How do you Christians out there deal with lust? For Men and Women?

How can I stop being so lustful in my life, stop masturbating, watching porn. What resources or tips would you recommend to get lust out of my life? ThanksHow do you Christians out there deal with lust? For Men and Women?
Lust will never be completely out of your life. It is just how you choose to respond to it that will be different. You have obviously made choices making lust a big part of your life. It will require hard work on your part to break those cycles but you can do it with a willing heart and spirit!





So how can you stop? For starters, you have to make the choice not to rent or buy porn and get rid of any you may already have. Delete any website links that you have stored that enables you to just click on in an instant. You're more likely to stop yourself from doing it if you have to search. You can buy software that blocks certain pop ups and websites. Also, if you truly want accountability, find an accountability partner. It has to be someone you can open up to and be honest with. This person also has to have a respect for your decision to not let lust control you and be willing to hold you accountable. That person should not be your wife or girlfriend.


There is a book called Every Man's Battle that is well written. The authors are Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker. I highly recommend it. If these types of things do not help, you may need to seek a Christian counselor and maybe even get rid of your computer.





Finally, pray, pray and pray some more. If the thoughts that tempt you start to creep in your mind, refocus. This is easier said than done but it starts with doing it once, then choosing to do it again, and again and before you know it your norm is choosing to refocus. If the temptation presents itself physically, walk away. Again ,hard to do but practice can make perfect.





And digging deeper, think about why you do it in the first place. I mean yes, the obvious, it provides a moment of pleasure and instant gratification that last seconds but after, what about after? There is obviously no lasting fulfillment in it. Usually it is not just sexual anyway, there is a bigger need to be fulfilled and you need to figure out what that is.








This is a battle my friend but one you can win if you are willing! Although hard at first, it becomes easier over time as day by day you create new standards and higher expectations for yourself. Don't beat yourself up if you fall down, just get back up and start over. Making daily choices to better yourself will win out in the end!How do you Christians out there deal with lust? For Men and Women?
resist and he will flee
I'm a Muslim.





I deal with it by following the order in the Qur'an to lower my gaze.
If you enjoy it keep on doin it!
Pray
Get married and share it with your wife.
Keep busy or get married. Sex is only off limits for the unmarried. Get married and go for it! You have God's blessing on that one.
Why restrict something natural?
keep your mind occupied with healthy stuff. start respecting women then you will not look at them lustfully.
easy pray and find Christ in your heart...all that will cease guaranteed...go talk to a local Pastor at a church near ya.
be lustful, god isnt real nore jesus, sin away, but if ur afraid that if he is real and ur sins will be counted, hes god...he forgives all.
Figure out what void it is that porn is filling...without discovering the underlying problem (need for intimacy, for example), you cannot stop the symptom.





I would recommend professional counseling. Sometimes it takes a stranger to see the big picture and help you figure out WHY it is that you are watching porn.





Masturbation itself is not necessarily bad. All things in moderation...





But don't feel guilty for feelings of sexual desire. That's why we have hormones...to seek out a mate...then mate with them. Sexual desire is not a sin.
Go find a prostitute or a nice young little whore... yeah, that'll get it out of your system.
i have suffered from the same thing well to be truthfull you cant do it be your self you do need helo try just praying asking for god to help you and im sure that will work but it is a working progress you have to ease your self off of it when you feel like doing the thing that you like to do just occupie your self and you will find that you will forget about it..
I deal with it through praying to God for help and strength and guidance. And with the gift of His forgiveness.
I am the same way...whats worse is that I have been married for 2 years now. What helps me most is purposefully praying about it every morning and then everytime that I'm feeling like lusting or looking at porn. Also, you may want to pick up the book ';Every Man's Battle';. I forgot the author's name but its a pretty well known book. It helped me understand a lot about myself. Hope that helps though. I'll pray for you.
it is a struggle.... but i pray and hold on to the knowledge that God loves end forgives me!
Prayer. Get rid of all the access you have to lust. Get a friend to come in and set up parental controls on your PC and not let you have the password. If your TV or cable or satellite service has these same controls, get that friend to set those up for you, too. But most of all, attend church, get with a group, talk to someone. If you work at a large company, they likely have an Employee Assistance Program and that is free to you. It is also confidential, and you can see a counselor at the company's expense to get help. Pray pray pray. You cannot do this without God's help, I don't care if you are a Christian or not, you have GOT to get inner strength from somewhere, and unlike physical strength, you cannot lift weights or anything to get it. It comes from God alone. Don't spend too much time alone, and if you do go spend time with others, don't let it be the wrong kind of folks. Keep away from dirty minded folks or those that participate in adultery or fornication. You need support from others who are trying to avoid this kind of behavior, too. Best of luck to you.
(Colossians 33:5) Deaden, therefore, YOUR body members that are upon the earth as respects fornication, uncleanness, sexual appetite, hurtful desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Is my recommendation you deals with lust by getting more r%26amp;s points. 47, oooh, no good, Nyet?
The best way is to focus on what is right and spend time fasting and praying along with Bible reading. You may have to curb your normal life for a while until you get a handle on it. But just like anything in life it takes effort and commitment. If you do these things you'll see things start to change.
I don't know but they are missing out on the good stuff.
For me personally I haven't dealt with it very well. I masturbate like a rabid horny monkey. As far as the stop viewing porn that is something I have been somewhat successful at. If I feel I might look at porn before I get on the net I masturbate before I get on. Also there is a sight called


http://www.settingcaptivesfree.com/home/


its free and private I do not advise confessing your porn activity EVER. Just do what you have to do to stop it.





It's my honest answer. It is not easy but if you are determined enough you can do it. Be honest with God. Good luck.
Don't ever be alone with your computer. Put it in a public place and always have the doors open. Destroy any hard copies or media of pornography while you are sane enough to do so. Don't ever get bored. I find that keeping myself busy will take my mind off of masturbation. Replace the time you usually do nothing but veg out with bible study or prayer, or even scientific research, like I do. This will keep your mind busy. Also, abstain from any movies or television shows that have a significant amount of sexual content. These are good methods to get this out of your life.





The main thing is KEEP BUSY:


find a hobby for ';Idle hands are the devil's workshop';
Christ is the end of the law(lust);


So Christ-ians do not have lust.


http://www.godshew.org/Law.htm





what you're experiencing is concuspicence,


and the root be-CAUSE of it is another law.


http://www.godshew.org/Concupiscence.htm


http://www.godshew.org/AnotherLaw.htm





Flush law as dung and lust goes with it.


Benefit: no more tormenting guilt trips.





The GRACE of our Lord JC with you all. Amen.
';...taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ'; (2 Cor 10:5, NASB)





Idleness is really the mother of habitual sin. Keep yourself busy. Some suggestions:





1) Replace the desire with one that is more rewarding - studying scripture and meditating on God.


2) Replace the habit with one that is more helpful - service, teaching, video games, Christian movies - whatever.


3) Find a hobby.





And recognize it takes time (many months), and that it is impossible to go ';cold turkey';, but Jesus promises that he will keep working hard on us until he comes back to make us perfect. (Philippians 1:6)





I would HIGHLY recommend the website in my sources, their program (no matter the cost) was extremely helpful to me.
If you're a christian than it already has been dealt with if you confess your sins to jesus .. You should ask people to pray for you that will help ... read ........ 1 john 1:5... then read the commentary





heres the link


http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/co…
Rightly divide the word of truth. (2 Tim. 2:15)


Put another way; Satan has wrongly divided it (via deceit of men). Challenge;Test (T(accept) or F(reject)). Old testament = Genesis-Malachi.


(My answer presently reject).
Contrary to what most people will tell you, Masturbation is a sin, it stems from lust, just like watching porn does, it seeks to satisfy oneself, whereas being intimate the way God made it to be in marriage is in love, you don't seek to satisfy yourself, you seek to express your love to the other person. I was watching a Christian Pastor - Joel Osteen and he was talking about someone who wanted to get rid of something in his life and he said this person had a plan, I think this person's problem was drugs, but anyway, there were three things he did, I don't remember the second one but the first one was to get rid of all the friends that were doing drugs with him and giving him drugs, in your case it would be to get rid of friends who encourage or condone these things and with whom you feel you could fall into this again, get rid of any x rated magazines, if it's through the internet, don't come on often and the times you do make sure someone is in the room with you, so you will not do it, the third thing he did was confess his problem to a trusted friend, someone he would be accountable to and every morning this friend would call him and they would pray together to get rid of his drug problem, so he also had a support system and if ever he slipped he would tell this person, so in your case, see if you can find a trusted family member or friend who will help you and finally and most importantly keep God always in your mind, know that God is watching you, everything you do in secret God sees, In Ecclesiastes in the Bible, it says: ';The eyes of the Lord are 10,000 times brighter than the sun and they observe every action mortals take.'; Keep the suffering of Jesus on the cross for your sins constantly in your mind and in that moment you feel tempted, pray to God and ask for a deeper relationship with him because nothing physical can satisfy you, you will only feel empty and guilty afterwards, only God can satisfy the human heart and what you're feeing is really the need to be fulfilled, but you're looking at the wrong things to fill that void, only God can fill the void in your heart and so every time you feel lust trying to fill your heart, seek the love of God instead, open the Bible and ask God to speak to your heart and tell him Lord, help me I do not want to fall into this sin again and I pray for a revelation of your Love, also pray to the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Love to drive out the Spirit of Lust which is from Satan. That's another thing, keep in mind that this battle you're in is against Satan, know that he lies behind Lust, Masturbation and pornography - behind every one of these there's the the degradation of the human body, mind and soul. Keep your mind focused on God in everything you do, say, think and feel, because an idle mind is the devil's playground.





Good Luck %26amp; God Bless and I will pray for you