Ok if you are reading this, thank you. I know this should probably go under the testimony forum but just bear with me and you will see why. Alright, first off my name is Garrett and i am 14 years old. I was just saved this summer at a church camp that i have been goin to for about 3 years or so. Before I went to this church camp this year, i have to admit I was not the best of a kid. I was raised in a church environment and still am being raised that way praise The Lord! However, no one could tell it...this i can promise you. I started to get into porn at a sorta young, i believe it was my 6th grade year( which i am now in 8th grade). I was starting to get those thoughts that every teen has throughout the course of my 7th grade year as well. But then, this summer happened. This summer i went to church camp thinkng that it would be another boring year at church camp and that it was going to be another one of those years where i just go to pay guitar in the talent show. But on the night before the talent show, got saved. I went from being this kid that was potentially possibly going to have a kid by his junior year in high school to a kid that is someday going to be an angel in heaven! And man was it a absolutely great feeling! However, the high that your on after a revival, church camp, convo, or anything like that seems to die away eventually or rather...the battle begins when you leave the home base. i came home and for months I was tryin my hardest to please god! But now, im starting to get back into the masturbation, porn, and cussing again. I dont know what to do, i know i need to listen to god but for some reason it i still do it. I just need everyone to pray for me because this eats me up every night when i am laying in bed at night, wondering if tommorrow is gonna be that day that i quit..or do it even more..i want tommorrow to be the day that i quit. I have had the urge to talk to my pastor about it but i am honestly afraid that he will look badly of me for it and maybe even possibly laugh at me. Which probably isnt the case but yet, still feel nervous about it. I need some good Christian advice and i need to know maye the steps to start taking. Please pray for guys that i will repent and fine who i truly am. Please pray that i will find that young 14 year old boy at church camp! Please pray guys...please.
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We will pray for you to redeem from this bond..! I appreciate your openess to share your struggle. We will go this way..!
You feel that, you are doing sin and wanted to come out from this..!
God is our mother, father, teacher, freind and all in all.. He knows everything, He cares for us more than anyone else. When we are in a struggle. dont He care for it? He will definetly care for it..! the issue you have is normal to most of the teen age guys. But they wont try to overcome it, rather they will try to cover it and act as holy guys.
But you have longing to live as holy and Good Christian. Holy spirit will help you to over come this. One more thing you have to remember that. We should see Jesus Christ, who came as man to suffer everything that we do.. He must have suffered this issue also. So, we have to get solution from him only, as our only wish is to live like Him to go to heaven. So, What Jesus have done and what He must have done it?? Read Matthew 4th chapter. We can find answers from this chapter.
1st Jesus have got hunger (we also get these type of flesh hungers like lust). Satan tries to use that situation and planned to feed Stone (worldly Food) to Him. But Jesus said, Man will not live only by world food also by God's word (bread). So, Here we should understand that, due to our lust hunger, we should not eat the wordly food which satan offers at very less cost (sometimes free). We should study bible, spend time with God, listening to songs, sermons and divert the thoughts from you and wait for God. He will give you a Good and best food for you.
Keep going, try to overcome sin with full strength. ask God for help. Pray to God at early mornings, that day would be a best day for you. As Jesus said, seek kingdome of God 1st, then everything will come to you next. So, spend time for God in the early mornings, He will give you the strength to over come it.
Thanks & All the Best. Be blessed.
You feel that, you are doing sin and wanted to come out from this..!
God is our mother, father, teacher, freind and all in all.. He knows everything, He cares for us more than anyone else. When we are in a struggle. dont He care for it? He will definetly care for it..! the issue you have is normal to most of the teen age guys. But they wont try to overcome it, rather they will try to cover it and act as holy guys.
But you have longing to live as holy and Good Christian. Holy spirit will help you to over come this. One more thing you have to remember that. We should see Jesus Christ, who came as man to suffer everything that we do.. He must have suffered this issue also. So, we have to get solution from him only, as our only wish is to live like Him to go to heaven. So, What Jesus have done and what He must have done it?? Read Matthew 4th chapter. We can find answers from this chapter.
1st Jesus have got hunger (we also get these type of flesh hungers like lust). Satan tries to use that situation and planned to feed Stone (worldly Food) to Him. But Jesus said, Man will not live only by world food also by God's word (bread). So, Here we should understand that, due to our lust hunger, we should not eat the wordly food which satan offers at very less cost (sometimes free). We should study bible, spend time with God, listening to songs, sermons and divert the thoughts from you and wait for God. He will give you a Good and best food for you.
Keep going, try to overcome sin with full strength. ask God for help. Pray to God at early mornings, that day would be a best day for you. As Jesus said, seek kingdome of God 1st, then everything will come to you next. So, spend time for God in the early mornings, He will give you the strength to over come it.
Thanks & All the Best. Be blessed.
Hi Garrett, glory to the Most High who has drawn you unto himself through his Son. You have a great journey ahead of you, walking in Messiah, and there will be pitfalls to the right hand and to the left of you all along the way. Walk according to the Spirit, (of the Word) and remember that you are the temple of the Holy Spirit of God, (and created for this very purpose). If therefore he dwells in you then you have to realize and remember that every thought which comes into your heart and mind he also sees, (and the Master Yeshua is he that searches the reins and hearts). When we imagine unholy things in our hearts and minds the Most High has given us certain terminologies and analogies for such things and what it must is like for him to be forced to endure such unholiness in his temple. He describes them as evil entities and Molech is one such imagery of the carnal mind, (and that one as well as a "Baal" can be either male or female depending on the preference of the carnal minded person). When such a voice whispers in your heart and mind certain things which you know you should not do, (your conscience bearing witness either for or against you) then take refuge in the Word and count that one who whispers evil thoughts to you as a "Molech" entity and stone him with stones that he die, (see Leviticus 20:2-3 KJV).Biggsy21 said:
Once upon a Bar-Mitzvah there was a young Hebrew boy whose name was Balal. And Balal just so happened to have a friend by the name of Baal which was his best friend and closest confidant. And this Balal loved the Lord his God with all of his heart, and with all of his soul, and the young boy prayed every day; even three times a day, with his bedchamber window open and his countenance toward Jerusalem of above. Now there was a day when Balal came to present himself before the Lord, and the boy was in his bedchamber, as usual, on his knees praying; and as he began to praise and extol the Most High, it came to pass that his best friend Baal crept in through the open window and tapped him on the shoulder in the midst of his supplications. And the Baal said to Balal: "The circus is coming! the circus is coming! The caravan is entering at the gates of the city! There are lions, and bears, and leopards, and wild beasts; Come, let us go out and watch the affair! And you can finish your petitions in the evening time"…
And at that moment the Lord said to Balal: "If you love me with all of your heart, and with all of your soul, and with all of your mind, and with all of your strength, then guard my commandments; lay them up in your heart and in your soul, remember and honor them by keeping them within you."
And as Balal heard the voice of the Word of the Most High; the young boy was suddenly reminded of a passage which he had recently overheard some friends of his Father debating outside of the synagogue: "If your brother the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or your inner wife, or your closest friend who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, neither you, nor your fathers; namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage. And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you."
Then suddenly Balal understood the meaning of the Word from Deuteronomy 13:1-11; so he took up stones, and he stoned his counterpart Baal, he stoned him so much that Baal died the death under a heaped up pile of heaping stones. And not anymore did the young man allow the voice of that one to enter into his heart or into his mind. Yet none of the people of the town were the wiser for the matter; for in that little village no one else knew of any boy named Baal. And as for Balal; the Most High changed his name to Balaq'el, for he was willing to cut off his own soul and cleave away unto the Most High…
Hi Garrett,Biggsy21 said:
I will definitely add you to my daily prayer list. It is not an unusual situation for you to feel this way as I'm sure your testosterone levels are going crazy at this age, which does not help when you are desiring to follow the Lord. I would consider your idea about checking in with your Pastor as well. I am sure he will be able to suggest some ideas that will be able to help you through this time in your life and he could pray for you as well.
May I also suggest a buddy type system. Perhaps he or someone else, could be someone that you could touch base with when your feeling tempted at certain times. Kinda like having a buddy to be accountable to. They could then encourage you and help you through when things get tough. The best person would be someone who is a guy and mature in Christ, like the Pastor or an elder, a Youth leader or someone you look up to in your Church...
Welcome to CyB by the way
and be blessed!!!The most important thing for you to do is to ask God to take this urge from you everytime it comes. It is a spiritual attack that only the name of Jesus can battle but YOU must ask showing that your free will is given to God to make these changes in you for He will not take your free will.
God's desire is for YOUR desire to be according to what is good in the sight of God. If you ask God when you are tempted to deliver you from this temptation HE WILL. For that is what He hopes you will do.
Temptations,tests an trials are going to come immeditatly once we accept Christ, our mission in life is to RESIST the devil's fiery darts that try to get us to walk away and be unfaithful to Christ and jump into the FRYING PAN OF HELL into a life of torment. If you just resist these and stand on God's Word, and he WILL flee and the peace that surpasses all understanding will come!
When the temptation rears it's ugly head trying to STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY the blessings that God has for those who are faithful to His Word, you just say OUTLOUD.. I cast those thoughts down in the name of Jesus.. say it INSTANTLY and FIRST THING before any other thing, do not let the thoughts remain in your minds play ground where all of our imaginatitions grow that cause us to sin. Now after that, ask the Father to take those types of thoughts from your heart/mind and to give you HIS THOUGHTS/HEART.
Blessings
God's desire is for YOUR desire to be according to what is good in the sight of God. If you ask God when you are tempted to deliver you from this temptation HE WILL. For that is what He hopes you will do.
Temptations,tests an trials are going to come immeditatly once we accept Christ, our mission in life is to RESIST the devil's fiery darts that try to get us to walk away and be unfaithful to Christ and jump into the FRYING PAN OF HELL into a life of torment. If you just resist these and stand on God's Word, and he WILL flee and the peace that surpasses all understanding will come!
When the temptation rears it's ugly head trying to STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY the blessings that God has for those who are faithful to His Word, you just say OUTLOUD.. I cast those thoughts down in the name of Jesus.. say it INSTANTLY and FIRST THING before any other thing, do not let the thoughts remain in your minds play ground where all of our imaginatitions grow that cause us to sin. Now after that, ask the Father to take those types of thoughts from your heart/mind and to give you HIS THOUGHTS/HEART.
Blessings
Thank you all for all the kind supportive words! It's good to know that God Has put so many wonderful people in my life even if I don't actually know you guys face-to-face! I just Can't thank you guys enough as well God for helping me out for just being who you guys are! Thank you guys! I will definitely do everything you guys told me and hopefully more!!! Feel free to add me as a friend!
we will see face to face on one day.. dont worry..! We are all one in Christ. Spend time with God and Godly things than with these worldly things. You will be winning the battle.Be blessed & Thanks
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You are not struggling with anything that is not common to man.Biggsy21 said:
It's especially difficult when hormones begin to coarse throughout your body. As always one's body seems to be one's worst enemy when matters of mental and spiritual health are concerned. The days of youth are the times when lifetime habits are formed. Learn to win the struggle now and it will serve you well. Discipline is the key to success.
One's greatest weapon for any habit is the knowledge that one's mind cannot focus on more than one thing at a time. When hormones rage the best thing to do is to weary the body. Sports activities are best. Run. Play ball until you're exhausted. Focus on something different. A video game is insufficient because it does not exhaust the body. At your age exhaustive physical and mentally challenging activity is the best antidote for sexual intemperance.
Prayer alone is not enough. Quoting scriptures isn't enough. You've already learned that and are wondering what's wrong. Nothing is wrong because man is not strictly a spiritual creature. Man is physical and mental and sexual as well and ALL aspects of one's person must be addressed.
By all means pray. And when you get up off your knees you'd better have something to do; work. Sometimes the heavenly minded are no earthly good. The idle mind is the devil's workshop. WORK. SWEAT. PRAY.
Pray and work. Work and pray.
You have one of two choices. Either you will master your urges or your urges will master you. You are not free if your urges cause you to do that which you do not wish to do. Read the book of Romans, especially chapters 6, 7 & 8. The book of Romans is considered to be the Grand Canyon of the Bible and those three chapters are the deepest of the bunch. Don't expect to understand all that is written there. Scholars have invested their life and still aren't able to 'get it all'. Just know that even St. Paul knew that your problem is common to man.
There's an old saying that you put your pants on one leg at a time.
Welcome to the human race, and a very human adult issue. Every man and woman has to deal with sexual issues at one time or another. EVERY ONE! You put your pants on one leg at a time just like everybody else.
The choice is now yours as to how you will deal with it. Be the master or be the slave of your urges. Pray and work and you will learn the value of discipline.
but that's just me, hollering from the choir loft...
Thank you very much for your post!!! I will defiantly try and do that since I have also been finding that very helpful!!! I am still praying but ill know ill get there I have made the decision to stop...now I just have to do it. Thanks again!!!
I have made the decision to stop...now I just have to do it. Thanks again!!!Lad, do your parents know you are on this website!? I in particular think it strange a fourteen year old would be openly discussing this and especially with strangers. You need to be speaking to someone in your church who has the known responsibility of handling such things, if indeed you go to churchBiggsy21 said:
Your very last sentence sounds suspect. What I can't say for sure is whether this is a 'put on' but your very last sentence seems to indicate this.
Should this be genuine? Go and see a real person with whom you trust and are familiar with. i.e pastor etc. :mellow:
What d you meen by put on? It is only as strange as you make it. I am a Christian lookin for support and to talk with brothers and sisters. This is real what I am dealing with. This isn't a bad website...and yes they do. If I can open it to people face to face I can do it on here I don't know what you want me to say. If you don't like me then there is no need to look at my post. The last sentence is real...it's not put on...I'm not fakin this.
Biggsy21 said:
You're a supposed child of 14, go and seek the advice from your parent(s) or the elder(s) of your church? This is the will of God concerning you in Christ Jesus? Anonymity will not be a substitute for accountability. It never works.Biggsy21 said:
Sir/ma'am I don't know what you want me to say. I have and I'm fighting this fight a long side Jesus. I'm sorry I'm not doin it the way you might do it...but this is gods way of helping me. I am fighting to repent...that is the end of this.
If that be the case not withstanding Gods method above as I already indicated. TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM. DENY YOURSELF. BE WILLING TO SUFFER IN THE FLESH FOR CHRIST'S SAKE AND CALL ON HIM TO ASSIST YOU IN THIS ENDEAVOR.Biggsy21 said:
1 Peter 2:11; 1 Peter 4:1; Romans 7 ff, Romans 12:1, 13:4; Galations 5:24; 1 Peter 4:12, 1 John 2:16...
If indeed your old man is crucified with Christ, know this; the 'POWER of SIN' has no dominion/control over your will. That's it cannot enslave you unless you're willing for this to happen. CHRIST HAS SET YOU FREE!
Therefore: "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
Remember, don't put God to the TEST by placing yourself in situations that can cause you to fall. You must be responsible for your own walk before him.
Go over the scripture above again and again & again.... .until it's fully digested.
2 Peter 2: 9 a
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations... .
Note; most think that when they come to the Lord all their troubles cease. Not so. The battle has just begun. But be comforted Jesus has overcome so you may also.
http://www.christianityboard.com/topic/17897-christian-liberty/#entry187778Biggsy21 said:Thank you
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