My Mind

[Our Echelon]

hello all.




I have come to realize that i am in control of my sin and that i choose on my own to give in.


But here's my question, do you think porn can mess up the mind?

I have indulged in so much that my thoughts are screwed up and they have been for Years now.

Please Pray, thanks.

 

[Psalmangel]

Indeed, look for someone in a similar situation, opposite of your sex, and ask that person to marry you. Marry that woman ASAP. This will help avoid sexual sins.
Paul recommended this in one of the letters to the corinthians. Try I Corinthians. Probably in chapter two.

 

[foadle]

I think you have answered your own question. Porn messes with the mind in a big way. I pray that God will work both in your mind and in your life as you over come this issue.

 

[ascribe2thelord]

hello all.

I have come to realize that i am in control of my sin and that i choose on my own to give in.

But here's my question, do you think porn can mess up the mind?

I have indulged in so much that my thoughts are screwed up and they have been for Years now.

Please Pray, thanks.

I think you answered your own question, Our Echelon ... each picture you pleasure yourself over causes you to associate your sexuality with pornography more than a real woman. It is a scientific fact that a neuron connection - when you connect thoughts and feelings with actions - will stay and become cemented if you allow it to happen repeatedly.

You have to stop the porn, okay?

 

[Our Echelon]

Yes definately. It's also a spiritualy bad thing too.

 

[Abyssal]

Yeah I did porn for along time, now I stopped and I wondered if I would ever be 'normal' because my mind was really screwed up by the porn, the good news is that you brain can 'fix' itself, you will never be as if you hadn't watched porn, the memorys will be in your mind, but the mind tends to forget if those memorys are not called upon.

 

[Lwest25]

Ye sit does - I recommend reading a book entitled False Intimacy - not only does porn affect your mind, but it can affect your sexual relationships also - meaning you will not be able to perform unless using or seeing porn.

Seek God that you will be able to remove the need of porn from your life - it is like a drug - and once attached - it can run your life. It is a vice the enemy uses to keep us bound to him and faithful to him.

God wants us faithful to HIMSELF (GOD) and ONLY HIM (GOD) - HE is a Jealous God...

So it can affect your prayer life and your walk of life. It has mine. TRUST ME - you don' want to go there.

SEEK GOD and Christian counselling if need be.

Praying for ya and all men with this habit (myself included.)

 

[Our Echelon]

Why isn't Prayer working?


I've asked Prayer for this for SO MANY incidences now.

Why the same thing over and over?

Thanks for the advice though. I guess.

 

[ILikePeanutbutter]

I have come to realize that i am in control of my sin and that i choose on my own to give in.

Its actually the exact oppisite if you search the bible. We sin because we cannot control our selves. If you give in to sin, how can you possibly claim to control it if its you who does the submitting?


I suggest you read Romans chapters 6 and 8.
This also might help you.


Here's a post I made on the Pornography addiction board

It has several stories on common things that I've struggled with and how I overcame them, along with some few pointers on how to stop.

I hope its helpful!

 

[Our Echelon]

Its actually the exact oppisite if you search the bible. We sin because we cannot control our selves. If you give in to sin, how can you possibly claim to control it if its you who does the submitting?


I suggest you read Romans chapters 6 and 8.
This also might help you.


Here's a post I made on the Pornography addiction board

It has several stories on common things that I've struggled with and how I overcame them, along with some few pointers on how to stop.

I hope its helpful!

Thanks for that But about the control over sin part.



If we Don't have control over sin, then why does everyone get mad at me and God gets mad when we give in? I mean of course i have control over it.

I can say yes to it or resist, I've done both before. Although i have resisted alot less.

 

[4GivenbyGod]

Yes, we have total control over if we say yes to sin or not. That is called free will.

God does not get mad at us if we sin. Read the story of the prodigal son. When the son comes home, the father not only receives him fully back into his household, but runs towards him to greet him. That's the way God is. He is saddened by our sin, we suffer the consequences of our sin. But the consequences of sin are NOT punishments from God - they are only what naturually occurs as a result from our actions. The "Holy punishment" for our sin was taken by Christ and now all we have waiting for us from God is forgiveness and love. God hates sin, but loves and forgives the sinner.

You need to seek human help for your problem with pornography. God will free you from it and change you from the inside out, but one tool that He can use to do that is fellowship with others who have been there and been set free from it. A pastor or a Christian counseling organization would be a great place to start.

There is, therefore, NO condemnation in Christ.

 

[ILikePeanutbutter]

Thanks for that But about the control over sin part.



If we Don't have control over sin, then why does everyone get mad at me and God gets mad when we give in? I mean of course i have control over it.

I can say yes to it or resist, I've done both before. Although i have resisted alot less.

We cannot control sin, only choose to defy it.

In Galatians 5:1, Paul likens the relationship we have with sin to a yoke and pair of oxen. A yoke is a giant wooden harness strapped around a pair of draft animals' necks. Its purpose it to bind the animal and keep it moving forward. Because the two animals are connected together, they cant accomplish anything unless they do the same thing. Like, if one oxen wants to stop, he wont be able to as long as the other oxen keeps moving. The animals are at complete submission of the commands of the driver; they cannnot even lie down or turn without human guidance.

Paul says we are the oxen and Sin is the yoke.

Galatians 5:13 says You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.

Paul lays it out for us right there. Now that we have become free in Christ, we shouldnt go back to sin.