18, female, virgin, on break from college. I have returned from visiting family. I am on day 14 of no masturbation and no porn. I am feeling very tempted now, this is the longest I have gone without touching myself or watching porn. I have been having thoughts about losing my virginity and wanting to watch porn. Need some support and someone to talk to.

Many of us here have bee doubleminded for years slipping in and out of lust causing us many spiritual and physical problems. Let's make 2025 the year we stop this foolishness and get serious about God.

This is the only day you can be one day clean and say you are 1 year clean. 😂😂

Prefer someone mature, open-minded, and willing to support and encourage each other as we start fresh this year. Let’s grow together!

Happy new year !!

I cant control myself, I said I’d make 2025 a clean year but couldnt make one day, how do I stop bro like it almost like I dont want to stop, im not sure about it myself, deep inside me i want to stop, its such a waste of time but I just cant let it be, I asked for forgiveness yesterday but just relapsed not 24 hours later… I wanna stop man but I cant, any advice?

It invigorates my body, mind and spirit.

...but how do you deal with the aggression that can arise?

I feel like im able to fight if being confronted.

Is nofap still a good way of life according to religion/christianity?

Even though it might lead to aggression?

In the past couple of months I couldn't even go 2 days without relapsing. I did today but my streak was almost 2 weeks, stay strong everyone!

Hi guys, God bless. I have been struggling with porn and masturbation addiction among other addictions for years now and feel very weak. I keep letting God down and would like some prayers for strength and help please.Thank you and God bless. 🙏

I am not a fan of New Year’s resolutions. Why can’t you start today? The mentality of it’s a New Year now I’ll finally change is pretty empty. If you expect to change because the calendar does you are headed nowhere fast. We all know the things we need to do. Why don’t we do them? “To obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.” 1 Samuel 15:22. If you’re going into 2025 looking to finally be free, great. But don’t let your motivation be it’s a New Year I have a new chance. Are you willing to obey God right now and give up those things that have kept you tempted for so long? Time to be a doer.

I found a video https://youtu.be/s1lhkXuFiZE?si=uXa59TbxLvNL52u8 that quotes scripture on the topic would be good to listen to to keep your mind refreshed and memorize the topics. When Jesus was tempted he resisted it by quoting scripture and so should we

2025 will try to commit myself more to the Lord. I will not let the temptations of 2024 get to me. Let's do this.

We can do it not because of our own ability but because of Christ in us! 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! ¹⁸ Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

At the risk of sounding nit-picky, I always recommend people stop calling it a relapse if they make a mistake and look at adult content after quitting.

A relapse is falling back into old ways.

A slip-up is a misstep, but almost by definition slipping is falling forward.

Relapsing means you let yourself spiral down into the same way you used to live, and not much has changed.

Slipping up means you’re still just as committed to your goal as ever, because you understand fully how much this vice has been costing you & how much you stand to gain from removing it.

So even if you make a mistake, you recognize there are lessons to be learned from it that will make you stronger, going forward – as long as you have the knowledge and take the time to do so.

In fact, it’s like a lot of other things in life.

Some of our greatest lessons come when things are hard.

Not when the going is easy.

But of course, it’s nice when you can learn massive lessons and the going is easy.

Only God knows what is on my mind right now. I failed after ONE day after starting... my head was filled with erotic thoughts and no matter how many times I claimed God for help they just wouldn't go away, leading me to blaspheme them fell again.

I'm mere hours before the new year starts... i just want to get rid of this so i can hope to be a normal person again but how? The only person who I trusted to tell about this was my girlfriend that I broke up with after having a mental breakdown... there is no one I trust enough to confess. Every time I try it ends up on me doubting God on the most banal of ways, usually of a pointless theological debate, falling and then realizing what I've done and asking forgiveness.... every time it failed to a degree that I may have developed some kind of mental diseese.

God have mercy on me, life has been a living hell with no end in sight. Is there any hope? I'm still young, i just want to one day be a good servant of God and be a good father. If there is anyone reading this, please brother pray for me i'm just tired of this.

Last November, one of the women at our church told the story that really messed up and changed everything for me about relationships and my sexual immorality.

Amnon and Tamar were half siblings, and Tamar gets raped by her half-brother Amnon!!! in a horrifying account. Though she attempts to dissuade Amnon, she is unsuccessful. After the rape, Amnon throws Tamar out of the room even though she again attempts to stand up to him! 😭😭😰😰 it messed me up for a weeks, I was addicted to pornography for 5 years and i’ve never heard of a story so messed up and so sad my whole life!!! I cried and realized how fudged up! My addiction was, and regretted everything I saw!😭😭😭😭🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I promised god that I would never ever look at pornography or look at a women with lustful intentions again! And give my life back to him…🥺🥺🥺✝️🙇🏽🙇🏽🙇🏽

I got really worked up earlier after trying to help someone deal with their urges. I was able to stop myself but have been incredibly horny since then. I'm having a tough time keeping my hands out of my pants and my mind out of the gutter. Anyone who wants to talk is welcome to DM me!

Satan has been hitting me hard all day and I feel weak. Need some prayer supplications of strength and forgiveness for my thoughts. I would appreciate it brethren

Here are some committments I'm gonna make this year. I hope this may be a blessing to you reading: 1. ⁠I want to read my Bible daily. 2. ⁠I will fail and give in to lust some days; this is inevitable. I want to learn how to brush off myself and keep going. I need to stop living in guilt, and just ask for forgiveness, continue growing, and try not to do it again. 3. ⁠I want to pray often. Not at meals only, or when I need help, but multiple times daily. Not for requests only, but for thankfulness. I have so much more to thank God for than to ask. He's given already to me more than I deserve. 4. ⁠I want to go to church, Sunday morning and evening, Wednesday evening, and for any special church event. 5. ⁠I want to attent church even when I have no ride there. I can walk if I put the effort, I need to stop being lazy. 6. ⁠I want to attend church even when the power is out. This should not stop me from going to church. 7. ⁠I want to wake up at 6am every work morning. No snoozing. 8. ⁠I want to take a cold shower every morning, get used to some self discipline. 9. ⁠I want to study the Bible in the free time I have after my morning shower before I leave for work. I need to stop asking for more time, because I have hours worth of time I could eliminate off my phone. 10. ⁠I want to reduce my average daily screentime to less than 2 hours. Any more, and I've made it an idol. 11. ⁠I want to give more than 10% of my pay to the church, never less and never delay. 12. ⁠I want to give $40 weekly to my church's Faith Promise. It's called Faith PROMISE for a reason. 13. ⁠I want to arrive at church early so that I can get the pastor water, vaccum the auditorium, wipe the windows, tidy the hymn books, etc. 14. ⁠I want to get more involved in my church. Not be a lazy bum, missing weeks upon weeks, and when I do attend, I arrive 15mins into the sermon and rush out to fast food. This shouldn't be. 15. ⁠I want to greatly reduce how often I eat out. 16. ⁠I want to stop buying from Amazon unless I absolutely need to. 17. ⁠I want to save as much money as possible, and at the end of 2025, give my surplus to Faith Promise. 18. ⁠When I watch porn, I will beg for His forgiveness and keep my phone away from me for a few hours. 19. ⁠I want to fix my relationship with my parents. 20. ⁠I want to stop my idea that there's no one for me. If there's a girl for me, God will give her to me when it's His time. 21. ⁠I want to stop looking at woman with evil thoughts. This will take time to fix. It's not easy to de-sexualize the human mind. 22. ⁠I want to eliminate my love for sports. Sports is my idol. Sports deserves nothing more than my God. 23. ⁠I want to fix my relationship with my little brothers. They must see me change. I should be the first that they see a light in. 24. ⁠I want to teach my brothers how to be men of God. How to do what I should've started long ago when I was saved. 25. ⁠I want to be a good cashier. My current job is a cashier. 26. ⁠When people spit at me, yell at me, make faces at me, tell me to kill myself, tell me horrible things, I want to love them. I want to help them. I want to show them kindness anyway. I want to learn to forgive. 27. ⁠I want to learn to be patient with people. 28. ⁠I need to be kinder to people. 29. ⁠I want to give my leftovers to the poor. No more throwing away food. That's sick. 30. ⁠I want to invite people to my church. 31. ⁠I want to leave my comfort zone so much more than I do. 32. ⁠I want to be able to tell anyone how to be saved. Even when they yell, even in public, what do I have to lose? They don't deserve Christ anymore than you do, so because I'm saved I should want to share the Gospel. 33. ⁠I want to go on at least 1 missions trip this year. 34. ⁠I want to receive an answer from God, or wait later for an answer, whether God wants me to be a missionary or not, and if so, where and when do I go. 35. ⁠I want to listen to Christian music. More hymns, less jumpy pumpy music. Music manipulates the soul. Music shouldn't drive me to do something; Christ should and will if you let Him. 36. ⁠I want to sing in my church's choir. I shouldn't be afraid to worship God. 37. ⁠I want to be a counselor at our church camp this year. Every year when I was young my counselor was the best dude ever. I want to be the same to kids the way that I wanted people to be to me when I was a kid. 38. ⁠I want to talk to people more. 39. ⁠I want to get to know the people in my church more. I don't want my age to stop me. We're brothers and sisters in Christ. 40. ⁠Every sunday morning school, there's a rotation of who teaches sunday school. I want to start studying His Word and join the rotation. 41. ⁠I need wisdom and guidance in some life choices. Do I go to college or trade school this year? Is it God's will? 42. ⁠I want to message all the missionaries my church supports and let them know I'm praying for them. I want to check up on them and encourage them often. This is one good reason to use my phone. 43. ⁠I want to be willing to go wherever God wants me. 44. ⁠I want to pray for my pastor and everyone in my church often. I want to talk to them and let them know that I care for them, whether I know what they're going through or not. 45. ⁠I want to try to eliminate my masturbation addiction. This is not easy, but I do believe that with God, anything is possible. I may not be able to do it alone. 46. ⁠I want to learn German and surprise my parents. 47. ⁠I want to learn how to play the violin and again surprise my parents. 48. ⁠I want to be able to tell my customers about God without feeling embarrassed. 49. ⁠I want to be a light to everyone I meet. 50. ⁠I want to help everyone I know is in hurt. If someone's in the hospital, why shouldn't I visit them? No doubt this will encourage them. 51. ⁠I want to take care of myself. No more junk food (maybe lol). At least limited. More protein and vitamins. 52. ⁠I want to use my talents to do more for God. I need God to tell me how He wants me to use them. 53. ⁠I want to NEVER GIVE UP, I will for sure feel depressed some days, I'll feel moody or just down; I should remember Habakkuk 3. There's always a reason to rejoice in the Lord. 54. ⁠I want to walk in the woods more often. I want to pray alone there so much more. 55. ⁠I want do so much more for God. I could do so much more. 56. ⁠I must remember, I'm not an olympian. I will not be able to do all of these overnight. I must be patient and slowly commit to each of these. 57. ⁠I want to re-watch more preachings that I missed. 58. ⁠I used to live in Alaska. I want to go back to see my old church. I want to see all those people I miss and were so nice to me, even when I was a brat in church. 59. ⁠I want to be willing to testify in church when given an opportunity. I have no reason not to. 60. ⁠I want to stop listening/reading sexual jokes. There's no point in keeping the trail open to more sin. 61. ⁠I want to stop scrolling through YouTube shorts so much. 62. ⁠I want to stop scrolling through social media altogether and start flipping pages in the Bible. 63. ⁠I want to visit the nursing home monthly with my church. I should be willing to sing with them. Even tho I hate it in there, God is there too. 64. ⁠I want to show teenagers that I care for them. They are loved and I love them. I want to show them the way to Christ and give them my testimony. My only older brother committed suicide at 16. I desire to show teens that there is a way out of that feeling that seems to never leave. 65. ⁠I want to build my social skills and be able to speak like a human. 66. ⁠I want to study the Bible and learn something new by only myself and God. 67. ⁠I want to invite Hispanic to my church. I know Spanish. This is a talent God has given me, I must use it. 68. ⁠I want to tell someone about God in Spanish. 69. ⁠I want to never get tired of reading. No doubt, I'm human, I will be tired. I shouldn't stop tho. Elijah wanted to stop. God gave him ability to continue. 70. ⁠I want to grow my knowledge in the Bible. 71. ⁠I want to reach out to everyone know I've broken communication with. 72. ⁠I want to tell my enemies that I love them and that Christ loves them too. I know how to be saved, they don't. It'd be terrible of me to never give them the Gospel. 73. ⁠I wanr to reach out to my teachers and let them know I love them and am praying for them. 74. ⁠I want to meet and talk to more missionaries and receive more counseling with fellow Christians. 75. ⁠I can't think of anything else. God BLESS you if you read all of this. I promise I will try to my fullest ability to committ to all of these. I hope and pray that you do too. I love you all, please pray for me too ❤️ 2025, God you're already there, I just need to follow You!

For the past 2 years I’ve been more aware of lust and porn addiction and would do really well. I would get 60-90 days clean of masturbating and watching porn. Now my streaks only seem to last 10 or so days. I don’t know how it has been creeping back in but I feel myself returning back to my former self. I love Jesus and read the Bible daily so o don’t know why this is happening. Prayer and advice is appreciated. Thanks guys

The last few days are very hard, I have a very high libido and I keep thinking about it. It does not give me peace of mind

I’m sick.

No rant today.

Weapons of grace . com just published an article on warring with sin.

This was published today and I found it an interesting read. I thought I'd share. This author has some very insightful articles if you're interested in further reading.

The TL:DR is we would probably do well to be more proactive and less reactive in dealing with sin. Instead of just repenting and morning over failures, which we all have, we can actually do more to "punch back" against sin in our lives. We can be more proactive than just "resisting urges" and being caught in a cycle of failing over and over and over again (trust me, I lived that live and I've been there). It's a desperate place. I know many of you are still there, I see it in some of your posts.

Our struggle with sin is a form of warfare. Perhaps we can pray for more urgency, and the guidance to take proactive measures to attack our sin and our triggers before they ever have a chance to capture us.

You are loved, you were bought with a price, and the Word of Christ is a cleansing water for our souls. Run to God, He is a strong refuge.

Its nice to think that we’re making communion around fighting sin. Is just that, to me, as well as a brother has mentioned here recently, this space is full of easy abundant temptation sources.

Unfortunately, even this specific sub can be used by my fallen body as a font of erotic desire, since I’m SSA.

May we all get stronger and turn into braver fighters in our Lord. 🫂