I have a huge problem. I masterbate and I'm a Christian! I've been trying to stop for a while now and I'm having a hard time. Please don't put me down for this. I just need help! Please help me!
2007-04-02 14:28:16 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No put downs here, friend, I struggled with that and more for years, there is a bible study course just for that problem called way of purity with setting captives Free .com
folow this link: http//:www.settingcaptivesfree.com/home/our_courses.php
or this one: http://www.settingcaptivesfree.com/enroll/enroll.php
don't know if these will work may have to copy and paste them into your address window
2007-04-02 14:34:36 · answer #1 · answered by setfreejn836 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Masturbation isn't wrong and it can actually be worse if you stop. This lets out certain...passions that may otherwise be turned to do bad things, such as rape.
What do you think that priests do? This is a natural human thing (it's also present in the animal world), and God understands.
2007-04-02 14:34:47 · answer #2 · answered by TiGeR 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i recommend this book for you to read, it's called Sex Isnt the Problem, Lust is by Joshua Harris
this book helped me a lot during the past few years. i know what you're going through and man, this really does suck, but hey, take heart, pray, and meditate on these words 1 Corinthians 10:13.
as a brother in christ going through the same thing, ill pray for you, and you me. =)
G bless
2007-04-02 15:09:10 · answer #3 · answered by rhosungjin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you married or not? Regardless, no one should put you down, ask God for forgiveness and ask Him to help you, because it leads to lust, which is a sin. Everyone of us is going through something, it might not be what you are dealing with, but we have our own challenges. Many single Christians as myself face that kind of temptation. The thought runs through my mind many times and I have to hold myself together by saying out scripture verses loud over and over and over again, as the thought arise, I pull a scripture verse. For example, "I am the head not the tail" "God has given me authority over all the power of the enemy....." "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" and many others. I will remember you in prayer. Love, be bless.
2007-04-02 14:39:05 · answer #4 · answered by charmaine f 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If this is a serious question, please don't beat yourself up over this. I know this is a very controversial topic among Christians, but the Bible doesn't discuss it. I know so many young people have tremendous guilt over this and it can destroy their lives. You are, after all, a human and it is simple biology. Pray about it, God doesn't want you to be oppressed by guilt. ( I'm ready for all the thumbs down.)
2007-04-02 14:38:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'll pray for you. I don't really know what your talking about seeing as I'm only 13, so I don't know whether whatever your doing is a sin. I'll pray for you anyway.
God,
This person here has had a conviction and needs help, I pray that you would help them to follow you and if what they're doing is wrong that you would help them stop. Give them strength and courage. Amen
2007-04-02 14:37:44 · answer #6 · answered by notw777 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the LDS church has free counciling for people with sins and addictions they are trying to stop. The trained therapist will be gentle and not put you on a guilt trip. Believe me, most days they handle unwed pregnancies. We are a christian church and believe in total repentance, so if your really wanting to stop, go to lds.org for a church near you.
2007-04-02 15:47:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you do that without fantasizing? If so, that's a start, its mostly the fantasizing that is a sin. Replace that thought with a Godly thought every time the thought comes to your mind and pray for help from God.
2007-04-02 15:20:25 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a sin.
(Some) churches claim it is, but the bible doesn't.
It's a healthy release.
9: But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother's wife he spilled the semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.
10: And what he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD, and he slew him also.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/rsv2www?specfile=/texts/english/religion/rsv/rsv-pub.o2w&act=text&offset=3022340&textreg=0&query=Onan
That's the verse, they use against masturbation.
But it wasn't about masturbation at all.
Onan was supposed to get his dead brothers widow pregnant, (so she could have rights to some inheritance &/or be taken care of by his family.
Onan had sex with her, but then pulled out.
2007-04-02 14:34:02 · answer #9 · answered by lilith 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't worry about it. It is nayural in the flesh. Stop letting things come between you and God. If we waited till we were perfect we would never get there. Let it go. It is a natural thing.
2007-04-02 17:53:03 · answer #10 · answered by dispesational7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋