How to break sin pattern?

Question

How do you quit breaking a sin pattern. I know that my cursing is a sin. But, I cannot stop my self from doing it! I am a practicing Christian(goes to church regular, volunteers, spends daily time with God). But, I cant shake this !! Any suggestions ?

Answer 1

By not being human.

Religion uses man's insecurity over his own humanity as a tool to get more converts. To amplify this, they create a set of rules that are impossible to follow. In this way, they get people to feel guilty about how "bad" they are. Just to stomp out any idea that a person can be good, they heap on "original sin" to make them feel guilty for anything anybody has ever done.

It works really well.

So, the only way to "break the sin pattern" is to be a robot.

It would be better to ask whether one needs to break any sin pattern. Most of what Christians consider a sin really isn't bad, unless taken to extreme. For example, swearing really isn't a bad thing. There are no bad words. There are only bad things you can say with words. George Carlin had it right on that account. I can use "swear" words to give someone a complement, and I can use words a first grader knows to describe the most heinous acts.

So, feel free to swear in situations were it is normal or accepted. Obviously, there are times were you just don't want to offend someone, so you can control yourself in those situations. Otherwise, it is ok.

Answer 2

Get a jar and put a quarter in it everytime you say a bad word. Then ask for forgiveness. As you begin to fill up the jar you will also be realizing how often you do it and will get tired of losing money. As time goes on you will begin to catch yourself before you say it so you can keep the quarters in your pocket instead of in the jar. When you have mastered it, take all the quarters and go buy yourself something you have been wanting for awhile. New car, new home, just kidding. There should not be that many quarters but you get the jist.

Answer 3

I am going to go out on a limb here and assume that you are surrounded by people who use this language on a regular basis, such as at work or family members who use a lot of this language.

I no longer work in the outside world, yet I still have a lot of family members who use this language as part of their everyday vocabulary. The longer I visit with them, the more I find myself falling into their language pattern.

As with any other sin, try your best to stay out of situations where you will be tempted to "give into" these patterns. It is not easy and cannot be perfected.

Accept that at times you will slip up, mostly in anger as your learn and grow. When we are angry, we choose our words with less thought.

Do not dispair and give up, all of walking with God and learning his will and his way is a learning process that is not completed until we take our last breath on this earth.

God knows your heart, and he knows if this is something you are truely concerned about and working on. When this is where your heart is at, the inside will change, and then the outside will eventually follow.

Answer 4

SubhanAllah (Glory be to Allah), this is what Salah (prayer) does for a Muslim. A practicing muslim can easily avoid major sins by praying five times a day, because that makes him/her God concious (muttaqee).

No one can avoid sins completely, obviously that doesn't mean that you should keep sinning. As I said, major sins can be avoided by praying. In addition to that, continuously ask God for forgiveness.

Here is some food for thought. If no human can avoid sin completely then doesn't it make sense that God wants us to ask for forgiveness. He is the Forgiving, the Merciful, he wants us to ask for forgiveness because he grants it if we are sincere.

This is simple argument against the christian doctrine of salvation and that the christ died on the cross for the sins of mankind.

There is also saying of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that if people stop sinning, then God will replace them with people who would sin and then repent.

Ask for repentance!

Worship the Creator, not the creation!

Answer 5

Well, most of your brethren will tell you to pray. I'm telling you to learn self-control. If you don't want to continue a certain behavior then find a way to stop doing it. There are several behavior modification techniques that you could use. Personally, I think people put too much importance on course language. Sometimes the best way to describe something is with an expletive.

Answer 6

Stop.

Think about what you are going to say, before you say it.

Keep reminding your self that you are not going to curse.

punish yourself for every time you break the rules.

You will change.

Conditioned reflexes can be changed, and shaped to what you want them to be.

That thing you call you is just a mask that you wear, it is just as much Mara as everything else.

If you want to stop any behaviour, it can be done, but you must:

WANT to change it, and then change it.

Memes and mental programming can be changed...and before the idiots out there then claim there is nothing, ask yourself this:

Who is the programmer, and what is the program?

Answer 7

If curse-ing as law-ing, stop law-ing.
Ever heard of "evil concupiscence":
http://www.godshew.org/Concupiscence.htm
(an ungovernable desire to do what's forbidden)
Seems to be a common problem among priests.

If "Christ" is "the end of the law": Rom 10:4,
then it reasons a 'practicing Christ-ian' would ?

What does Paul The Apostle say about law:
- it makes you do things you would not do
- it hinders you doing things you would do
- then it torments you with yer guilty as hell

Our Father, deliver us from "evil": Mt 6:13
We are delivered from the "law": Rom 7:6
What remains is y(our) awareness of it.

God our Saviour will have two things:
- all men saved(only), by grace(only)
- all men aware what saved from: law

The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.

Answer 8

Sh!t, that's a hard-a4s f/uckin question. Beats the hell out of me.

If that's all the church has to beat you over the head with, they're the equivalent of a mugger. I expected a real issue, by the title of your question. Choose your words differently if you want to. My god, you're not afflicted with a disease! Remember that "free will" reference? It's a f/uckin beauty.

Answer 9

Its no longer proper, i assume it truly is a sin because of the fact a sin (from what Ive heard) is a few thing this is corrupting. by potential of ways, do no longer masturbate to your self, or to somebody. it truly is meant to be with somebody, a individual you married. intercourse is a organic concern, yet lust is perverted. countless the different solutions are good.

Answer 10

It's part of your programming. You'll fall a lot before you can walk. Just don't beat yourself up over it and the important thing is that you keep trying to stop.