Will God forgive the same sin over and over again?

777dannyray777 · Dec 27, 2010

I've been committing a sin over and over again. I always try my best to avoid doing it and every time I do it I confess it as a sin and repent of it, but then I end up failing and end up committing it again. It's like a cycle. I seriously want to stop doing it and I don't want to end up committing it again.
I'm tired of committing the same sin against God over and over again. I've done this evil in His sight for too long and now I need to stop doing it, but this time I don't wanna fail. I feel so guilty after doing it, yet I come back to that sin I guess you can call it a guilty pleasure.
But will God forgive me after doing this for so long for so many times?
Please keep me in your prayers!
Thank you and God bless you all.

bsd31 · Dec 27, 2010

Yes He will forgive the same sin over and over and over and over again. What sin is it? Masturbation/pornography?

Peripatetic · Dec 27, 2010

First of all, God knows your heart, your struggles, and your motivations. You will be forgiven as long as you maintain your relationship with God. If you can't stop sinning in a certain area, it's probably best to look at what makes you keep coming back. There are a number of possibilities. If the behavior is addictive, you may need help or counseling to break it. If friends keep taking you down this path, you may need to consider who you spend time with. If it is an aspect of your personality (ie. hot temper), you may not be able to stop completely - but with God's help, it can be managed. There are also some sins that come as a result of natural impulses that aren't given the proper outlet. Sexual sin often leads to tremendous guilt and self-condemnation. There are ways of managing that as well, but many people go about it the wrong way. In any case, working on the source of the sin is much more effective than starting with the resulting behaviors.

777dannyray777 · Dec 27, 2010

bsd31 said:
Yes He will forgive the same sin over and over and over and over again. What sin is it? Masturbation/pornography?

You got it right, but since I'm struggling with homosexuality it's gay pornography I'm struggling with...

Peripatetic · Dec 27, 2010

I would suggest that you check out the Recovery section of this forum. There are people there who can identify with your struggles and help you find the right way to deal with them without the dangerous guilt cycles and self-condemnation that those struggles often bring about. The important thing is to not give up your faith in God.

ARBITER01 · Dec 27, 2010

Sometimes a sin can be so persistent in our lives that it takes a day of fasting with prayer to help break it.

I didn't say 40 days, I said just one 24 hour day with good persistent prayer that whole day. I've had good results this way. It's a good practice to develop.

Emmy · Dec 28, 2010

Dear 777dannyray777. God loves you and will forgive you all over again, if you tell Him the truth. Tell God that you do not want to sin, but you cannot help it. Ask for forgiveness and strenght to resist. God can see our hearts, dannyray, God knows your real thoughts, and if you tell God prayerfully, God will know. I say this with love. Greetings from Emmy, your sister in Christ.

FaithPleases · Dec 28, 2010

You must renew your mind.

salida · Dec 28, 2010

　
Yes, God will forgive.

Do you have the holy spirit? He will give you the power to live a christian life. Human effort alone can't do this. Pray and you will get it. This will give you the inner strength to live the christian life.

Or maybe this will help below:
An other member of this forum had some great advice which is - starting tomorrow when you get out of bed, get yourself a pad and pen, and every time you sin, confess it to the Lord then write it down on the pad. Then after you have done this all day, the next day continue to write them down but this time, try not to do the same ones as you have written down on the pad, and become aware of them to the point, that you begin to resist doing them to the point that you over come the easiest of them first, then work on the harder ones as you get to them.This will work, if you are willing and have a strong desire to repent and cut down or even get rid of your sins that you do over and over willingly and knowingly every day.Just like someone who drinks to much, it is an everyday thing, but if they want to enough, they can stop drinking and many stop completely.So it can be done. I have seen it done.

Hipsterz · Dec 28, 2010

Why would you want to ask God to forgive the same sin over and over. Maybe turning the sin over to God like the 12 step people do will help it to stay out of your life.

bsd31 · Dec 28, 2010

777dannyray777 said:
You got it right, but since I'm struggling with homosexuality it's gay pornography I'm struggling with...

Well I'd like to claim some great insight but fact is that 9 out of 10 times when people are dealing with a sin they don't want to name it's pornography and masturbation. For whatever reason those are more shameful than pretty much anything else.

As for the type of pornography you struggle with it's largely irrelevant in this instance. Discovering the root and breaking the bondage is the only way to get free.

wayfaring man · Dec 28, 2010

Since God is longsuffering He bears with us while we yet struggle to find our freedom, (from bondage to sin), in Christ. All sin indicates separation from God...but some sins relate to a greater degree of separation than others...and the farther we've gotten away, (generally ) the more intense + involved the negative consequences.

Prayer and fasting may indeed be key. From my experience major issues require extended prayer + fasting, which may indeed need to be, "worked up to over a considerable span of time".

Having undergone the process of prayer + fasting every so often (when experiencing great need), with generally a little longer duration each time, it has brought much help and assurance that by exercising faith in this matter, (instead of looking to man), the Power of God is so much more accessible than when this discipline was lacking, or in the very early stages of development.

And fasting is an exclusive matter, in the sense that if one has looked to man for their "medicine", their current regime conflicts with being able to experience extended prayer + (water) fasting.

It's a good sign that you're concerned for your soul's sake, and seeking to be helped.

May we, who call upon The Name of Jesus for our Salvation, experience the following individually and collectively -

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keeps thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. <-----> Psalm 121

Persevering in the faith, as witnesses of Christ.

wm

jonathonbyrd · Dec 30, 2010

That's a hard sin to break.

Read Romans 6, Know that Christ has given you power over your sin. Also know that struggling with sin and suffering is what "take up your cross and follow me" means. Sin is a heavy weight that will always be with you, but you must persevere.

Fast and pray. Don't stop until God has given you peace.

Are you obeying Christ completely in the rest of your life? Your disobedience will cause God to ignore your prayers and your pleas for help. Obedience is also considered Love for God. Focus on God and you will forget about your own desires.

Cub of Judah · Jan 7, 2011

Hey Brother, the first thing I want to say is that you're not alone! Romans 8 says that there is NO CONDEMNATION for those in Christ! If we break one part of the law we break it all, sin is sin. All sin can be forgiven and covered by the blood of Christ. Just because you struggle with homosexuality doesn't mean something is wrong with you. We all have our struggles, but in Christ we are all victorious! I struggled with this too, but praise God He is helping me through. He will with you too!

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levis143 · Feb 12, 2011

If you are committing the same sin again and again and again and again wihout end, you are a slave to sin, specifically to this sin of sexual lusts. And no amount of your prayers or guilty tripping can ever stop the cycle. It means you lack the knowledge and understanding of God's doctrines about salvation and deliverance from sin. Can I ask you one question: Have you read the Book of Romans? I firmly advise that you please read this epistle again and again and again just like what you did when you masturbated again and again and again. Just read Book of Romans again and again and again. That Book in the Bible written by Paul, our dear brother in Christ, contain the key and the formula on how to be fully and completely delivered and freed from recurring and endless sinning that you are experiencing now. Jesus Said in the Gospel of John "If you hold to my teachings, you are really my disciples. Then you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you FREE." The reason you are slave to sins of lust is because you really did not understand who Jesus is, or knows who Jesus really is, and you never take the time to know his teachings (or doctrines). The beginning of freedom from sin is the Lordship of Jesus Christ in our lives.

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