As a teen, how do i get out of lust???

Question

FIRST OFF- If your not gonna seriously answer this question, get a life and go do somthing else worthwhile.

okay, question is, i am just a 16 year old highschooler boy. Facing pornography problems. It's like 50% of me tells me to stay faithful to God and resist and, 50% of me tells me to fall into that temptation. I asked God to help me, i asked God to forgive me, and he has done all that. Yet, i have great desire to be FULLY faithful to God, and not look at nudity at all. How??? Any random tips would help.

Answer 1

You may hate me for this. :P
But
Just don't do it!
ok, it sounds easy but I know and I know you know that it's really hard.
But just remind yourself, that if you continue through with this sin that you'll feel TERRIBLE afterward.
Terrible and entirely convicted thinking, "why did I do that? I hate myself!" not to mention, Satan loves to entice people with this stuff.. and then when he gets you he loves to get you to go further into sin. And sometimes he likes to make you focus so much on how stupid you were for giving in to temptation that you forget that you can just ask forgiveness for it and forget about it-
"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?" Romans 6:1,2
It takes a little self discipline but I believe you can do it.
Pray to God for strength. Rebuke Satan whenever he tempts you.
"Blesses is the man who endures temptationl for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him" James 1:12
Cling to Jesus.
Do NOT give in to that temptation.
Even if you have to run away from your computer, turn it off right away, whatever it takes!
Cover your eyes!
Don't go to any websites that you're tempted to go to. Burn any magazines you might have? (dunno what the situation might be)
Keep at it in faith, my friend.
Defeat Satan!
God has already defeated Him on the cross. Claim your victory over satan, defeating him in the name of Jesus Christ!

May God be with you and help you through these trials.
"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into verious trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have it's perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing." James 1:2-4
That doesn't mean you should slowly come out of it.
It means you should come out of it, fighting all the time, and in time it will be easier and easier!

God bless you!
and I will pray for you!!

P.S. I have been through trials and temptations as well, so believe me, this works!

Answer 2

I use to be in your position at your age. not wanting to be displeasing to the lord. I am now 35 years old and the desires havent stopped. Only hope is to read the bible, study christian apologetics, and be a little more critical about christian groups. Dont do anything silly like cut your hand off etc. And hopefully one day you can come to see, there is nothing wrong with it. When you do realise your body is not evil, love yourself is important, dont try and commit adultery, have respect for your friends and neighbours, and dont let no other christians tell you its evil, deal with it yourself. You know you mean well and truelly want the best. Save this message somewhere and read it often.
Good luck
The sooner you stop looking at it as evil or a sin, the freeer you are to do good.
I am no longer a christian, but for other reasons.
EDIT1
Dont listen to what some of these other people are saying .reading bible verses and praying about it will only make you feel worse about it. if you must, just thank God that He loves you and is patient, and is like a parent with a child. The parent doesnt expect perfection(well not good parents anyway). Just do it when you feel like it. Its puberty, ALL males at your age feel the same desires, some of the ones with strong feelings of guilt end up with serious problems in their older age. Im sure God wouldnt want the worst for you.

Answer 3

I would think of it like scratching inside your butt while in public, except if you satisfy lust or look at porn etc then it's like scratching your butt in front of God. People will avoid shaking your hand and theyll probably look at you funny. I would ask myself why I like looking at porn--I looked at some before to compare myself to other women, and to say well i look better ha ha. If I was a guy I would probably have an intellectual curiosity about what different women (or men, I would probably be gay) look like. I wouldnt beat yourself up about it or get a complex or anything because it is a difficult thing especially in this society that 'seems' like it thinks its a-ok. In the long run you'll be better off if you dont because it's true about the fuel for the wedding feast, It makes me very angry that isnt emphasized more by people, and I think it does affect eyesight, regardless of who says it's a myth. I think the wedding feast fuel is the most important 'myth' of all . . .I would think about it a lot .. .God gives us a certain amount of life-energy and how we use it is up to us . .. also saints often die the first time they have sex if there are any left and also in childbirth too nobody probably ever told you that . . ..

Answer 4

Get out, yes...simple? Probably not. Consider that you're going to need to stay on guard about this for life. Post Bible verses about purity near your source of pornography (computer? TV?). Psalm 101:3 is great. So is I Cor. 6:18. Get some serious accountability...someone you can confide in who will encourage you to do what's right. The obvious choice would be your parents, especially if they're Christians...well, go to Dad first on this one; chances are he will be receptive to your honesty about this and want to help rather than judge...especially if he has similar struggles. Don't stay on the computer/TV for hours...maybe don't be on it unmonitored at all. My husband doesn't go near the computer unless I'm around (he asked me to lock it with a password) because to him it's like a smut magazine sitting in the middle of the living room, and he is an otherwise godly man! So put all the safeguards you can into place and continue to pray that God will "lead you not into temptation, but deliver you from evil..." God bless your efforts to serve Him!

Answer 5

Sweetie, you are a normal 16 year old. Lust, as you call it, is all a part of growing up and there is nothing whatsoever wrong with you. God understands this, being a teenager in ANY time period is the hardest thing we go through while growing up, in 10 years you'll look back and wonder how you got through it, but you WILL get through. Good Luck and God Bless and keep you always, you sound like a good and rare young man.

Answer 6

Stay in your books and stay in your church. It is normal for guys to be attracted to things involving sexuality. The problem is pornography is not representative of healthy sexual functioning. Human beings are sexual creatures and it is a wonderful gift, a gift you are not ready for at this time. The human body is a beautiful creation, a work of art by God. Pornography presents the body in an ugly exploitative way. The problem is, You need to develop maturity and the ability to love someone very special for you. In the meantime, spend your time developing yourself into a great human being. Good luck.

Answer 7

Try and avoid the temptation and seek the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. Try and fill the void with Christian Music and TV. Hang out with other Christians and look for ways to help others. Continue to ask God for deliverence and NEVER make peace with your sin.

Sincerely Yours, Pastor Jeff Ludin

Answer 8

It is human biology...

You have to ask yourself why the supposed god would make humans with that desire, and tell them not to oblige it.

Besides, since the supposed god knows everything, and he knew you would do this, and he made you anyway, he must be ok with it, right????????

It is logically sound, but it doesn't make sense, because god is supposed to be good. If he knew a murderer was going to murder someone, and he made the guy anyway, god must be ok with it, right???

The descriptions of god from the bible contradict themselves, therefore, god isn't real...

If god is all knowing, he isn't all good... If god has feelings of anger, sadness, jealousy, surprise, as it's been said in the bible, then he isn't all knowing, and he isn't perfect, because nothing can surprise something that knows everything, and if something doesn't conform to his expectations, then he isn't perfect...

It is all a lie... Give it up...

Answer 9

I used to have this problem too but I have now overcome it with God's help.

Pray to God sincerely and cry out to Him that you really want to change and need His help. Pray to him as often as you need, especially when you feel tempted.

Occupy yourselves with other things that interest you. If you have a friend/someone you can trust, you can share this problem with them. Be accountable to them and ask them to pray for you as well.

It may take sometime to kick the habit but don't give up!

Answer 10

First of all, put down that bible and stop feeling guilty about your biology. Read some non-religious books about sexuality particularly your own.

Next if you don't want to look at nudity, pictures of models sporting summer bathing suits or low-cut/tight fitting clothes in the sunday newspaper Wal-Mart ads will probably be good enough.

God wouldn't have made you a NORMAL adolescent if it wasn't ok. How you deal with your lust in terms of your relations with others is what matters. But guilt will only make things worse.

If you insist on not masturbating to deal with your biological urges and simply to stew in your own self-imposed shame and guilt, then you have already gone to hell. Good luck.

Answer 11

The human body is what it is. You are going through puberty so you have tons of hormones going crazy. Like someone else said, you have a hand so use it like all the other kids your age. Has nothing to do with god....just a very normal thing you are going through.
Concerning the porn, it's normal for kids your age to look at porn but if it is consuming your life then find a support group, which should be able to help.