whole point of the Christian life. And having missed it, the Christian life becomes a useless and impossible life to live.
 
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This is a good post, I dont believe enough light has been shed on this topic from a spiritual point of view. Now i am certainly not going to brow beat you with scripture on this. I want to keep this practical. your initial question was "how can i fight my sin" lets deal with that first. Because if the masturbation was the focus of the sin it would have been in the initial question. So, we are to assume from the initial question that your post isnt as much about masturbation as it is about what is leading you to the act of masturbation, one question to ask yourself is, what am i thinking of when i touch? are you thinking of a girl/guy you saw in a store or on the street, a co-worker? if so, then the sin is lust and this is what needs to be addressed with God. Remember that in order to combat the sin, you need to realize what the sin is. And this is the point. The Bible teaches us that having self control is wisdom, it is also remembering that in all you do, say and think we are to glorify God. So i dont know exactly what is leading to the act, but i will say once you go to God with true nature of the sin your trying fight then and only then will have victory over this lack of self control.
 
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I need help, I have this problem with masturbation. When i was a teenager i started masturbating at shower and it stuck in my mind and everytime i go to take a shower i get this images,feelings that remind me about this and i often feel like I am tempted to do that . So everytime i go to shower i feel strugling not to do that. Although i was born again and for a long time i stopped doing that,but couple of times i fail and now i feel like like this place is just temping me its self. I am not tempted to watch inappropriate content or something,but just in the shower. I can't just avoid going to the shower.

We must remember God is watching .
Should take the fun out of it.
Bringing deep Repentance.
M-Bob
 
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I need help, I have this problem with masturbation. When i was a teenager i started masturbating at shower and it stuck in my mind and everytime i go to take a shower i get this images,feelings that remind me about this and i often feel like I am tempted to do that . So everytime i go to shower i feel strugling not to do that. Although i was born again and for a long time i stopped doing that,but couple of times i fail and now i feel like like this place is just temping me its self. I am not tempted to watch inappropriate content or something,but just in the shower. I can't just avoid going to the shower.
I wouldn’t worry about it. It’s a natural way to relieve tension. Sounds as though you’re not hurting anyone.
 
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I need help, I have this problem with masturbation. When i was a teenager i started masturbating at shower and it stuck in my mind and everytime i go to take a shower i get this images,feelings that remind me about this and i often feel like I am tempted to do that . So everytime i go to shower i feel strugling not to do that. Although i was born again and for a long time i stopped doing that,but couple of times i fail and now i feel like like this place is just temping me its self. I am not tempted to watch inappropriate content or something,but just in the shower. I can't just avoid going to the shower.
It is written..."There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." (1 Cor 10:13)
Look for the escapes!
Get an kitchen timer and limit yourself to ten minutes in the tub.
Use cooler water.
Shower at a different time of day.

And remember, if you are Christ's, it isn't "your" body anymore...it is His.
 
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I need help, I have this problem with masturbation. When i was a teenager i started masturbating at shower and it stuck in my mind and everytime i go to take a shower i get this images,feelings that remind me about this and i often feel like I am tempted to do that . So everytime i go to shower i feel strugling not to do that. Although i was born again and for a long time i stopped doing that,but couple of times i fail and now i feel like like this place is just temping me its self. I am not tempted to watch inappropriate content or something,but just in the shower. I can't just avoid going to the shower.
Ovis, maybe you could talk to your doctor about this.
 
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I need help, I have this problem with masturbation. When i was a teenager i started masturbating at shower and it stuck in my mind and everytime i go to take a shower i get this images,feelings that remind me about this and i often feel like I am tempted to do that . So everytime i go to shower i feel strugling not to do that. Although i was born again and for a long time i stopped doing that,but couple of times i fail and now i feel like like this place is just temping me its self. I am not tempted to watch inappropriate content or something,but just in the shower. I can't just avoid going to the shower.
I learned the best way to deal with temptation is bringing it to light. Whenever I feel tempted I go to God and talk to Him about it. I also seek the root cause.
 
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I need help, I have this problem with masturbation. When i was a teenager i started masturbating at shower and it stuck in my mind and everytime i go to take a shower i get this images,feelings that remind me about this and i often feel like I am tempted to do that . So everytime i go to shower i feel strugling not to do that. Although i was born again and for a long time i stopped doing that,but couple of times i fail and now i feel like like this place is just temping me its self. I am not tempted to watch inappropriate content or something,but just in the shower. I can't just avoid going to the shower.

The bible tells us that we should not be a "slave to sin". If you are feeling controlled by this issue, you need to fight it. The best way to fight sin is just to spend more time in seeking God and prayer. Jesus said "pray that you enter not into temptation, for the spirit is willing, and the flesh weak". God will give you internal strength, as you seek him, which will overcome weaknesses of the flesh.

Although the bible lists [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] as a form of uncleanness, and it will make you feel dirty. Often times young, single, men need a way to release themselves. I would suggest that you submit the feeling to God, and if you feel you can not overcome it. Do it in a more private, less embarrassing way, asking God to forgive you for your weakness. But don't ever let it control you, to the point of obsession.
 
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