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I've Fallen Into Lust Again... Can I Still Repent and Be Healed?
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- čas přidán 21. 03. 2024
- Excerpt from "The Orthodox Ethos Q & A Session January 19, 2024" with Fr. Peter Heers
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One thing that concerns me today is how many young people doubt God's willingness, even eagerness, to forgive them. Father, how can people grow in their trust of God's love and mercy? The Greek people I know never seem to struggle with this, but I think many Americans do. Why is that?
Its the same with Latinos who were raised in Christianity wether Catholicism or protestantism and mostly if you were raised with parents that shown you the faith growing up, typically I noticed that their children will never completely forsake the faith, so it can be a generational issue. I also think it has to do with the strong secular delusions and societal standards within the western culture that lead many people astray into nihilism and with little to no faith.
@@Bruhdotcom777Yes, the Latinos have it, too. However, I see it even in Russian people whose parents were atheists. My hunch is that it is about stable families. If you know, in a deep way not just intellectually, that your parents love you, then I think it gives you a good foundation for understanding how God loves you. Some kids seem to know that no matter what they do, they know their parents will still love them. If your parents were unable to show you the love you needed, maybe you have a harder time trusting God. I would love to have OE flush this out more.
I hate my sin of lust it torments me on a daily basis brother and sisters and father Peter please pray for me to struggle for our lord I want to uproot this passion for lent. I love you all❤❤
I hate sin. I love you Fr Peter. Your work is essential.
We can always repent, as long as we are alive
This is my greatest battle; lust of my eyes. Lord have mercy on me a sinner. A wretch
This couldnt have come at a more important time.
This man is certainly not alone. Lust is thriving.
We are all sinners and we have to fight to avoid repeating the same sins. Our Lord sais "Go and sin no more".
5 months! I can't usually make it a week.
Keep up the good struggle brother.
You're not alone brother!
Perhaps an ejaculatory prayer instead. That’s more of a catholic expression, I know.
Yay dude! That's amazing.
God bless.
I do not have a spiritual Father. Keep praying for my wife, Cathy. My stumbling block. God bless you all.
May God help and have mercy on us all!
Confession is such a magnificent tool we have for growing as Christians! I broke down in tears at my pre-Lenten confession. Arrived in a fine mood, left with the joy only God can fill my heart with. May He save us all.
I thought lust was my main problem. By the Grace of God I am now having some significant success fighting against lust. However this has revealed a deeper truth to me. Lust was actually a function of Acedia.. Acedia is my real problem
Most of us struggle with acedia without knowing it.
My sin is great, God's mercy is greater!
I needed to hear this today. Thank you. Praise God
You are so sensible in the Lord. Praise God!
My heart feels healed knowing that their is a way I can be forgiven
God bless you Father Peter, thank u💜☦️🌹🦋
Thanks, Fr Peter. God bless you and yours!
This year of my life I have given the most effort I have during the lent fast and not just fasting from food. But what I have also seen thus far is the body of believers rising up to fight the passions and temptations all around me. Father heers and many others are a beacon leading the charge against the enemy of our souls. Πατέρα καλή δύναμη πάντα. Η ευλογία και η χάρη του κυρίου μας. Οι προσπάθειες και τα έργα σας είναι σαν πρώτες βοήθειες. ☦️
Pray for me, please I have done this sin many times. Pray for me that I may not fall into temptation and be delivered from this.
Peace from God our Father. I feel most happy to hear the two of you beloved fathers. You keep your arguments on a very high level spiritually. God bless you for your explanations built on solid Orthodox soil, so to speak.
I am a retired Orthodox priest and handicapped,(neuropathy), and therefore not active as a priest.
I really support your work. These questions are most important in the time that lies ahead. So far you are the only ones I have seen on Internet, so far. I bless your care for the Church and Orthodoxy.
Stephan Sundkvist
Retired Orthodox priest
Ludvika Sweden.
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Glory to God.
it happens over and over and over
My problem is hate much less than lust. I have deep levels of hate in my soul that I struggle with
Excellent advice Father Peter ❤
If you fall into lustful sin again and again, you need to get the fear of the Lord, of which you will focus on judgment day, knowing that God will reject those who defy him. With that in mind, you will live for the eternal and not fall into the lustful sins of this world. This is how you remain clean.
Not easy to find doctor spiritual one even in "Ortodox country"....
Lust is particularly difficult because it is a good thing in the context of a Christian marriage. But for singles who seek to avoid lust, especially if they are not even dating anyone, is virtually impossible. Even monks must struggle with this!
We cannot help what temptations arise but we can help whether or not we give in to tempting thoughts and desires. The more we starve a desire the more it withers, and the more we feed it the stronger it grows.
@@OrthodoxEthosFather Peter Heers is right. if you lose your habit of lusting, you reach a point where it basically fades away. thank God Jesus.
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It's difficult for me to say this, because I do not wish to cast judgment on my priest, but the couple of times that I have confessed my fleshly sins I was simply told "Do not dwell on it. God allows you to live with it," which is just not helpful when you want to cease committing these sins. I have actually stopped going to confession, because it felt pointless to do so when every time I get the same "advice". So my question is, is the act of confessing still healing and helpful for me spiritually, even though the worldly advice I receive isn't helping much? And also, I have never been advised to not partake in Communion, so how 'damaging' is that? Thank you.
Lets be realistic, we can not all be Monks and considering the fact that sex before marriage falls in the category of lust, good luck finding to date someone with sex out of the picture. Nowadays you can't have a relationship without sex and if you tell your other half we will only have sex if we get married, they will think you are a weirdo and leave you. So practically this means you will end up alone and still have to struggle with lust because masturbation is not allowed either. These are the problems that i have never heard any Priest talk about, it's easy to say pray, resist, hate the sin etc but that's all in theory, they need to realize that we are not all living in a Monastery where the environment is restricted and guarded, our struggle is way bigger with the daily temptations we have to deal with.
lost out several relationships with ladies because I refused sexual advances the first day. Not the first week or month, but just the first day.
these are the times we live in. A spineless generation of fathers came before us.
Just run with it as one of our holy struggles, an active form of sainthood for the men of this generation - most of which will not go on to have children with the lack of women unfit to be mothers. Not sure what God's plan for this is, but I will trust it the best I can
that why you have to find someone in the church with the same beliefs, if you're dating atheists while expecting a Godly union, you're probably not catechized very well. Fr Peter has 8 children I believe; who is talking about monastics?
@@ffs6158 For most in the united states, there are no women in the Church. We do not have that option
Disingenuous ill intentioned argument
It is very hard and the situation not easy. But with God all things are possible, be uncompromising in your refusal to sin before marriage. You are not going to die because of lack of sex
Is it possible for an Orthodox or otherwise committed Christian to be plagued by a demon of lust or be seduced by succubi in dreams?
I took Pfizer, can I still be healed?
Metropolitan Neophyte made a statement explaining how to be healed in this case. The video was published on this channel. Watch it and do what His Eminence directs, if you would be saved.
Why do you need to go to a confession!!
Because the Lord told His disciples, “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” (Matt 18:18) This authority to “loose” others from sin was given by the Apostles to bishops and priests that they ordained. We can and should confess to God whenever we sin but to be “loosed” from the eternal consequences of sin, we must go to Confession with a priest who has been given this authority from Orthodox bishops.
Cause first Christian went to confession with the Holy Apostles
thank you Fr Peter, I just confessed for the first time & I sense I wasn't given enough guidance afterwards, the priest is a good man, but I felt I need to be me strict on myself bcz I need to be strict so althougg confession was good for me, I will now FIGHT even harder not to sin again & Lust is one of my weaknesses...I will be more violent on myself...it has to be done...
Better a priest who gives a very good word twice a year, then a priest who tries to explain your situation every time after the confession