Good word. As a married man though I can say with 100% assurance that getting married will not satisfy your lusts. You will need to do work on yourself to bring that part of your sin nature under control BEFORE you get married. It isn’t something you do not want in your marriage.
I think marriage helps if you let it not become your savior. I fight against lust daily, but I tell myself I am looking for a partner. That’s a big justification for me. I pray for a spouse so that I can remove that burden of seeking. I will then have no excuse left to look with lust. Its different for everyone though
Agree 100% that's what the Holly Spirit teached me. You have to be a free man before marriage. This is something you don't want to struggle with after getting married. It will ruin relationship and love. Also if kids come along the problem will go over the kids, rebellion and bad stuff will happen.
All I did was say out loud " God, I don't want to be held down with these constant thoughts anymore" and they were gone. No more looking at random tits and ass on the internet, no more thinking about it constantly! Thank God. I was in my late forties when I realized God was real.
@@mrrandom7315 I am. God is working miracles through our storm. For instance, our landlady( who my kids call Mimi) suddenly wants us out after three years of buying the place.(Rent to own with no contract because my wife has called her Mama her entire life). She cut our wifi off( knowing we have four special needs kids who are homeschooled). We got it turned back on in our name for 20 dollars cheaper a month. God is good. She gave us a notice to inspect two days ago so she will be here tomorrow on Mother's day weekend. She didn't put the time, so we wrote the time we would allow her in on the bottom of her note , had it notarized and gave a copy to the D.A. and one to the Chief of police. Friends of mine. God is great. Thanks for asking 🤟
@@mrrandom7315 He's lying, the only way to stop the thoughts from coming is cut off your balls, like a eunuch made by man, it's testosterone and hormones that make you think what you think, you'll realize this when you get old enough and the testosterone level drops along with the hormones, however your desires can be controlled and they should or they can cause you to sin, winning the battle over sexual desires is when you KNOW in your heart you'll not commit adultery if your married or whoredom if you have a girlfriend, by the way you can't commit whoredom with your girlfriend, whoredom means having more than one lover but girlfriends and boyfriends already know this in their hearts because God has written it on their hearts, something else that needs to be said here, our thoughts are the proof that sin=evil exist inside of us, everyone has them=evil thoughts, no one alive in a human body will ever be able to stop them, sin is more than just adultery as far as evil thoughts, it's only after we die we won't be able to think no evil thoughts, we will be changed, what we can do now is control the thoughts and not let them cause us to sin, self love is not sin if your single and focusing on a single woman and not a married one however you could be thinking whoredom if you have a girlfriend but still, no one will be judged based on their thoughts, only their actions, on judgement day the one's that didn't let their thoughts cause them to sin will be praised and believe me, Jesus said even the hidden thoughts of man's hearts will be revealed, in everyone, in this we are all sinners and in this no one will be able to boast and actually in this we will see who all the liars are
I’ve been praying for a partner for quite a while now and nothings really came from it. As I have matured over the years I realised, it’s not just a partner I should be praying for it should be a someone who wants to be obedient to The Father, and that will bring me a relationship that will please and glorify God. Thank you so much Alex for the words of wisdom here, so much love and thanks to yous all
Now listen brother you're in the best relationship of your life right now because you are in a relationship with God and there will be no other love than God's love. Once you understand that and accept that, all will come right into your path. Love is patient. Stop looking and start living.
Hey Alex I think I am your daughter too by default 😅. Thank you for the wonderful message but what advice can you give us who are still in school and yet struggle with lust too besides the aspect of marriage .
@@lucyaliero212I’m in your situation too. I feel that we just need to pray, pray, and pray. God is good, and if we continue to realize that, we will eventually start to draw away from that. I need to do this too. I’ve stopped for the most of it, but there’s just some times where I can’t help myself. I go back into the deep and dark caves that I used to live in. But I think that if we just trust in God that he will eventually bring us a spouse, and that we can stop looking at the opposite gender like this, we will eventually start to get purified. We will start to walk away, and eventually not like looking at people this way. I’ll be praying that you, me, and everyone else will be able to turn to God, and to trust in Him that He will deliver us from our sinful nature. God bless you 🙏
Pray for me my brothers and sisters, i have been suffering from lust and porn for a few years, i keep praying to God after i commit it to not do it anymore, but i just keep coming back to the sin after a few days, i pray that today Will be my last day being addicted to this sin, Amen
Jesus please continue to give me the strength to keep supporting myself and my two autistic children. Because I’m losing hope. My boys require so much from me because they are non verbal. Due to them having many issues in school, I’m homeschooling them. I’m a single mother. These past two years since covid have been hard on me. I lost my job at Forsyth hospital because I declined the vaccine. I have heart disease and I suffer from lupus that’s the major reason why I declined the vaccine. I’m waitressing and I’m grateful but I’m not making enough to make ends meet. Bills are piling up and I can barely afford groceries for my children. I feel like a failure. Every month is a struggle, and now that I’m homeschooling them my schedule is limited. I’m so overwhelmed and ashamed. But God gives me strength. I get harassed and bullied on this app for sharing my testimony and for asking for prayers but prayers are all I NEED. As christians we must have compassion towards one another so please be kind I’m already feeling defeated. BUT! Even as I struggle! I keep faith in God. He is the God of possible! I HAVE FAITH HE WILL PROVIDE! He has this far. THANK YOU JESUS! I will only trust in GOD!
You are not a faillure. I know it is not easy but Jesus is with you even in the middle of the storm. GOD is faithfull please don't lose heart. You are an amazing Mother Who wants the Best for her children. God sees your heart He won't leave you alone. He loves you and your beautiful children♥️. Take heart❣️ God bless you ❣️ Don't forget what he has done for you and How much He loves you ❣️ God's not done with you. Jesus said if you believe you will see the Glory of God. He can do everything 🙏🏽. God bless you and your family. Big kiss for your children❣️
FIND HOPE AND TRUST IN GOD!! HE LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW!! HIS PATIENTS AND FORGIVENESS AND STRENGTH IS SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU KNOW!! Find trust and love and patience in Jesus Christ. He knows and loves you more than will ever know. Never forget God. He has a perfect plan for you and your life. You will get through this. You will see the light. You will see it, through Jesus Christ, because God, is the lamp. I pray this bless you and strengthen you in every single way possible. I pray this help you in every way. Known and unknown. Ways we can’t even think of or comprehend. I pray this in Jesus almighty and Holy and everlasting and forgiving and patient and gracious and PERFECT name, Amen!!
Wow, just wow. I’ve struggled with lust for so long and have watched so many videos where people are giving advice to basically “control” it, and those videos are great actually!! But as someone who has a very strong desire to get married I’ve never heard anybody say to be intentional about it and to put yourself out there. It made me realize how complacent I’ve been- just waiting for God to send me someone without doing much work, even though faith without work is dead. This really reasonated with me! Thank God for your ministry❤
Man this is great! I just got engaged and I’ve always struggled with lust. My fiancé knows this and she’s been working it out with me. She’s walked by me always and she no matter what always wanted to marry me and watching this it clicked. It’s hard cause we want to get married now but were saving up for everything. I have to keep honoring the Lord and her in this walk.
Please don’t wait just because your saving up. If you love your fiancé and you want to get married now and the only thing holding you up is saving up please just get married. You can do an intimate ceremony. Get married at city hall maybe. It can still be special.And then you can have a big ceremony later on if you want! Where you can celebrate with loved ones. A lot of people wait because they want to wait to get their funds in order, or maybe reach a new level in their career and they never end up being ready because they’re focused on achieving material things things. I don’t know your exact situation and I’m not judging you at all. But I see a lot of people struggle with this. But don’t just listen to me, pray on it and ask God what you should do!
@@alexandria2925 I agree and that’s what we want to do. No big wedding until we’re ready. We have talked about doing pretty much that and we’re on board. We have a couple classes left of school and we’re probably gonna do it. I mean I’d do it now but I think praying about it more and seeing where God is leads us is the important thing. Leave it all in his hands.
I dont want to do sex before marriage. Mind you im still a 14 y.o teen and i am battling lust because of puberty, and who gets married at 14. Lust and Pornography have ruined my brain chemistry altogether. I try to repent and yet i still fall back in. I ask for forgiveness but i dont feel forgiven, i feel guilty.I feel like im on my way to hell. Please dont ignore my comment. And i beg you, pray for me.
Don't seek forgiveness from a being that the humankind created, if there is a god it knows everything and it knows all the roots you have that leads you. You got this and it's very normal for you to be curious and excited about sexual themes, just try your best to not watch porn often
@sqgke dude, at my lowest moment, i was miraculously changed. In the twinkling of an eye, my depression went away. God is real, my friend. Like a year ago. I was depressed i couldn't even break a smile, and when i did it was forced. I was in bed that night in my bed, contemplating life whilst watching my phone. And then a poorly made short obout "jesus loves you" came up and not just one but a buch of them. When i scrolled, a new one popped up. I started ballin my eyes out and i kid you not, i felt a sensation in my chest, and i was kind of pulled up by my chest. That was the moment i got saved. My friend, it's up to you if you want to live for christ, if you want to pick up your cross and follow him. God gave us free will for a reason. I wish you the best of luck in your lifes journey. May God bless you.
@@MrLazic sorry to break it to you, but these are all common experiences specifically for your age and it doesn't mean anything in the presence of logic. Why specially you jesus has saved? Why not the people who are currently being abused Religion is a popular coping mechanism that will only cause your life to end up like a swollen limb that is restricted by chains. Whether god is real or not, the universe is hostile and impersonal, he wouldnt care about you like a religion would claim
Thank you for this! I been struggling lately. I want to be the type of person that my girlfriend, family, and kids,one day, will be proud of. Thank you Alex Amen!!
Thanks for this video. Ive been struggeling for the longest time now, but i prayed and i made a promise to God. Its been a week and i still havent done the thing i was struggeling with. I thank God for helping me with my addiction.
Everyone keep me in prayer I’m a sinner that’s battling with lust. I am a christian and I often feel ashamed for what I have done over and over again. I pray we all grow stronger 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Don't worry,i pray that God will help you with your sexual desires. Lord, i pray that this young person who has been battling with lust will finally be free from this addiction, i pray that You will give him/her freedom from this sin, in Jesus Name, Amen
I have been praying this for years, been on dating apps, church groups and nothing. I am praying about it, this is harder than it seems.Don't want to be single but sometimes God wants to isolate us first so we can overcome this and saying marriage is the key doesn't fix a lust problem. The key to defeating lust is to feed your Spirit more than your flesh, submit to God and resist the devil. It's a daily battle. Know the more you feed your flesh the stronger it becomes. Feed your spirit the Word and don't ever give up.
I’ve been struggling with this for a while now and it sucks and I have been a bit distant from God and positivity in the past few days and I’m not proud of it but I want you all to know that with God and with a positive environment anything is possible I pray to God that everyone overcomes this and any other addiction and any other negative situation amen❤️❤️
This really helped me a lot. I struggled with this, with my ex boyfriend. I thought “one day we will” and of course that wasn’t the case. I still feel shame, but this helped me so much. Thank you so much. Amen! Praise Him!
May the Lord bring you back the joy of closeness with Him ♥️ Maybe you're going through a season of discipline but it is definitely not in God's character to shame His children.. Don't listen to those lies. --> I would remind myself these things too when I'm self-sabotaging..
Hey Alex, thank you for this, it really has been a struggle in the last few weeks. I’ve been feeling like there was no way out in fighting this (currently feeling it now), but I know that God is victorious and through Him , I can beat this Thank you for this video
Was clean for a week, then felt like i was just doing it through my own strength instead of trusting God, felt like I'd fail eventually anyways and fell back into it :(. Hopefully this video helps, I want to get rid of this burden and shame so bad
Trust in the lord I was in the same situation I would fall back into porn but when I put all my trust in the lord the thoughts of lust and porn and the urge when away god changed my life after that I will never be the same I can never stop thanking him enough for what he did in my life I pray that he will do the same to you as he has done in my life
remember, as a follower of Christ, you have the Holy Spirit in you. You are a temple of the Holy Spirit, and as a act of reverence and honor, we must have respect for the bodies God has given us. surrender and confess "urges" and "desires" to Him, and ask Him to give you the eyes to see women and sisters and mothers and men as brothers and fathers. the battle doesn't belong to us when we invite God into our mess and we ask Him to uproot the roots of lust in our heart (Matt 5:27-30)
Hmmm...I get this. I do. But I can't help but to feel like this just puts a bandaid on the issue? Having a spouse does provide an outlet to quench those desires. But what about people who marry and still struggle with porn addiction? Or just lust in general? A spouse does not automatically cure a lustful spirit. I feel like it's important to also seek God about the roots of why we lust (was it something from childhood? are we feeling like we're alone? is there something in us that feels starved?). We can also still pray for a spouse and put ourselves out there, but it would be wise to do that inner work first. Marriage in itself is already a hard test, and I personally would not feel okay with bringing my lust issues to it.
I've been committing this sin, and I feel like I'm so eager more than ever to get married to my partner so I can't sin in this way. Hearing you, I feel reassured that the Bible actually talked about this. I just cant wait to get past this long distance relationship.
Alex, may our faithful and gracious Lord bless you. I'm recently divorced and this battle with lust has increased so much, it's this vicious cycle that I find myself in. I listened to your video about how to defeat lust this morning and I went to church this evening crying out for this yoke to be broken off me. Thank you for being vulnerable and so honest about the struggles we face that no one talks about. God bless you and Lokelani.
This has helped me a lot. All praise goes to the Father. 🙏 Thank you Alex, for the clips you do Spirit filled and full of wisdom from God! Your kids always bring a smile to my face, when life is bringing tough waters.
Prayed to god a few months ago asking for a spouse. I was shocked he actually presented me with a girl as I’m only 15 years old. He showed me this amazing girl, polite, beautiful. But god also told me to wait, that I’m not ready yet. Please ask god for signs so that you know exactly what he wants you to do. Even if you’re too young, god is always working in the background and knows what you need.
Thank you for this! God bless you, I wouldn’t say I struggle with lust but I do struggle with prayer. THANKFULLY this week I have been doing better at it because I’m actually enjoying it (praise God) You did inspire me to pray for my spouse and to go out there and make new sane godly company! Thank you! GOD BLESS YOU.
Thank you Alex. You're preaching on this topic around a year ago was what really helped convict my heart. I think it was something about how we must love God more than we love lust. It helped me realize how even though I was "trying" to stop, a large portion of my heart wanted it. I'm now 5 months free, and my desires have changed, God bless!
Hey Alex, I have been watching your videos for a while now and I really enjoy your content! I just feel like I need to get something off of my chest. I am currently 18 years old and I am dating an amazing girl who has two awesome parents and she loves the Lord. Part of me feels like she is the one that God has for me but then another part of me has doubts that she might not be the one. I find myself becoming deeply worried that I am doing the wrong thing by dating because she might not be the one that God has for me. Then I often think about how devastating a break up would be if I did break up with her and how that would create a deep cut into both of us. I just don't really know what to do and I am struggling to find peace in God's plan for my life because all I truly and deeply want to do is live my life fully for Jesus. Anyways, I love the content, God bless you, I love you brother!
Hey bro I know the struggle between wanting to be obedient to God and figuring out His will when it comes to finding a spouse. I've gone through it for two years and what I have come to realize is that God is not in the business of pairing up people who would make cute married couples. He is more interested in you and your girlfriend's heart. Given that you both have the desire to unite and be with each other for the rest of your lives, the God I find in the Bible is interested in helping people be good spouses to each other. I recently learned this: God's will is about showing people how-to live-in harmony, not to disrupt beautiful relationships with hypothetical preoccupations. Praying for you man @malachiveillon2116
Keep praying everyday, you have some sort of conviction because you WANT to do something about your hardened heart. Only Jesus can change you, and remember the Holy Spirit dwells in you. Keep praying everyday
Rhea was spot on. I've been in your position too and looking back, it was a moment of rebellion for me (idk what it is yours so you'll have to pour yourself out on a prayer with God). He knows everything already and He had enough mercy to call u (and me). He will have mercy, still. For now, just don't take your honesty for granted.. I'll be rooting for you (and u know I'm not the only one) ☺️
I need to confess that I gave in to lust today. I told myself I wouldn’t do the deed again (self pleasure with or without visual stimulation) but I gave in. I didn’t even enjoy it, and immediately after I repented. I still feel guilty. I know my purpose is to go out and preach like Jesus says in Mark 16:15. I need to confess, to the body of believers. If you feel led to, I ask that you pray for me and if you have any words for me I would appreciate them very much.
Once I was able to understand I have a Heavenly Father that loves me an won’t beat me or leave me my lust lost control. Thank you Holy Spirit I love you.
I utterly needed this, on a personal and spiritual level. I never thought of it this way out of all the ways this was the first. Thank you so much Alex, may God cont to bless u x your family.
Telling my testimony for others to hear but I was addicted to pornography for sometime and it really hindered me and it brought so much condemnation to my life but the Bible says we over come him by the blood of the lamb and word or our testimony🙏🏾
Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers I've been struggling with sin pornography for some time now I have my good days and my bad days and sometimes I can go to three weeks without looking at it But I still fall back into the sin Please keep me in my family in your thoughts and pray that I can overcome this evil that is called pornography and lust Thank you in advance for your thoughts and prayers and I hope you have a good day. Love y'all God bless you and your family God bless you Jeremy Scruggs
You are such a blessing, Alex! Love the Amen podcast and what you preach, has really helped me develop my relationship with the lord. This particular vid is amazing and couldn’t have been better timing wise. Thank you for sharing! Will take this onboard and have a new godly approach to this situation! Love ya bro!
If you are still struggling even after this video. Please consider SAA. I tried for 15 years to stop my addiction to pron and then I lost hope and spoke to someone in bible study one day, (she was in AA); and she got me into SAA. I now have 4 years sober. IT'S POSSIBLE!!! What this guy is saying is true, and the AA big book explains it more in detail about how you can yield to God, this book breaks down what the Bible talks about so you can take actionable faith steps. Don't be afraid of it or the people in the program. Jesus is with you and he can use this as well. Also, don't be afraid of "higher power." the Big book was written by a group of christian men and it was also meant for those searching for God or who don't believe in a God.
I’m very limited in life, I can pray for God to bring me a spouse and I do- tearfully. but I don’t get out much. I go to church with my parents every other week or so but we don’t really know anyone there. They’re not gonna change churches either. Maybe I should go to another church on my own. It sucks bc I had a fiancé but it didn’t work out and he had a lot of issues he needs to work out. Please pray for me and him.
I've prayed these prayers and my thoughts only get worse. idk what to do. I was raised Christian and I've dealt with this struggle since I was 13 [ I'm 22 now ] I'm open to any suggestions and prayers.
I defeated my problem with lust in 2021 when I was 37 I had been struggling with the problem of lust in 2010 in 2021 when I became a 1st time aunt helped me defeat my problem of lust because I want to be a good and positive person to my niece and I want to set a good and positive example to my niece
And if you burn with lust and don't want a spouse, God will honor that too. But you must FLEE from lust like David and not allow it to crouch at the door like a bandit waiting to pillage your home!
Good word. As a married man though I can say with 100% assurance that getting married will not satisfy your lusts. You will need to do work on yourself to bring that part of your sin nature under control BEFORE you get married. It isn’t something you do not want in your marriage.
I think marriage helps if you let it not become your savior. I fight against lust daily, but I tell myself I am looking for a partner. That’s a big justification for me. I pray for a spouse so that I can remove that burden of seeking. I will then have no excuse left to look with lust. Its different for everyone though
Agree 100% that's what the Holly Spirit teached me. You have to be a free man before marriage. This is something you don't want to struggle with after getting married. It will ruin relationship and love. Also if kids come along the problem will go over the kids, rebellion and bad stuff will happen.
All I did was say out loud " God, I don't want to be held down with these constant thoughts anymore" and they were gone. No more looking at random tits and ass on the internet, no more thinking about it constantly! Thank God. I was in my late forties when I realized God was real.
Are you still strong in the journey?
@@mrrandom7315 I am. God is working miracles through our storm. For instance, our landlady( who my kids call Mimi) suddenly wants us out after three years of buying the place.(Rent to own with no contract because my wife has called her Mama her entire life). She cut our wifi off( knowing we have four special needs kids who are homeschooled). We got it turned back on in our name for 20 dollars cheaper a month. God is good.
She gave us a notice to inspect two days ago so she will be here tomorrow on Mother's day weekend. She didn't put the time, so we wrote the time we would allow her in on the bottom of her note , had it notarized and gave a copy to the D.A. and one to the Chief of police. Friends of mine. God is great.
Thanks for asking 🤟
@@mrrandom7315 He's lying, the only way to stop the thoughts from coming is cut off your balls, like a eunuch made by man, it's testosterone and hormones that make you think what you think, you'll realize this when you get old enough and the testosterone level drops along with the hormones, however your desires can be controlled and they should or they can cause you to sin, winning the battle over sexual desires is when you KNOW in your heart you'll not commit adultery if your married or whoredom if you have a girlfriend, by the way you can't commit whoredom with your girlfriend, whoredom means having more than one lover but girlfriends and boyfriends already know this in their hearts because God has written it on their hearts, something else that needs to be said here, our thoughts are the proof that sin=evil exist inside of us, everyone has them=evil thoughts, no one alive in a human body will ever be able to stop them, sin is more than just adultery as far as evil thoughts, it's only after we die we won't be able to think no evil thoughts, we will be changed, what we can do now is control the thoughts and not let them cause us to sin, self love is not sin if your single and focusing on a single woman and not a married one however you could be thinking whoredom if you have a girlfriend but still, no one will be judged based on their thoughts, only their actions, on judgement day the one's that didn't let their thoughts cause them to sin will be praised and believe me, Jesus said even the hidden thoughts of man's hearts will be revealed, in everyone, in this we are all sinners and in this no one will be able to boast and actually in this we will see who all the liars are
I’ve been praying for a partner for quite a while now and nothings really came from it. As I have matured over the years I realised, it’s not just a partner I should be praying for it should be a someone who wants to be obedient to The Father, and that will bring me a relationship that will please and glorify God.
Thank you so much Alex for the words of wisdom here, so much love and thanks to yous all
Now listen brother you're in the best relationship of your life right now because you are in a relationship with God and there will be no other love than God's love. Once you understand that and accept that, all will come right into your path. Love is patient. Stop looking and start living.
@@BobTheHilkin710amen to that!
Hey Alex I think I am your daughter too by default 😅.
Thank you for the wonderful message but what advice can you give us who are still in school and yet struggle with lust too besides the aspect of marriage .
@@lucyaliero212I’m in your situation too. I feel that we just need to pray, pray, and pray. God is good, and if we continue to realize that, we will eventually start to draw away from that. I need to do this too. I’ve stopped for the most of it, but there’s just some times where I can’t help myself. I go back into the deep and dark caves that I used to live in. But I think that if we just trust in God that he will eventually bring us a spouse, and that we can stop looking at the opposite gender like this, we will eventually start to get purified. We will start to walk away, and eventually not like looking at people this way. I’ll be praying that you, me, and everyone else will be able to turn to God, and to trust in Him that He will deliver us from our sinful nature. God bless you 🙏
flee do not fight we quite literally cannot sit and fight lust. make no provision for it
You think so?
The Lust And The Sexual Sin Of Porn Keeps On Coming Back To Me! I Can't Betray The Lord And Not To Deceive Him!
How’s the journey going now?
Praying for you brother ❤
I prayed for you fellow child of God.
Pray for me my brothers and sisters, i have been suffering from lust and porn for a few years, i keep praying to God after i commit it to not do it anymore, but i just keep coming back to the sin after a few days, i pray that today Will be my last day being addicted to this sin, Amen
Jesus please continue to give me the strength to keep supporting myself and my two autistic children. Because I’m losing hope. My boys require so much from me because they are non verbal. Due to them having many issues in school, I’m homeschooling them. I’m a single mother. These past two years since covid have been hard on me. I lost my job at Forsyth hospital because I declined the vaccine. I have heart disease and I suffer from lupus that’s the major reason why I declined the vaccine. I’m waitressing and I’m grateful but I’m not making enough to make ends meet. Bills are piling up and I can barely afford groceries for my children. I feel like a failure. Every month is a struggle, and now that I’m homeschooling them my schedule is limited. I’m so overwhelmed and ashamed. But God gives me strength. I get harassed and bullied on this app for sharing my testimony and for asking for prayers but prayers are all I NEED. As christians we must have compassion towards one another so please be kind I’m already feeling defeated. BUT! Even as I struggle! I keep faith in God. He is the God of possible! I HAVE FAITH HE WILL PROVIDE! He has this far. THANK YOU JESUS! I will only trust in GOD!
May God guide you and help you to trust Him in your struggles. He loves you.
You are not a faillure. I know it is not easy but Jesus is with you even in the middle of the storm. GOD is faithfull please don't lose heart. You are an amazing Mother Who wants the Best for her children. God sees your heart He won't leave you alone. He loves you and your beautiful children♥️. Take heart❣️ God bless you ❣️ Don't forget what he has done for you and How much He loves you ❣️ God's not done with you. Jesus said if you believe you will see the Glory of God. He can do everything 🙏🏽. God bless you and your family. Big kiss for your children❣️
FIND HOPE AND TRUST IN GOD!! HE LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW!! HIS PATIENTS AND FORGIVENESS AND STRENGTH IS SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU KNOW!! Find trust and love and patience in Jesus Christ. He knows and loves you more than will ever know. Never forget God. He has a perfect plan for you and your life. You will get through this. You will see the light. You will see it, through Jesus Christ, because God, is the lamp. I pray this bless you and strengthen you in every single way possible. I pray this help you in every way. Known and unknown. Ways we can’t even think of or comprehend. I pray this in Jesus almighty and Holy and everlasting and forgiving and patient and gracious and PERFECT name, Amen!!
You're still struggling? Hasn't it been about 3 years?
Don’t worry for tomorrow- the Lord Jesus Christ
Wow, just wow. I’ve struggled with lust for so long and have watched so many videos where people are giving advice to basically “control” it, and those videos are great actually!! But as someone who has a very strong desire to get married I’ve never heard anybody say to be intentional about it and to put yourself out there. It made me realize how complacent I’ve been- just waiting for God to send me someone without doing much work, even though faith without work is dead. This really reasonated with me! Thank God for your ministry❤
That is so true!
Amen man. How’s it going? Have you talked to that pretty girl at church yet?
Man this is great! I just got engaged and I’ve always struggled with lust. My fiancé knows this and she’s been working it out with me. She’s walked by me always and she no matter what always wanted to marry me and watching this it clicked. It’s hard cause we want to get married now but were saving up for everything. I have to keep honoring the Lord and her in this walk.
Please don’t wait just because your saving up. If you love your fiancé and you want to get married now and the only thing holding you up is saving up please just get married. You can do an intimate ceremony. Get married at city hall maybe. It can still be special.And then you can have a big ceremony later on if you want! Where you can celebrate with loved ones. A lot of people wait because they want to wait to get their funds in order, or maybe reach a new level in their career and they never end up being ready because they’re focused on achieving material things things. I don’t know your exact situation and I’m not judging you at all. But I see a lot of people struggle with this. But don’t just listen to me, pray on it and ask God what you should do!
@@alexandria2925 I agree and that’s what we want to do. No big wedding until we’re ready. We have talked about doing pretty much that and we’re on board. We have a couple classes left of school and we’re probably gonna do it. I mean I’d do it now but I think praying about it more and seeing where God is leads us is the important thing. Leave it all in his hands.
May God bless your marriage @@josephpisciotta6022
@@maryg.2020 thank you!
Wait to have sex until you're married.
I dont want to do sex before marriage. Mind you im still a 14 y.o teen and i am battling lust because of puberty, and who gets married at 14. Lust and Pornography have ruined my brain chemistry altogether. I try to repent and yet i still fall back in. I ask for forgiveness but i dont feel forgiven, i feel guilty.I feel like im on my way to hell. Please dont ignore my comment. And i beg you, pray for me.
Don't seek forgiveness from a being that the humankind created, if there is a god it knows everything and it knows all the roots you have that leads you. You got this and it's very normal for you to be curious and excited about sexual themes, just try your best to not watch porn often
@sqgke dude, at my lowest moment, i was miraculously changed. In the twinkling of an eye, my depression went away. God is real, my friend.
Like a year ago. I was depressed i couldn't even break a smile, and when i did it was forced. I was in bed that night in my bed, contemplating life whilst watching my phone. And then a poorly made short obout "jesus loves you" came up and not just one but a buch of them. When i scrolled, a new one popped up. I started ballin my eyes out and i kid you not, i felt a sensation in my chest, and i was kind of pulled up by my chest.
That was the moment i got saved.
My friend, it's up to you if you want to live for christ, if you want to pick up your cross and follow him.
God gave us free will for a reason.
I wish you the best of luck in your lifes journey.
May God bless you.
@@MrLazicSame
@@MrLazic It's not porn for me, it's when women are in a certain dress
@@MrLazic sorry to break it to you, but these are all common experiences specifically for your age and it doesn't mean anything in the presence of logic.
Why specially you jesus has saved? Why not the people who are currently being abused
Religion is a popular coping mechanism that will only cause your life to end up like a swollen limb that is restricted by chains. Whether god is real or not, the universe is hostile and impersonal, he wouldnt care about you like a religion would claim
Thank you for this! I been struggling lately. I want to be the type of person that my girlfriend, family, and kids,one day, will be proud of. Thank you Alex Amen!!
Me too anem.
Thanks for this video. Ive been struggeling for the longest time now, but i prayed and i made a promise to God. Its been a week and i still havent done the thing i was struggeling with. I thank God for helping me with my addiction.
May God help you to continue in living a right life.
Everyone keep me in prayer I’m a sinner that’s battling with lust. I am a christian and I often feel ashamed for what I have done over and over again. I pray we all grow stronger 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Don't worry,i pray that God will help you with your sexual desires.
Lord, i pray that this young person who has been battling with lust will finally be free from this addiction, i pray that You will give him/her freedom from this sin, in Jesus Name, Amen
Before I clicked this video, I sighed and said "timely" truly truly Thank God!!
Bro. Alex, what a word! Thank you for your obedience to Christ. The ministry to God is changing lives.
Amen! 💜✝️
I have been praying this for years, been on dating apps, church groups and nothing. I am praying about it, this is harder than it seems.Don't want to be single but sometimes God wants to isolate us first so we can overcome this and saying marriage is the key doesn't fix a lust problem. The key to defeating lust is to feed your Spirit more than your flesh, submit to God and resist the devil. It's a daily battle. Know the more you feed your flesh the stronger it becomes. Feed your spirit the Word and don't ever give up.
I’ve been struggling with this for a while now and it sucks and I have been a bit distant from God and positivity in the past few days and I’m not proud of it but I want you all to know that with God and with a positive environment anything is possible I pray to God that everyone overcomes this and any other addiction and any other negative situation amen❤️❤️
Need this 😂😂😂 I’m fighting tho all glory to God🙏🏽
This really helped me a lot. I struggled with this, with my ex boyfriend. I thought “one day we will” and of course that wasn’t the case. I still feel shame, but this helped me so much. Thank you so much. Amen! Praise Him!
May the Lord bring you back the joy of closeness with Him ♥️ Maybe you're going through a season of discipline but it is definitely not in God's character to shame His children.. Don't listen to those lies. --> I would remind myself these things too when I'm self-sabotaging..
Hey Alex, thank you for this, it really has been a struggle in the last few weeks. I’ve been feeling like there was no way out in fighting this (currently feeling it now), but I know that God is victorious and through Him , I can beat this
Thank you for this video
Was clean for a week, then felt like i was just doing it through my own strength instead of trusting God, felt like I'd fail eventually anyways and fell back into it :(. Hopefully this video helps, I want to get rid of this burden and shame so bad
Trust in the lord I was in the same situation I would fall back into porn but when I put all my trust in the lord the thoughts of lust and porn and the urge when away god changed my life after that I will never be the same I can never stop thanking him enough for what he did in my life I pray that he will do the same to you as he has done in my life
remember, as a follower of Christ, you have the Holy Spirit in you. You are a temple of the Holy Spirit, and as a act of reverence and honor, we must have respect for the bodies God has given us.
surrender and confess "urges" and "desires" to Him, and ask Him to give you the eyes to see women and sisters and mothers and men as brothers and fathers. the battle doesn't belong to us when we invite God into our mess and we ask Him to uproot the roots of lust in our heart (Matt 5:27-30)
I thank God that I managed to receive this message of hope
Alex! God is using you in mighty ways! Praise be to the lord! Thank you for delivering this message. Tears are a running 🙏
What a powerful word just as I had prayed for it. Thank you brother 🙏🥹
I needed this, thank you Alex. And thank you Jesus.
Continue these kind of preachings brother! Amen to you!
PRAY AND NOT DELAY🙏🏽
Feel like the Lord isn't listening because I'm willfully doing it
Getting married absolutely does not free you from lust.
How?
But the thing he's saying is that marriage can keep you from lust
Man I have been delaying! This was such a great encouragement for me to stop waiting and start pursuing if I want a family one day.
Absolutely needed it right now 🙏🏽 Amen
This was so incredibly on time, I’ve been struggling in my own relationship w/ my S. O. thank God for sending you Alex with words of wisdom
Hmmm...I get this. I do. But I can't help but to feel like this just puts a bandaid on the issue? Having a spouse does provide an outlet to quench those desires. But what about people who marry and still struggle with porn addiction? Or just lust in general? A spouse does not automatically cure a lustful spirit. I feel like it's important to also seek God about the roots of why we lust (was it something from childhood? are we feeling like we're alone? is there something in us that feels starved?). We can also still pray for a spouse and put ourselves out there, but it would be wise to do that inner work first. Marriage in itself is already a hard test, and I personally would not feel okay with bringing my lust issues to it.
I've been committing this sin, and I feel like I'm so eager more than ever to get married to my partner so I can't sin in this way. Hearing you, I feel reassured that the Bible actually talked about this. I just cant wait to get past this long distance relationship.
Alex, may our faithful and gracious Lord bless you. I'm recently divorced and this battle with lust has increased so much, it's this vicious cycle that I find myself in. I listened to your video about how to defeat lust this morning and I went to church this evening crying out for this yoke to be broken off me. Thank you for being vulnerable and so honest about the struggles we face that no one talks about. God bless you and Lokelani.
Thanks so much
I love and appreciate so much of your wisdom, blessed, sent and anointed by the Lord of hosts!!!!
AMEN 🙏🏽.FROM UGANDA 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬
This has helped me a lot. All praise goes to the Father. 🙏 Thank you Alex, for the clips you do Spirit filled and full of wisdom from God! Your kids always bring a smile to my face, when life is bringing tough waters.
Exactly the video I needed at the perfect time 🙏🏾
Prayed to god a few months ago asking for a spouse. I was shocked he actually presented me with a girl as I’m only 15 years old. He showed me this amazing girl, polite, beautiful. But god also told me to wait, that I’m not ready yet. Please ask god for signs so that you know exactly what he wants you to do. Even if you’re too young, god is always working in the background and knows what you need.
Thank you for this! God bless you, I wouldn’t say I struggle with lust but I do struggle with prayer. THANKFULLY this week I have been doing better at it because I’m actually enjoying it (praise God)
You did inspire me to pray for my spouse and to go out there and make new sane godly company! Thank you! GOD BLESS YOU.
I walk to pray. It's my way of telling myself "no more distractions and excuses" 😅 How do u enjoy your prayer time?
Thank you Alex. You're preaching on this topic around a year ago was what really helped convict my heart. I think it was something about how we must love God more than we love lust. It helped me realize how even though I was "trying" to stop, a large portion of my heart wanted it. I'm now 5 months free, and my desires have changed, God bless!
Hey Alex, I have been watching your videos for a while now and I really enjoy your content! I just feel like I need to get something off of my chest. I am currently 18 years old and I am dating an amazing girl who has two awesome parents and she loves the Lord. Part of me feels like she is the one that God has for me but then another part of me has doubts that she might not be the one. I find myself becoming deeply worried that I am doing the wrong thing by dating because she might not be the one that God has for me. Then I often think about how devastating a break up would be if I did break up with her and how that would create a deep cut into both of us. I just don't really know what to do and I am struggling to find peace in God's plan for my life because all I truly and deeply want to do is live my life fully for Jesus. Anyways, I love the content, God bless you, I love you brother!
Hey bro I know the struggle between wanting to be obedient to God and figuring out His will when it comes to finding a spouse. I've gone through it for two years and what I have come to realize is that God is not in the business of pairing up people who would make cute married couples. He is more interested in you and your girlfriend's heart. Given that you both have the desire to unite and be with each other for the rest of your lives, the God I find in the Bible is interested in helping people be good spouses to each other. I recently learned this: God's will is about showing people how-to live-in harmony, not to disrupt beautiful relationships with hypothetical preoccupations. Praying for you man @malachiveillon2116
I feel like my heart is so hardened I don’t feel convicted for anything I do, and I don’t know what to do
Keep praying everyday, you have some sort of conviction because you WANT to do something about your hardened heart. Only Jesus can change you, and remember the Holy Spirit dwells in you. Keep praying everyday
Rhea was spot on. I've been in your position too and looking back, it was a moment of rebellion for me (idk what it is yours so you'll have to pour yourself out on a prayer with God). He knows everything already and He had enough mercy to call u (and me). He will have mercy, still. For now, just don't take your honesty for granted.. I'll be rooting for you (and u know I'm not the only one) ☺️
Amen! Thank you! God Bless you and God and I love you!❤️🙏🏻✝️
I need to confess that I gave in to lust today. I told myself I wouldn’t do the deed again (self pleasure with or without visual stimulation) but I gave in. I didn’t even enjoy it, and immediately after I repented. I still feel guilty. I know my purpose is to go out and preach like Jesus says in Mark 16:15. I need to confess, to the body of believers. If you feel led to, I ask that you pray for me and if you have any words for me I would appreciate them very much.
Once I was able to understand I have a Heavenly Father that loves me an won’t beat me or leave me my lust lost control. Thank you Holy Spirit I love you.
What a good word bro. This really spoke to me man going through my own battle but I love what you said “pray and do not delay”
I utterly needed this, on a personal and spiritual level. I never thought of it this way out of all the ways this was the first. Thank you so much Alex, may God cont to bless u x your family.
Thanks this helped a lot!
Telling my testimony for others to hear but I was addicted to pornography for sometime and it really hindered me and it brought so much condemnation to my life but the Bible says we over come him by the blood of the lamb and word or our testimony🙏🏾
Psalms 23:4.❤
Impressive just impressed. Finally someone who understands.
What I needed, Praise God❤️.
I really needed this😢❤
Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers I've been struggling with sin pornography for some time now
I have my good days and my bad days and sometimes I can go to three weeks without looking at it But I still fall back into the sin
Please keep me in my family in your thoughts and pray that I can overcome this evil that is called pornography and lust
Thank you in advance for your thoughts and prayers and I hope you have a good day.
Love y'all
God bless you and your family
God bless you
Jeremy Scruggs
This hit home. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless you Alex, Praise Jesus.
Indeed a constant battle. Thanks for the vid.
Thank you sir. I needed to hear this ❤ God bless you and your family
Needed this right now
Bible doesn't explain it better than the wrestling of flesh and spirit, thank you for your input on this topic
Thank you Alex, I’ve been struggling with this for a very long time and I pray that I’ll take all of that in and apply it to finally defeat it
Thank you for sharing this message I reallY needed it we shall all praise the Lord
Amen Ty Alex God bless yall and your loved ones God is good Halleluyah
coniuning to struggle with this. I . Father GoD I let you down again. We you please forgive me Lord
Me too
Thank you for this teaching ✝️💯
i needed this thanks so much for your encouraging words and story
I needed this video.
Pray and don't delay.
I’m 13. And I struggle with lust. I don’t watch any of that stuff, but I think about it a lot I obviously can’t get married. so what do I do?
You are such a blessing, Alex!
Love the Amen podcast and what you preach, has really helped me develop my relationship with the lord.
This particular vid is amazing and couldn’t have been better timing wise. Thank you for sharing! Will take this onboard and have a new godly approach to this situation!
Love ya bro!
This was exactly what I needed, thank you soo much
Amazing video! I’m working on this by the second! I am empowered by Christ to defeat the enemy and master my flesh!
I can’t wait to marry Sydney !!
If you are still struggling even after this video. Please consider SAA. I tried for 15 years to stop my addiction to pron and then I lost hope and spoke to someone in bible study one day, (she was in AA); and she got me into SAA. I now have 4 years sober. IT'S POSSIBLE!!! What this guy is saying is true, and the AA big book explains it more in detail about how you can yield to God, this book breaks down what the Bible talks about so you can take actionable faith steps. Don't be afraid of it or the people in the program. Jesus is with you and he can use this as well. Also, don't be afraid of "higher power." the Big book was written by a group of christian men and it was also meant for those searching for God or who don't believe in a God.
What is SAA?
I needed this! Thank you Lord for loving me so😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️😊🙌🏾😍
Amen thank you for this!
I’m very limited in life, I can pray for God to bring me a spouse and I do- tearfully. but I don’t get out much. I go to church with my parents every other week or so but we don’t really know anyone there. They’re not gonna change churches either. Maybe I should go to another church on my own. It sucks bc I had a fiancé but it didn’t work out and he had a lot of issues he needs to work out. Please pray for me and him.
Loved this.
Thanks for the message Alex! Needed to hear this. God bless.
Thank you Jesus for defeating my lust again, a social media & sugar fast kills flesh quick 🙏🏿🙏🏿
I've prayed these prayers and my thoughts only get worse. idk what to do. I was raised Christian and I've dealt with this struggle since I was 13 [ I'm 22 now ] I'm open to any suggestions and prayers.
Thank you 🤍
I love your videos, I just recently found you but they’ve helped so much so far. Also love the truck, I own a 96’ Honda Acty.
I needed this thank you God bless you
Thank You Alex.
Amen thanks for this praise God!!!
Love you man ❤ thanks for these words of wisdom.
Thanks for this message man hon bless you ❤ AMEN 🙏
Man this is a beautiful message
Thank you my brother❤
I defeated my problem with lust in 2021 when I was 37 I had been struggling with the problem of lust in 2010 in 2021 when I became a 1st time aunt helped me defeat my problem of lust because I want to be a good and positive person to my niece and I want to set a good and positive example to my niece
I thank you for this blessed message.... God bless you and your family. With love Abby
Thank you for this video it made me think of things differently ❤️✝️
Thank you so much
This changed my life
Very inspiring. Thank you so much
This was amazing and really helped me
And if you burn with lust and don't want a spouse, God will honor that too. But you must FLEE from lust like David and not allow it to crouch at the door like a bandit waiting to pillage your home!
Amen❤may God bless you
Eye opening, questions answered!✝️❤️
Thank you so much for this!!!
Amen Brother. 🙏
Amazing video Alex!! for real man i love videos like this and i am so glad that God bllessed me with you! And me being able to watch your videos.