I am a teenager and a male. I am a Christian and I have so many hormones running through my body causing me to think in a very sexual way all the time and I know that it's wrong to think like this nor do I want to because I know thats not the way I am. I want to turn down the "perv" inside of me. I was wondering if anyone could give me some tips on how to tone it down a little.
2006-06-12 09:52:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Here are a few ideas to ponder:
1. God gave you sexual desires to help in your future marriage and ultimately to glorify Him. The desires aren't bad, but pointed in the wrong direction, as thoughts often are, they become sinful.
2. Treat these desires like the habit of over-eating. The right kind of food is good in moderation, but when you binge or constantly crave food, it becomes your drug or even your god respectively.
3. Think of the particular females who are currently the object of your lust as people who need your unselfish, godly love. Ask yourself what their greatest needs are, and minister to them. I wish I had done the same when I was in your stage in life (not long ago).
4. Since the problem is bigger than you are, don't keep it a total secret. Confide in God and in a friend or two you can trust, who will hold you accountable.
5. Don't just stop thinking about girls and sexual stuff. Replace these thoughts with godly thoughts. Carry around a stack of memory verses, for example.
6. You're already so far ahead of most Christian men your age because even to strangers in this forum, you can express the problem honestly. Way to go, brother!
2006-06-12 10:06:41 · answer #1 · answered by chdoctor 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
This is one of the many things I can't stand about Christianity-Sexual Repression! Sexuality is a completely normal thing. This doesn't mean that you should do everything with two legs, but accept the fact that it is a hormonal time of your life, and sexual desire will happen. There is nothing perverted about it. It is human. What's perverted is the way Christians perceive sexuality. They make it out to be a nasty disgusting thing only to be used in procreation. It's sad, really.
2006-06-12 09:57:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chris,
The problem is not hormones or sexual desire - these are normal! The problem is always about lust. This is a serious area in life. I strongly recommend that you contact some mature male person in your church and have that person as a contact for your questions. You also need to go to God's word. How can you please God if you don't know what he says about it? If you don't know where to go I recommend the book "Not even a hint" it has an excellent reference of verses and explains concisely both the beauty and purpose of sex and the distortion of lust.
God bless.
2006-06-12 11:00:31 · answer #3 · answered by davidvario 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not actually wrong (I'm sorry I'm not Christian, but I'm pretty much agnostic) to think like that, you are a teenage boy, It's natural, hormones are a biological thing and it's hard to control mentally.
2006-06-12 10:02:11 · answer #4 · answered by RosiePosy89 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sexual desire is just your body's way of telling you that you're healthy and everything's running the way it should. If you DIDN'T have it, that would be something to be worried about.
2006-06-12 14:59:41 · answer #5 · answered by anonymousyahoodude 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Er...could all you people out there try not to generalize about Christians? Some of you are doing fine. Some are not.
2006-06-12 11:07:31 · answer #6 · answered by scribble_muse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing wrong with you, totally as it is for most of us, whack it off and knock it on the head.
2006-06-12 11:11:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
THAT'S WHY I AM PROUD TO BE PAGAN !!
sex isn't crime neither a sin. enjoy your lifetime.
2006-06-12 13:40:13 · answer #8 · answered by betoquintas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's natural, don't worry about it.
2006-06-12 10:16:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋