The struggle...

[appointed]

It's strange, but I feel that I go through a cycle of following God. I fall every few weeks with masturbation and porn, but then find some way to drag my beaten heart back to God. I just need prayer to continually resist, even if it is the most difficult thing I'll ever do.
When I was buying a porn DVD I saw this man who was looking at the movie too, He must have been 60 years old. This got me to thinking... I don't want to be a dirty old man that has been defeated his whole life by the same disgusting habit. Does anybody else struggle with the same pattern? If you know what this is like, please pray...

 

[apologia25]

Brother,
I know your pain. I have experienced a lot of the same things in my life and still struggle from time to time. I want to encourage you to set up barriers for yourself.
#1 if porn is a problem, first get a good porn blocker(we-blocker.com). Set it up and then have your best friend
put in the password. Also on the program put in the specific sites that you
stumble into and block them. This is all to setup boundaries for you. To keep
yourself from yourself until it becomes a things of the past
#2 along with the blocker make sure to go online only when there
is someone there. If you need to be around people go to a
cafe with a hotspot.
#3 take everything that may take part in your masturbating and
get it out of there. all hidden pics, any thing associated
or that reminds you of it
#4 keep busy: Idleness if your enemy. Also when you get an urge
go and do something physical: like running something outside
of the house. Run until the urge goes away. Another
option is go and be somewhere public and with friends
#5 of course in all this pray and read your bible. That also
should be away from your normal stumbling area. You need
to watch for all those areas.
Also you need an accountability partner; this is someone that
is there to help you through the times of real struggle. Also
the person who is going to ask you if you stumbled and try
to encourage you and each time you get together you'll know
it will be either an encouragement or a confessional. It is good if this person struggles the same way or even if it is someone who older and can really help you out.
If you want to hear anymore go ahead and send me a private message. All I gotta say is fight the good fight

 

[Johnnz]

Keep at it. Living with ones sexuality and Christian principles is hard sometimes. But worth it.

John
NZ

 

[jdduvall]

Porn is dangerous. Sexual addictions start out with viewing porn and then when that gets boring, it esculates into molesting, peeping, exposing genetalia, or rape. It destroys peoples lives and it destroys families. Porn is nothing more than a trap the Devil has set to destroy. It's hard to recover from the addiction of porn and touching yourself, but with alot of prayer and a good therapist that deals with sexual addictions, it can be conquered!!

 

[Saucy]

Yes, everything can be conquered with Christ! I think everyone goes through a cycle. We go through highs when everything is going great and God is looking down at us and smiling, but a few days later or even weeks later, Satan will come back and try to knock you off the horse. You might stick to your guns for awhile, but eventually give in, feel convicted about it, go back to God and everything's great again.....until Satan comes back.