Pentecost 50 day challenge

Imagine looking down at yourself as you commit these acts. A man, made in the image of God, reduced to playing with himself for the sake of a few moments of pleasure. Not unlike a dog eating its own vomit. Surely, this is not who you want to be and undoubtedly this is not who God intended for you to be when He created you and breathed life into you.

If your computer or your phone is your primary vehicle for sin, lock it up when you are alone or throw it away. Do whatever it takes to get on a pathway towards sobriety. Freedom from this addiction is worth any price.

 

You can choose to get up until these things pass. I try to avoid doing anything in bed besides resting, and I don't lie down in it until I am tired enough to fall asleep. And no phones or devices in bed!

 

My morning ritual consists of drinking coffee and reading the news on my laptop. It doesn't make me feel good and doesn't set me up for a joyful day. I just downloaded the Hallow Ap.. I hope to greatly reduce my time spent reading the news and increase my time focused on the fact that I am God's child. I want to know my father in heaven more closely and to better understand His plan for us and for me personally. Maybe an Ap like this would be helpful replacement for whatever you are reading that leads you astray.

 

Please use your phone to find and read the "12 steps". P is at least as addictive as alcohol. We cannot rely on our willpower to avoid it. Unless and until we take to heart steps 1 through 4, we are doomed to fall, again and again. I pray you will make a choice for freedom from P. Recognize you cannot trust yourself and seek God's help. This is the only way.

 

You can get rid of your phone. That's what I did to help break free in the early days. There are always options.

 

It will seem difficult at first and your mind will want to resist, however you can do this if you pray for God's gift of grace to see you through the tough times. Prayer is the answer. I spent too many years ignoring this advice.

 

Make a battle plan. (1) Frequently, pray for the grace to curb your eyes and ask Jesus to occupy your heart. (2) Don't add to temptation by choosing to expose yourself to it. Make good choices about where you go and what you do. (3) Learn to recognize your triggers and times of weakness and avoid them.

 

Yes, during the summer, others like to be a stumbling block. Great advice from @CPilot Only thing I can add is you can't avoid seeing everything but you can choose to look away. Instead of dwelling on temptation, pray for those people instead.

 

Good work. Now, Mattew 6:34 (RSV-CE)34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day."

 

Let's not forget that the stumbling block is entirely in our own hearts. More or less skin showing has nothing to do with whether there is lust in our hearts. When Jesus instructed us on how to defeat lust, he never once hinted that the objects of our lust had a role to play, too. Integrity of heart and mind and eyes is our issue to address and ours alone. If we try to make even a small portion of it someone else's responsibility, we will never defeat sin in our lives and will remain immature.