sinful to masturbation, etc?
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Xethea
It took a lot of courage to post your problem and I commend you for your bravery and putting yourself out there for possible ridicule.
Shocker alert....I too had this problem for several years...What an old lady? Yeah I know, sin knows no limits as to age or religion...secular folks or other wise we are all able to be tempted and overcome with sin...
This bothered me for a long time as I rationalized at least I wasn't committing fornication involving another person in my sin. I was terrified to ask any questions about this to try and get help so I mostly talked to God about it and felt as though I was not living up to expectations of God's kingdom. I felt guilty and I think it's best to remember the phrase - When in doubt Don't Do It....
I prayed about it and threw away any devices that were made for self pleasure and am in the process of saving myself for either a possible husband or for God's glory if in case that husband never comes along. It's been a few years now since I fought this private embarrassing battle. Am I tempted to fall back into it?... Yes, and there has been a slip or two.. But knowing that God is on my side and helping me to overcome this issue it does make it easier to say Thank You Lord for helping me overcome this sin against myself and You.
I do have a possible relationship that is in the building process now and I have asked for help in keeping things in a pure Godly way until marriage as I don't need further temptation to fall back into old habits or start sinning in a different area. I want this to be a God first relationship that will bring glory and honor to God our Father.
Again thank you for being brave enough to ask questions I was too afraid to. Give yourself to God and this problem and God will fight this battle with and for you. Blessings to you in you walk with Jesus
It took a lot of courage to post your problem and I commend you for your bravery and putting yourself out there for possible ridicule.
Shocker alert....I too had this problem for several years...What an old lady? Yeah I know, sin knows no limits as to age or religion...secular folks or other wise we are all able to be tempted and overcome with sin...
This bothered me for a long time as I rationalized at least I wasn't committing fornication involving another person in my sin. I was terrified to ask any questions about this to try and get help so I mostly talked to God about it and felt as though I was not living up to expectations of God's kingdom. I felt guilty and I think it's best to remember the phrase - When in doubt Don't Do It....
I prayed about it and threw away any devices that were made for self pleasure and am in the process of saving myself for either a possible husband or for God's glory if in case that husband never comes along. It's been a few years now since I fought this private embarrassing battle. Am I tempted to fall back into it?... Yes, and there has been a slip or two.. But knowing that God is on my side and helping me to overcome this issue it does make it easier to say Thank You Lord for helping me overcome this sin against myself and You.
I do have a possible relationship that is in the building process now and I have asked for help in keeping things in a pure Godly way until marriage as I don't need further temptation to fall back into old habits or start sinning in a different area. I want this to be a God first relationship that will bring glory and honor to God our Father.
Again thank you for being brave enough to ask questions I was too afraid to. Give yourself to God and this problem and God will fight this battle with and for you. Blessings to you in you walk with Jesus
ANOTHER thread about porn and masturbation?!!! I am truly shocked that so many christians are going through this. Then again, sin and lust don't care what religion you are, or if you're even religious at all. :/
Long story short, masturbation is a sin and you would be better off banishing it away from you for good.
Long story short, masturbation is a sin and you would be better off banishing it away from you for good.
Nothing in this world shocks me, even the behavior of Christians in moments of weakness as I fully understand the struggle as well and have experience in such matters. I consider myself to be a man of God but I am still also just a man with a plan and must pray for courage and conviction to become a man of action and execute the plan. It is a daily struggle for me and I know that I am not alone in this.
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Bro, it took guts to post this question. I'll level with you, I've struggled with this issue myself, and there isn't an easy answer. My advice, don't make any rash vows about it that you may or may not keep. Prayerfully and earnestly chase this issue down. Eventually things get better.
This question is one that comes up quite frequently, which is why there is a link to a discussion about mens issues in my sig, but it seems everybody posts once there and never stays. If you want to talk to someone about it though in an all male environment (you know, so the ladyfolk don't give up on us guys completely), that would be a good place to do it.
All this said, since it seems no one is down with the men's discussion, I'll post this in the open, since not everybody is as brave as you were in asking this question and I have answers that may help you.
My advice for dealing with this energy you don't know what to do with? Pray, read your bible, and hit the gym. Seriously just go and pick up the heaviest weights you can at least once a week and just go at it. If health wont permit that then do whatever it is you can do. Any kind of exercise will help. Exercise will calm you down quite a bit. It also does lots of great things for the brain that helps you to deal with the frustrations of daily life.
Everyone is different, so no promises here, but the nocturnal emissions (that's the technical term for a wet dream) can also go away on their own. The trick is to starve your mind of stimulus so it has nothing to draw upon while you're dreaming. Additionally, unused err, product (okay fine - sperm), can ultimately be broken down by your own body (sparing you from nocturnal emissions altogether.
And contrary to popular belief, a man's equipment does not shrivel up and die if it doesn't get used, mainly because the corpus cavernosa fill up with blood several times throughout the average man's sleep cycle. That's where the vulgar term "morning wood" comes from. One can go many many years before getting married and not have to worry about whether or not things are going to work right. In fact, things make work better, as you won't have been programming your brain to treat sex as a mechanical act.
If you deny yourself in this area of your life, I can tell you it's going to be a rough month or two, but on the back side of it, there is no guilt, and no concern over scriptural grey areas.
This question is one that comes up quite frequently, which is why there is a link to a discussion about mens issues in my sig, but it seems everybody posts once there and never stays. If you want to talk to someone about it though in an all male environment (you know, so the ladyfolk don't give up on us guys completely), that would be a good place to do it.
All this said, since it seems no one is down with the men's discussion, I'll post this in the open, since not everybody is as brave as you were in asking this question and I have answers that may help you.
My advice for dealing with this energy you don't know what to do with? Pray, read your bible, and hit the gym. Seriously just go and pick up the heaviest weights you can at least once a week and just go at it. If health wont permit that then do whatever it is you can do. Any kind of exercise will help. Exercise will calm you down quite a bit. It also does lots of great things for the brain that helps you to deal with the frustrations of daily life.
Everyone is different, so no promises here, but the nocturnal emissions (that's the technical term for a wet dream) can also go away on their own. The trick is to starve your mind of stimulus so it has nothing to draw upon while you're dreaming. Additionally, unused err, product (okay fine - sperm), can ultimately be broken down by your own body (sparing you from nocturnal emissions altogether.
And contrary to popular belief, a man's equipment does not shrivel up and die if it doesn't get used, mainly because the corpus cavernosa fill up with blood several times throughout the average man's sleep cycle. That's where the vulgar term "morning wood" comes from. One can go many many years before getting married and not have to worry about whether or not things are going to work right. In fact, things make work better, as you won't have been programming your brain to treat sex as a mechanical act.
If you deny yourself in this area of your life, I can tell you it's going to be a rough month or two, but on the back side of it, there is no guilt, and no concern over scriptural grey areas.
I don't pretend to have nice pat answers, but can suggest what not to do; don't give up. Don't let Satan destroy you with discouragement concerning any sort of vile addiction. Compared to Jesus, every last one of us is a pig. Thanks be to Jesus that the Father views us through His Son's shed blood. I am so grateful to Jesus, that I want with all my mind, body, and soul to be perfect, pure, and holy for Him.
We do not become this perfect, pure, and holy thing at the moment we are born again. We definitely do a turn about and begin travelling in the correct direction, but we do not instantaneously arrive. Oh how I wish we did, but we don't. Jesus knows. Jesus understands.
As we grow in Christ, we should begin to desire to be "without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it(we) should be holy and without blemish."(Eph. 5:27) It is not just where we are that matters, it is where we want to go, and why. Don't give up trying to be like Jesus. Don't be satisfied with becoming like a saint. You already are one. Aim for the bulls-eye. Set your sights on Christ's likeness. The Christian walk is about striving. Glorification is when the arriving will happen.
"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which SHALL BE revealed in us." Romans 8:18.
The question is not "are you perfect?", the question is "do you want to be?". Whatever happens, don't become discouraged and give up either the fight or the quest for perfection.
We do not become this perfect, pure, and holy thing at the moment we are born again. We definitely do a turn about and begin travelling in the correct direction, but we do not instantaneously arrive. Oh how I wish we did, but we don't. Jesus knows. Jesus understands.
As we grow in Christ, we should begin to desire to be "without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it(we) should be holy and without blemish."(Eph. 5:27) It is not just where we are that matters, it is where we want to go, and why. Don't give up trying to be like Jesus. Don't be satisfied with becoming like a saint. You already are one. Aim for the bulls-eye. Set your sights on Christ's likeness. The Christian walk is about striving. Glorification is when the arriving will happen.
"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which SHALL BE revealed in us." Romans 8:18.
The question is not "are you perfect?", the question is "do you want to be?". Whatever happens, don't become discouraged and give up either the fight or the quest for perfection.
