I am newly saved. I need some prayers please! Serious temptations.

[LostButNowFound22]

Hi everyone, my name is Zack and I am a 22 year old and am new here. I am also newly saved..I am a former agnostic/weak atheist. I came to live with my sister Christmas day. We lived in different states, and we reconnected with each other during her visit in TN for Christmas at our mothers home. I was living in my own place with 2 other roommates and unemployed. I was talking with sister and explaining to her how I felt so empty and surrounded by negative energy at my house. My roommates and I were drinking and doing drugs often and I was going nowhere.
So come Christmas day, my sister said she wanted to rescue me from that environment and asked me if I would go home, pack my bags, and come to live with her right now, that day, and so I did. The next few days she read the bible aloud to me, and we got in serious conversation about God. I started reading a little here and there before bed. On December 30th, I recited the sinner's prayer and accepted Jesus Christ in my heart and decided to follow him. I fully submitted. I was tired of living in deceit and darkness.

She lead me to Christ and I feel so much more peace it's amazing. However, I recognize I dabbled in serious sins and the one affecting me is pornography/lust. I realize Satan is alive and strong he is already attacking me and oppressing me very aggressively. I am hacing problems rebuking this demon. The devil knows I am weak to this temptation and he has gotten me everyday. I am seeking prayers, and deliverance from this. As an agnostic up until this point in my life I only relied upon on myself but now I want to rely on Jesus Christ. What is some scripture I can attack Satan with? I am sorry this is long, but is really important.

 

[timf]

I recognize I dabbled in serious sins and the one affecting me is pornography/lust.

Satan likes to get Christians thinking that they have to keep themselves sinless by their own strength. This is called the flesh. The Pharisees followed this path so much that they thought they were righteous all the while they were stealing widows houses and cheating on business deals.

You can cut down your frequency. However, the solution lies in a different direction.

The Bible says that it is better to marry than to burn. You should find a Christian girl and get married. Since this is someone you are going to spend your life with, it is a good idea to make sure that she is a real Christian. A inclination towards pornography can handicap you such that physical appearance becomes the highest criteria for making a selection about who to marry. Consider how much more important a good sense of humor and a pleasant personality are.

 

[Nails74]

Though Satan is real, remember that he can only be in one place at one time...not omnipresent. Many times, our temptation simply comes from our flesh. Paul knew the danger of sexual temptation and how powerful it is...

Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not! Don’t you know that anyone joined to a prostitute is one body with her? For Scripture says, The two will become one flesh. But anyone joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. Run from sexual immorality! “Every sin a person can commit is outside the body.” On the contrary, the person who is sexually immoral sins against his own body. Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body. [1 Corinthians 6:15-20]

Note that he doesn't take it lightly. Nothing about thinking it over or not worrying about it...he says RUN!

When you get the temptation, run to Christ and His word...you will find refuge and wisdom there.

 

[LaidBack78]

Hi Zack. I too had problems with pornography and lust. It wasn't until I accepted Jesus into my life that I was able to take control of these things. The solution is your relationship with God. The closer you get to him, the more you will realize you don't need to do these things. You have to spend time with him everyday, by reading your bible and praying to him. The more you do it, the more you will realize that he is ALWAYS there. Once that clicks, you will ask yourself do you really want to watch pornography with Jesus looking right over your shoulder lol...Seriously, if the urge even creeps up in my mind that's the first thing I think about. Haven't looked at any pornography in about 3 months now, and this is something I use to do almost everyday. Lust is a bit harder, because you will always see beautiful women out there. But when thought of lust start to creep in, you have to quickly replace them with something else. If you notice you are staring at a woman too long, you have to tell yourself to quickly look away and just go about your business. Once you do this enough, it will get easier. But always ask the Lord for strength and guidance and he will help you through it.

 

[jannikitty]

Thanking God for your salvation I pray for your deliverance from this sin which will surely keep you from experiencing the strength and grace you need in order to live a happy and fruitful Christian life. " Lord, have mercy, Lord set him free. Lord, give him a stronger faith and a new sense of direction and lead him to the place you want him to be. In the Name of Jesus. Amen. " Here is a good scripture for you in your situation.

Psalm 40: 1-4. (NIV)
I waited patiently for the Lord;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord
and put their trust in him.

4 Blessed is the one
who trusts in the Lord,
who does not look to the proud,
to those who turn aside to false gods.

 

[insurchoftruth]

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[Peripatetic]

The devil knows I am weak to this temptation and he has gotten me everyday. I am seeking prayers, and deliverance from this.

One of the devil's most powerful weapons is to use human sexuality as a means to bring condemnation and doubt into the life of a Christian. Overcoming sin doesn't happen overnight, just focus on taking steps in the right direction.

God knows your heart, and expects some stumbles and struggles. What He doesn't want is you giving up because you feel hopeless and condemned. So hang in there and be patient... God is!

 

[damascusroad]

What is some scripture I can attack Satan with? I am sorry this is long, but is really important.

Temptations such as the ones you describe will happen. However, you have already attacked satan. You have the Whole Armor of God in Jesus. Read John 14:6, John 3:3, Romans 10:8-13. As an authentically born-again Believer in Jesus as Savior, now follow Him as Lord. You don't need to attack satan. You need to live with your faith, hope and trust in Jesus, not in attacking the enemy. Be strong in the Lord, in His power, in His might. That is how you overcome these temptations. Ephesians 6:10-17; 1 John 5:4-5.

 

[dcb1101]

I'm praying for you. Make sure you are also committing this to prayer daily! If you feel comfortably telling your sister about this, have her set internet filters on your computer and password protect them. However the true problem is not solved by technology, it will help remove the temptations.

“If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.” - John 15:19

When the devil sees you commit yourself to Christ, he will try to tempt you back into your old ways. We are all sinners. We will never be perfect, and all fall to temptation. Spend time in prayer and reading your Bible daily. Every day is a new day with new challenges.
Read these articles:
Verses about Strength
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

 

[mil06]

Your not alone Zack, Im a new Christian to and am struggling badly with the same sin as you, it seems like it will never get easier, but as the folks above me said, pray, pray, pray, and spend time with God, its what new Christians should do, I find myself more and more being tempted like never before, things that I was always looking at seem to be more tempting.
I have been fighting this for a lil now, even to the point I didnt go to church the other week with my family cause I felt like a hypocrite praying to God and taking communion, that evening I sat on my chair and cried like a baby, probably even more than when I accepted Jesus last April.
I have found so much peace in the last week cause when the thoughts come at me, I quickly pray, pleading and begging Him to save me and to take the thoughts away, and thats not acting on them either, thats even worse, bro, dont put yourself in a position that you fall into that temptation and start, its so easy to start doing it, and before you know it, your in over your head......DONT EVEN ALLOW IT TO START, when your tempted go for a walk, go for a drive, PRAY, PRAY, and ask Him to help you.
Sorry for the long answer but this is what I have found in the last week to help me, and I want it so bad to stop you have no idea, its destroying me inside, that I even think if I would die in a freak accident, cause of the sin, would I not see Heaven, and my savior, and then the answer is there.........the sin is not worth it, I want to see my savior and be with Him forever someday.
PRAYING FOR YOU BRO!!!!

 

[Bible2]

Nails74 said in post 3:

Many times, our temptation simply comes from our flesh.

That brings to mind the scripture:

"... every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed" (James 1:14).

 

[CGL1023]

Hi everyone, my name is Zack and I am a 22 year old and am new here. I am also newly saved..I am a former agnostic/weak atheist. I came to live with my sister Christmas day. We lived in different states, and we reconnected with each other during her visit in TN for Christmas at our mothers home. I was living in my own place with 2 other roommates and unemployed. I was talking with sister and explaining to her how I felt so empty and surrounded by negative energy at my house. My roommates and I were drinking and doing drugs often and I was going nowhere.
So come Christmas day, my sister said she wanted to rescue me from that environment and asked me if I would go home, pack my bags, and come to live with her right now, that day, and so I did. The next few days she read the bible aloud to me, and we got in serious conversation about God. I started reading a little here and there before bed. On December 30th, I recited the sinner's prayer and accepted Jesus Christ in my heart and decided to follow him. I fully submitted. I was tired of living in deceit and darkness.

She lead me to Christ and I feel so much more peace it's amazing. However, I recognize I dabbled in serious sins and the one affecting me is pornography/lust. I realize Satan is alive and strong he is already attacking me and oppressing me very aggressively. I am hacing problems rebuking this demon. The devil knows I am weak to this temptation and he has gotten me everyday. I am seeking prayers, and deliverance from this. As an agnostic up until this point in my life I only relied upon on myself but now I want to rely on Jesus Christ. What is some scripture I can attack Satan with? I am sorry this is long, but is really important.

One thing to do is to get the power of God on your side through being baptized in the Holy Spirit. That means that the Holy Spirit recreates your spirit and He, as the Spirit of Adoption, adopts you into the family of God. In this, God becomes your Father and you belong to God as His son. Your relationship to God is Adam-like in that God would relish walking with you in the cool of the day, as with Adam. With God in you, your ability to accomplish Godly pursuits is hugely increased. This supercharges your power to resist sin and that is only the beginning. (John 3, Romans 8 and Gal 5).

 

[vocalyocal]

Hi everyone, my name is Zack and I am a 22 year old and am new here. I am also newly saved..I am a former agnostic/weak atheist. I came to live with my sister Christmas day. We lived in different states, and we reconnected with each other during her visit in TN for Christmas at our mothers home. I was living in my own place with 2 other roommates and unemployed. I was talking with sister and explaining to her how I felt so empty and surrounded by negative energy at my house. My roommates and I were drinking and doing drugs often and I was going nowhere.
So come Christmas day, my sister said she wanted to rescue me from that environment and asked me if I would go home, pack my bags, and come to live with her right now, that day, and so I did. The next few days she read the bible aloud to me, and we got in serious conversation about God. I started reading a little here and there before bed. On December 30th, I recited the sinner's prayer and accepted Jesus Christ in my heart and decided to follow him. I fully submitted. I was tired of living in deceit and darkness.

She lead me to Christ and I feel so much more peace it's amazing. However, I recognize I dabbled in serious sins and the one affecting me is pornography/lust. I realize Satan is alive and strong he is already attacking me and oppressing me very aggressively. I am hacing problems rebuking this demon. The devil knows I am weak to this temptation and he has gotten me everyday. I am seeking prayers, and deliverance from this. As an agnostic up until this point in my life I only relied upon on myself but now I want to rely on Jesus Christ. What is some scripture I can attack Satan with? I am sorry this is long, but is really important.

Its hard to realize but you are being deceived into believing you can't stop, this is satan's greatest weapon, pornography never satisfies and always leaves you feeling bad and discusted that you gave in

so if you can remember that the whole drawl to pornography and masturbation is a lie from the pit of hell, it never delivers what it promises

to find the freedom your searching for will take some time, but it can be reached, as I was once completely addicted and powerless to stop

true freedom is found when you give your MIND to Christ, when you start censoring what you allow your mind to think about is when you will begin to see results

there is a scripture that states "hold every thought captive to Christ"

this is the key to freedom, it takes time to gain the upperhand in this one battle, but once achieved, you will find a freedom you never have experienced, self control beyond belief.

I never realized how much and how often I let my mind play out sexual fantasies and perverse thoughts

once I started rebuking these things (and it was practically continous at first) I realized just how I actually never allowed Jesus to have this portion of my life

I had given Him my heart and soul but my mind was a cesspool of sexual immorality

but if you don't give up and keep rebuking the crap in your mind, you will find over time that victories will start happening, and after even longer periods of time you will realize how your flesh was so empowered by your thought life

pornography is a lie, just as masturbation is a lie

Ephesians 2 says this



And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, FULFILLING THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH AND OF THE MIND, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.




I tell you the truth, get control over your thoughts, and the flesh is powerless to fight against you.

don't let failures cause you to give up, the greatest victory will be found after a failure...........you can overcome these things

 

[DerLutheraner]

Martin Luther said "we sin much daily," and because of that, daily we have to drown "the old Adam" in the waters of our Baptism.

We will be afflicted with the tendency to sin until we go to be with our Lord.

However, there are earthly measures you can take.

Avoid places/situations where the sin can take hold of you. Remember, when Jesus dismissed Satan after He was tempted, St. Luke said (4:13) that "When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time" (emphasis mine). Satan waits for "an opportune time" for all of us.

I am a recovering alcoholic. It is not a good idea for me to go into a bar, or to hang out with those whose primary social activity is centred on drink. I have to deal with that one day at a time. I might drink tomorrow, but by the Grace of God, I am not drinking today.

Much the same can be said for pornography. The Internet has made it all too easily available. I am a former IT guy, and one suggestion I can give you is that if you know someone who is an IT professional, you can have him/her set your browser up to block access to pornographic sites, without having to purchase any additional software. It's not perfect, but much of the time it does work.

And, fortunately, our God is a forgiving God, who loved us (and YOU) to send His only Son to take the punishment for our sins that WE deserve. When you slip, turn to Him in sincere repentance and ask for forgiveness.

Soli Deo Gloria!

 

[cristylynn83]

psalm 86:11-13 " Teach me your way, O Lord; I will walk in your truth; Unite my heart to fear your name. I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify your name forevermore. For great is your mercy toward me, and you have delivered my soul from the depths of sheol."

2 Cor. 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

Proverbs 28:26 "He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered."

1 Cor. 10:13 "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."

Romans 6:14 "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace."

 

[captainkate]

You're gonna be ok, Brother. Guard your thoughts! Anytime an evil thought comes, cast it down (according to scripture). It's easy. Just say it. "I cast down evil imagination in the name of Jesus." Those thoughts will flee... do that every time they try to come back.

You can also say "I will think on good things only, things that are lovely, things that are of a good report" (Philipians)

Sometimes I just say "I refuse to think these thoughts devil.. take them and get out of here in the name of Jesus!" You will be suprised how fast they exit.

Someone said "We are not responsible for a bird (thought) flying by our head.. we become responsible when we allow it to build a nest."

 

[KrazyCanadian1962]

Bless you for your decision to follow Christ. The next step is to find a church and an accountability partner or mentor. Someone to help you through the changes you will need to take. A solid Christian who will be there for you and keep you straight. The changes will not be immediate and will take time.

Philippians 1:6

being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you, will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

 

[lnikodem]

I just read this prayer request - found it looking for a prayer to pray with new Christian -
I am so happy and excited for you -
please let me know.
God bless -

 

[Harry3142]

Zack-

As Christians our actions are to be governed through a new set of motivations' being given to us. It is through these motivations that we have assurance of following the Christian path:

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.

The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. (Galatians 5:16-26,NIV)

The motivations listed as 'the acts of the sinful nature' are at the core of the nature we all have from birth. Some of these motivations have been subdued to a certain extent because of familial and societal pressures, but they are still there. And these motivations can only culminate in the commission of sinful acts, including even those acts which are camouflaged as pious. They are the root cause of all sinful acts, and any act which has one or more of these motivations at its core cannot be seen as anything other than sinful. Just as a poisoned tree cannot yield good fruit, no action which originates with these motivations can be seen as righteous.

In order for our actions to have assurance of conforming to what God wants of us, the motivations which lead to our performing those actions must also conform to what God wants of us. That takes place when the motivations are those listed as 'the fruit of the Spirit'. It is when these motivations are the impetus for what we do that our actions have assurance of conforming to God's will. Just as the motivations listed as 'the acts of the sinful nature' can be seen as the origin of all sinful acts, the motivations listed as 'the fruit of the Spirit' can be seen as the origin of all righteous acts. That's why the words which immediately follow their listing are, "Against such things there is no law."

So the answer to your problem is to have God strengthen your new nature as a Christian, and thus make the motivations of the sinful nature of no effect. This won't happen overnight. But you will find as you continue your journey as a Christian that those desires which originate in the sinful nature's motivations simply aren't affecting you anymore. Instead, your actions will have as their origin the motivations which God wants you to use as their impetus.