Porn, Sex etc **Mature Content**

[Nightshade X]

I feel I need to add something. I've noticed so many christians that look at pics of half naked girls as okay. The world has truly blinded us. I'm sick of seeing the color grey in all our lives. Revelation 3:16 say " becuase you are luke warm and neither hot nor cold, I spit you out of my mouth." we need to stop sitting on the fence when it comes to right or wrong.

Thanks for pointing this out. I'm beginning to see a need for all Christians to make a choice; not just in this situation, but in every part of our lives. Right or wrong... Light or dark... Yes or no... We can't afford to live in the grey area any longer. The time has come to choose. Therefore, we must all ask ourselves this question: When will we make a constant stand for ourselves and for our Lord?

[V8Tsunami]

Good point. Something is definitely telling me to clean up my act and get right with God.

I'm in a battle against this thing too. It let's you think you have it beaten then it visciously attacks. Then I snap out of it thinking, "my God what am I doing, risking my income, people will think my life as a Christian is nothing more than hypocricy. I'll never make Heaven my home like this."

The worst part is, this is not like me at all. I'm shy around the oppositte sex and wouldn't do anything to hurt anyone, yet I find myself, as Paul said "doing things that I do not want to do".

Not only is my income on the line but so is my future. God would rather keep me from a sinful relationship than let me slip into hell. I just want to beat this so I can hear "well done o good and faithful servant" and not..."I never knew you." Keep me in your prayers guys.

[Artist4Jesus89]

Okay i can totally agree with mr.sp i had that problem too my sister got me started with it and it just realy does mess you up i mean i stopped years ago but i still have issuse with it i have thoughts i try to block out but no matter what i allways have them so i have been praying and it has helped alot more but watching that stuff makes you want to do weird things and i think girls can be just as bad about it as guys all you really ever hear about is guys when there are girls out there who are going throught it too so i am for sure praying

[Nate]

Well, seeing as how I've completely and totally failed in this battle the past few days... -.-

[Yojimbo]

Yeah I've been ok about this recently. I have spurts of course I've gone months without failing and then all of a sudden something will kick in and right back to square one.

[Nightshade X]

Remember one thing... hold this to your hearts and do not let it go. We all fall. We are human and there's no escaping it. However, what matters is that we do not fail in getting back up. Righteousness doesn't come from perfection. Rather, it comes from not staying down in our sin. We have to remember to pick ourselves up or ask the Lord to pick us up from the filth of our sin so that we can keep going... or we are truly lost. Do not give up. Our hope lies in the Father to change us, because we can't do it ourselves. Let us all bear that upon our hearts...

[Heart of Sword]

I'll be praying for you, of course. I don't struggle with porn, maybe that's because I'm a girl, but I know what you guys must be going through!!! The society we live in must be sooooo difficult for Christian men...

[Mr. SmartyPants]

Don't assume that it will be a battle that will never be won... always know that you can win it if you put in your 120%... Satan is just all "bwahaha you can't win so why try?"

Keep in mind that this deals with everybody... you aren't alone. WAAY more people are struggling with this too more than you think.

[Locke]

Incredibly sorry to bump but I have to write how this thread has touched me tonight. Yeah the feeling of "I'm alone in this" was taking precedent over my life, even on the porn boards where it was normal, i felt alone. They werent fighting it, why should I, I thought. But crap, the feeling of going back to square one after months makes me feel pretty crappy. But like you said, keep your heart, never give up. When you fall, stand back up or ask God to help you. He'll never ignore you.

If you guys could pray for me that would be awsome, I'll continue praying for anyone who's dealing with this.

Wow that was more than I planned >_>

[Vash is a plant]

Will pray.
I know how you all feel! Guys, don't ever think girls don't go through the same things! We really do!! One of the problems with all of this is that we can't totally blame our bodies; the drive for sex is in our biology. God created sex and it's a good thing in the bounds of marriage. However, sin, as it always does, corrupted a good thing. Pornography is a bad thing, however, sex in the way God created it to be in is not. Our world has completely corrupted the whole ordeal! Sex has been twisted into something just for the enjoyment of the all important self and that's not at all true.
Read Song of Songs/Solomon. It paints an awesome picture of how love should be.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

I've struggled with masturbation too. First I looked at girls in clothes catalogues (the lingerie section) and then I later progressed (accidentally at first) to view some porn on the Internet. Then I felt a hunger for it. I was revolted by the full body nudity, but the whole revealing clothing thing as long as they were clothed in some way (especially clothed 'below') was my stumbling block. I haven't looked at them in a while. I still did wrong. But when I feel the urge, I just go do something else or pray about it. Its a daily struggle but I haven't failed the battle in awhile now (thanks God!). Still the temptation's there as long as we live in a fallen world.

This is really hard to let the skeltons out of the closet. But it is important to be honest in our fallings so we can be sorry and ask God's forgiveness to begin anew.
The burden's a bit lighter. God will help us in the struggle. Let's win this together!

Now, if only I could win the battle with my temper problems all would be well.