CIGARETTES AND PORNOGRAPHY ARE "BAD" FOR ME

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taylor777

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these are just my observations about my "disease"---ok not really a disease...but these are things I've been struggling with off and on for a long time now...but I think I'm gaining some insight in how to deal with these "evils"--- I will try to explain them to you, like I do to myself.

PORNOGRAPHY---- this one is a trickster....It has "gotten" me many times.... the temptation is purely a heart-body issue---my body feels "empowered" and more "agile" when blood rushes "everywhere"- But that's the only "force"--and it "feeds" off itself....
So I tell my BRAIN to stop the body urges with "powerful" thoughts(and verses) before they get out of hand.
Verses like(in no particular order): any man who looks at a women lustfully has committed adultery with her in his heart,,,,,,gouge right eye/cut off right hand if it causes you to sin,,,,,,,(there are many others but i can't remember at the moment)---

CIGARETTES----- I know most people might not see this as a sin,,, but cigarettes are POISON, and I know this but still have a hard time "quitting" and or not smoking...anyways...I've found this addiction to be a HEAD issue.. My brain loves cigarettes,, however my body-heart-lungs HATE THEM!!!! I've found I have to love my body more than the way cigarettes make my brain feel.

Anyways the point I was trying to make is: when I'm tempted by lust....I focus on my brain/head/logic------and when I'm tempted by smoking.......to focus on my heart/body/health--------I think that's why I fell into these two traps simultaneously----because they compliment each other. And I often paired them together but now realize I have to deal with them separately...

I wasn't even sure I'd post this after I typed...I think my writing makes little sense. This is my first post. Tell me what you think of my crazy "hypothesis"----
 
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kittycat7

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I'll be praying for you! We love because he first loved us.
 
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HEIsRiSen

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While we cannot control the thoughts entering, we CAN choose the thoughts we entertain or dwell on. When the thought of looking at pornography enters, there is a split second decision to make (Am I gonna keep thinking about this? OR Am I going to take this thought captive in Christ and cast it out?)<---- This is where the verses you mentioned come into play and dwelling on these verses and/or asking God for help will cause the temptation to flee.

Tomorrow will be my third complete week free from the bondage of cigarette smoking. For years I said I was going to try and quit smoking and I always failed. I realized that I had to quit saying I was gonna try and start proclaiming that I was going to quit, not just try to. I visualized myself being a non-smoker. I also prayed for God to break the bondage of this addiction in Jesus name. I had a few slip ups but just kept at it. I wore a nicotine patch for the first three days. I exercised daily and found other healthy ways to keep myself occupied. Within a week, my persistence and prayers had paid off, the desire to smoke had left me. Praise God!

One last thought: Don't think about not doing these things, just don't do them. If I tell a person to not think of a pink elephant, that person will most likely think of a pink elephant.

We can do nothing of ourselves, but we can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens us!
 
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paulr

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Simply nice to read your thoughts and response on the subject. I myself was addicted to both of them. But Christ enabled me to leave them. I aint boasting, but I have been able to defeat both aspects of my life during past 4 years. My relation with Christ and my urge to keep my Body holy for the Spirit of God to dwell me subsided the urges of nicotene as well as for lust. I dint go for the traditional practise i keep hearing about reducing number of smokes or reducing the number of times i watch porn. I just submitted myself to God. Rest, He is the one who created me, how cud He not enable me to win over them. True, i could and can do all things through Christ, which strengthens me. I am still weak, but only my relation with Christ that keeps me strong. ... :)
 
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OceanGrl

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Interesting thoughts and I think you're on the right track Taylor. A couple of years ago I was pretty stressed out and took up smoking for about a month before losing interest in it and realizing how gross it actually was, so you can definitely get free from that disgusting habit. Just have to work on it. Luckily for me I only did it for a month, lol.
 
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