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The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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738c3d No.663780

Hello, I am a recently convert christian, still diving deeper into the light and the beautiful world of God.

I have a chronic problem for which I lack control even at the highest of my resolve and self-control. I am an addict to masturbation.

I cannot control myself, before I know it I am masturbating, I really need help to beat this demon out of me. I have tried No Fap before with all my might and resolve and I have only managed to get to the 5th day.

My best bet has been to keep myself busy, as I arrive home tired and I sleep right away, but this has only been so much effective and I always find free time where I end up breaking my attempts.

I know I am wrong and I feel deeply ashamed of myself when I can think clearly, the only thing I want is to go back to being a decent person.

I am begging for a cure that is definitive and dignified, I pray to God to send help to me and those suffering from this affliction. I please ask of you to help me beat this and change as a person.

ec61a5 No.663782

>>663780

How often do you pray? Do you fast?

When do you feel the most tempted to do it?

Have you considered staying away from the internet for a few days?


738c3d No.663785

>>663782

I try to pray everyday, but in practice I am praying every two days. I do not fast as an intentional practice, only when I am hurried in the mornings.

I feel most tempted when I have free time, when I am alone or privately, in my computer with internet.

I have not actually considered that in a long time.


ec61a5 No.663786

>>663785

>I try to pray everyday, but in practice I am praying every two days

This is a good start. I would recommend trying to make a prayer rule; nothing too complicated for the start.

Perhaps praying something in the morning, noon, and evening each day.

>I do not fast as an intentional practice, only when I am hurried in the mornings.

Fasting can be a great discipline to keep your lust and other vices under control. Not only that, but it magnifies prayer.

I'm not sure which denomination you're in begome orthodox, so you may or may not have a calendar to follow.

Otherwise, I'd recommend fasting on Wednesdays and Fridays, as is traditional in the Church.

>I feel most tempted when I have free time, when I am alone or privately, in my computer with internet.

The old proverb stands true, "idle hands are the devil's playthings."

When you're not occupying yourself with labor, pray or do something constructive.

If the internet has become a stumbling block for you, it may be time to take a good break from it.


738c3d No.663793

>>663786

thank you anon, I am just starting to follow the christian path and this will be a great help to straighten myself out.

i do not consider myself from any ramification of the church, my country is majority catholic but I mostly hang out with Evangelicals since they are the most devout people I know as of yet.


1da6e1 No.663796

You must sever your own phallus anon, do it for God and reap your reward.


ec61a5 No.663801

>>663793

I'd be more concerned about the doctrine of the church you follow than anything.

Mormons are some of the nicest people around, but they believe abominable things.

Regardless, may God bless you and strengthen you on your journey.

>>663796

Get out of here, Origen!

You know that's forbidden.


9912e7 No.663827

YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.

http://alphonsianum.blogspot.com/2010/07/22-habit-of-sin.html?m=0

http://www.traditionalcatholicpriest.com/2017/09/23/impurity-st-alphonsus/

St. Bernard goes so far as to say that it is almost useless to pray for habitual sinners,—that we must weep over them as lost forever. If they no longer see their danger, how can they escape the precipice? To preserve them from it, a miracle of grace is necessary. The miserable wretches will open their eyes in hell, when the sight of their misery will serve only to make them weep more bitterly over their folly.

Habits are very serious

this is what you are doing

http://alphonsianum.blogspot.com/2010/04/malice-of-mortal-sin.html

What does the sinner do when he commits mortal sin? He insults God, he dishonors him, he afflicts him. In the first place, mortal sin is an insult offered to God. The malice of an insult is, as St. Thomas says; estimated from the condition of the person who receives, and of the person who offers, the insult. It is sinful to offend a peasant; it is more criminal to insult a nobleman; but to treat a monarch with contempt and insolence, is a still greater crime. Who is God? He is Lord of lords, and King of kings.1 He is a being of infinite majesty, before whom all the princes of the earth and all the saints and angels are less than an atom of sand. As a drop of a bucket. . . as a little dust.2 The Prophet Osee adds, that compared with the greatness of God, all creatures are as insignificant as if they did not exist. All nations, he says, are before Him as if they had no being at all.3 Such is God; and what is man? He is, according to St. Bernard, a heap of worms, the food of worms, by which he shall be soon devoured. He is miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.4 Man is a miserable worm, that can do nothing: he is so blind that he knows nothing, and so poor and naked that he possesses nothing. And this miserable worm voluntarily insults a God! “Vile dust,” says the same St. Bernard, “dares to provoke such tremendous majesty.”5 The angelic Doctor, then, had just reason to say that the sin of man contains, as it were, an infinite malice. And St. Augustine calls sin “an infinite evil.”6 Hence, were all men and angels to offer themselves to death and annihilation, such an offering would not satisfy for a single sin. God punishes sin with the pains of hell; but all theologians teach that this chastisement is less than sin deserves

Christ also gave us the means to overcome this stuff in the sacrements, if you ignore those and reject confession that's your choice and you can't expect to overcome them on your own. Don't expect Christ to help you if you aren't already using what he's given us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GCLa9ducvQ&list=PLi2hQGNTzIBR4krsq7OiNGg8rKJcdbxyr


58acd2 No.663836

Does anybody have a link to the book?




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