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Hello there fellow brothers and sisters..i am here to confess.i am struggling greatly to overcome some habitual sin..sigh.i just keep falling into temptation..like i honestly feel in my heart..there is a lack of sorrow and guilty for my sins..which bothers me...i know i cannot get away with sin..but sigh..you know how it goes..anyway..though i know...i seem to think "i can"...i know i cannot.i just keep falling

sigh..urgh..i have to stop..i really do.going on for months and month..i do not want to be addicted to anything..like i feel there is this weakness..towards temptation.

anyway..just here to confess my struggle with gluttony with food..sexual sin..viewing pornography.i wont go into it.but you get the idea....i just ask that you stand and pray to God..for the strength and will to stop sinning..and follow Him wholeheartily..to deny the flesh..
for God to be my strength in my greatest weakness..for the addictive personality to stop.and to take respoinibility for my actions..if you can pray this for me.i would really appreiate that

God bless you all..
 

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Praying for you.

P.S. I used to view pornography and struggle with sexual sin. I tried for quite some time to quit. I did the mistake of not quitting cold turkey, I kept doing stuff related to it, letting the thoughts run rampant etc. What finally worked was when I quit EVERYTHING related to the sin. Of course, you can't stop eating, but you can control your thoughts. Let go of the sinful thoughts and don't let the sin think it can ever come back again. God was the one who set me free though, all glory to Him! May He set you free too.
 
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You are not alone in this struggle. The lusts of the flesh are deep rooted and do not give up easily. Immersing myself in the Word, and holding myself accountable to an older Christian woman has helped me tremendously, though there are still times when I give in.

Do not beat yourself up. The Lord understands and forgives. His mercies are never ending. Read Psalm 51 and pray it as a prayer to the Lord.

Hugs,
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yes the things of the flesh are hard to overcome..sigh..i am struggling with who i am attracted too..i dont know..or dont want to know..and i am affraid.i am rather angry..so God and I..well me.i am fighting Him.

tis hard..as its hard to trust God for me..lol..sigh..dealing with alot of fear in my life.so when things come up..i rather not to deal with them..as i am affraid..this is one of them..of who i am attracted too..

anyway thanks..being accountable is something i want too..God bless
 
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Hello there fellow brothers and sisters..i am here to confess.i am struggling greatly to overcome some habitual sin..sigh.i just keep falling into temptation..like i honestly feel in my heart..there is a lack of sorrow and guilty for my sins..which bothers me...i know i cannot get away with sin..but sigh..you know how it goes..anyway..though i know...i seem to think "i can"...i know i cannot.i just keep falling

sigh..urgh..i have to stop..i really do.going on for months and month..i do not want to be addicted to anything..like i feel there is this weakness..towards temptation.

anyway..just here to confess my struggle with gluttony with food..sexual sin..viewing pornography.i wont go into it.but you get the idea....i just ask that you stand and pray to God..for the strength and will to stop sinning..and follow Him wholeheartily..to deny the flesh..
for God to be my strength in my greatest weakness..for the addictive personality to stop.and to take respoinibility for my actions..if you can pray this for me.i would really appreiate that

God bless you all..

I know the feeling. We all go through our dark moments, but it's important to remember to ask God for forgiveness. And he will grant it to you. I'll be praying for you. But remember, faith without deeds is worthless. So try your hardest to resist temptation. Put yourself out of situations where you know you're most vulnerable to doing certain sinful things. I'll be praying for you.
 
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sigh..well today was a horrific day..sigh..you dont even want to know what i did.....sigh

anyway..i just keep falling..like i try..but i am just weary now..like i been through so much fear..like i care..but i am just tired...bein hurt alot and numbed emotions..sigh

I am making process..inside..but its going so slow..not good enough..the sin has to stop

hmm..like i am not that bad..like i am not like totally depressed or anything

hmm.its hard to open and say..when you cant see the truth about yourself..and when you talk.you think everything you say is a lie..

LOL..i know..satan just keeps lying to me..and for some reason.i just believe..cause i believe i am totally an evil person..so basically like..the lies become truth now..like i just feel i am totally evil..though people think otherwise..they say i am an awesome man of God..very kind..gentle..above average..but i cannot see it.i see evil..sin and too many mistakes..i cannot see i am kind.i just see a hypocrite..who just keeps the law..sigh...who just does good 'acts"..sigh..like why cant i see i am beter then i really am?..i feel like if i say anything remotely good.it is a lie abot myself..in fact...all the truth of everything i say.has to be bad for me..so tha i get blamed.its always my fault..LOL!!..like i cannot beat this

too much on table...sigh..like i am trying..i am seriously trying as hard as i can..but when your mind..and your belief system as been trampled on by satan..who says.you cant believe anything..this is what you believe..sigh..i know the truth...i just feel i am trapped in in choices.that i dont have a choice..controled and being transformed by satan to what he wants me to be..i see myself feeling things i never want to feel.but i must want to..do all the things i feel..that is the real me..i cannot have a choice to say no.that is not me...no to that.i must always say yes.and i must always be bad.because i cannot do anything right..because i have to be perfect in everyway..


LOL..that is how i feel..sigh..like when you dont even now who you are..i know who i am in Christ..but who "dustin" is..what he desires..you played beat up so bad by satan and the world..because you are running around like chicken with your head cut off

sigh...i want things simply.not like when i go to get a job....it becomes a world war..of seeing if a lie..or do wrong.and if i do...it costs me my life..

anyway...sounds cool eh...

well anyway..praise God..and thanks you all for listening
 
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What do you want HoneyComb Son? I mean, what would you like to be and what would you like to do?

You say a part of you wants to do things that are against God. What does it want you to be and what does it want you to do? Do you think those things will give you happiness? Do you think God has denied these things just because or do you think He has reasons for it?

Having thoughts that are sinful doesn't mean you are sinful. It's how you deal with the thoughts that matters. God can deliver you from those thoughts, no doubt, but they in themselves do not make you a sinner. As an example, let's say you see something "valuable" and you are tempted to steal it. Now, if you steal it, you do something sinful, but if you dismiss the thoughts, you don't do anything sinful. Temptation will come, Jesus said this himself, so do not be surprised when it comes. And don't be fooled by satan when he tries to convince you that you can't change. Jesus died on the cross so we could be saved, so that we could repent and have our sins washed away. If you fall, learn from it, get up and go at it again. Make preparations for when the temptation comes again, don't fall into the trap of self-pity and hopelessness. With God's help you can beat this! Let no one tell you otherwise.
 
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thanks..i know.well..i have been listening to lies so long..i believed them..like its hard to see who I am..like i cannot see how people see me..they see a wonderful person..a kind person.i cannot see that in myself.i see an evil person..with no kindness or anything good..though i know i am kind..i just hear satan say i am lying..i want to believe it for myself..but whenever i try to push pass this block.i get totally condemned..anxiety and fear enter my heart..i am fighting back.against satan...it is hard.when you try to overcome.and you get filled with fear and anxiety..causes me not to want to..though i still do and push

i have thought about what I want..i honestly struggle to know..honestly find it hard to tell the truth..because i feel like i am lying though i am not..tis hard to explain here..it really is..sigh..the ideal thing is that i would want to follow God..and i do have a desire to do so..that is true!..to do His will.just alot of things.i think I have heard..or seen..thinking from God..but not..as i myself found out..sigh.i dont know why i cannot overcome this

i wont give up..like i want to know myself..what i want..what i desire..i used to know..but satan came along..this is no lie..its not all his fault..i listened to him..but you know..
the world..etc

hmm..i will think on what i want..sigh..
i dont know why i am like this.i look inside..i cannot tell..hmm..

God bless and thanks for the quesitons
 
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Hello there fellow brothers and sisters..i am here to confess.i am struggling greatly to overcome some habitual sin..sigh.i just keep falling into temptation..like i honestly feel in my heart..there is a lack of sorrow and guilty for my sins..which bothers me...i know i cannot get away with sin..but sigh..you know how it goes..anyway..though i know...i seem to think "i can"...i know i cannot.i just keep falling

sigh..urgh..i have to stop..i really do.going on for months and month..i do not want to be addicted to anything..like i feel there is this weakness..towards temptation.

anyway..just here to confess my struggle with gluttony with food..sexual sin..viewing pornography.i wont go into it.but you get the idea....i just ask that you stand and pray to God..for the strength and will to stop sinning..and follow Him wholeheartily..to deny the flesh..
for God to be my strength in my greatest weakness..for the addictive personality to stop.and to take respoinibility for my actions..if you can pray this for me.i would really appreiate that

God bless you all..
God provides quite a number of remedies for the curse you have described, but which is right for you is entirely up to your situation and detail. To attempt give you a basic understanding of the "fix" at this point, in this manner, would be futile as your heart has been overcome by the brightness of delights and is temporarily blinding your mind.

Without understanding, you must be tethered yet cannot see the Holy Spirit such as to attach only to Him within you. So for now, when you pray, bring to mind your particular situation else the answers brought to you will still be insufficient to your need.

There is a Godly whirlwind that removes ALL vampirish temptation. But to create the momentum of it within yourself and especially by yourself, requires attention to your exact situation.

But having said all of that, I can still advise that you begin by giving yourself a better self-image and seek to perfect what you see as a truly admirable man deserving of the respect you are requesting of yourself when you tell yourself to stop this or that. Why should your heart respect the wishes of a lowly man inspired only to remain a lost boy helpless without purpose or admirable drive?

It takes passion to redirect passion. Seek to perfect yourself with passion to an image within you of a man you would truly admire.

God has more solutions than you have problems. Learn how to pray and HEAR the solutions within you. ;)
 
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You know the truth. And the truth is: God sacrificed His son so you could be saved. Don't try to prove the devil wrong with your own actions. Don't attempt to justify yourself with your works, instead rely on the hope that is Jesus. Jesus is the one who washes us white as snow! Command the devil to leave you alone in Jesus' name. Just say it when he attacks and starts lying: "In the name of Jesus Christ, get away from me satan!"

Do not give up, God will get you through this.
 
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Hi Honeycomb son,

The first thing I will say to you is you are in a very blessed position compared to the world: you belive in the Lord God. This is a gift by God to YOU becouse you are loved and chosen by Him. Known by Him even befour you were born -- can you grasp the significance of that and he implications this has on your life right now?

To be loved and choosen by the creator of the universe, as well as a God of grace, we as humans are just unable to fully comprehend this divine blessing, how awesome!

Another encouraging thought -- you are confessing and acknowledging your sin,those (including Christians) who fail to do this have no hope. Befour we confess our sin to our Farther in heaven we have to first confess it to ourselves. Many people are hooked into habitual sin becouse they are failing to build there life on a solid foundation of TRUTH. Sadly and tragically they will be this way until the grave unless the change thire ways.

As a starting point to your current struggles (I know what porn addiction is like) I would thoroughly recommend you check out http://www.settingcaptivesfree.com which is a christian ministery with a strong bible based recovery program.
Keep praying and abiding in the vine -- the word of God at all times.
May God bless you.
Barnabas.
 
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sigh hello again..all.i know you have said good advice..but you know what..sigh..i feel like..or i have already choosen my own way..in all honestly..that is what i choose.is my own way..cause yes i am angry right now..because two choices i fear..two which God i think is telling me..and you now what.i dont want to become who God wants me to be..i want to be who i want to be..desire what i desire..not what i fear.not to what i am seeing..i would rather live in this world.and do i like.and dream what i dream..and have what i have..rather then following God

sure.its bitterness.and the like.but i am being honest..in fact.i already told God i am doing this.and He told me He would always love me.you know what.that is fine...but i am not going to follow Him..when i hate who i am thinking He wants me to be..when i sense..what i think He is telling me.i would rather live my own life.and do as i please.and you know what.i am prepared to do that..i expected this.coming on here...

because i am sorry..to many thing i have been through.i dont care..God could be telling me i am not to marry.which is one..or He is telling me something else..like He wants me to marry a big woman..to which...i will not have at all!!..which i will not have in my life!!..not at all!..i have lived my life enough in fear..and i am sure willing to live the life i want...either with God or not!

so yes i am angry..and i know the consequences of this action...i know everyone reaps what they sow

go ahead.say i am a boy..but i can sure make my own decisions.with God or not..
 
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and.like i said..i know the consequences of this action.i have already told God.i could not follow HIm..i told Him everything..but you know what.i will not go around other christians.and watch them be joyful and have their hearts desires..while i am affraid God is telling me this.or wants this in my life!...making me someone i dont want to be!!!..not at all!...sure.you can say...but you are blessed..yes I am..but you have things you dreamed of...what if you could never!!..ah..could you serve God without your dreams..marrying..or something you longed for..yes you can say yes..but its only when you at that moment..when you reallize maybe you cant have it.you are tested..sure go ahead and say so..dont say..that you will serve God no matter what..its only when you been there..cause i will never follow Him..never will i repent..or see His face.i would rather live this worldly life and for its passions.before i serve Him!
 
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I was just reading a book written by a Godly man. He wrote that change of the mind and spirit are up to God, the only thing we can do to affect it is surrender and desire the change and freedom. When we ask for the change in Jesus' name, the Spirit of God will come to our aid, he writes.
 
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Hello there fellow brothers and sisters..i am here to confess.i am struggling greatly to overcome some habitual sin..sigh.i just keep falling into temptation..like i honestly feel in my heart..there is a lack of sorrow and guilty for my sins..which bothers me...i know i cannot get away with sin..but sigh..you know how it goes..anyway..though i know...i seem to think "i can"...i know i cannot.i just keep falling

sigh..urgh..i have to stop..i really do.going on for months and month..i do not want to be addicted to anything..like i feel there is this weakness..towards temptation.

anyway..just here to confess my struggle with gluttony with food..sexual sin..viewing pornography.i wont go into it.but you get the idea....i just ask that you stand and pray to God..for the strength and will to stop sinning..and follow Him wholeheartily..to deny the flesh..
for God to be my strength in my greatest weakness..for the addictive personality to stop.and to take respoinibility for my actions..if you can pray this for me.i would really appreiate that

God bless you all..
Lord God,
I pray for this child of Yours'
I pray father for strength that can only be
found in your loveand the shadow of your wings.
Lord, Your child desires to be closer to you and live according to your will.
I pray Lord in the name of Your Holy and Precious Son that you would strengthen Your child to bring about these changes in their life.
Thank You Lord.
Amen!!!
 
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