i love socializing and drinking, i like to be around goodfolks and i am a man with needs(sexually),but that is a man of the flesh, and if i let him go, there are no limits for that man, anything goes.I fight him back daily some days its easy and some days its hard, its mainly when im around drinking and smoking and beautiful creatures or i can see it on tv then that little thing pops in my head and i want to indulge, it usually starts with drinking then no limit wants to hang out and have a good time dont get me wrong ive been sober for alittle bit and im not some raging freak when i drink but i know that i am a better person in the body of christ when i dont pollute the temple within(how can i expect christ to live and work through me if ive filled my temple with garbage every wknd and sometimes during the wk).

The only temptation I have is coffee and chocolate, and boy, are they sinful!

first i want to say i have been there. i ran the party house for 5 years. it is a tough to break away. but you can do it through Christ. That is what worked for me. nothing else even came close. What I have found that works is accountability and openness. you a brother who will get in your face about what you are doing. at the same time you also have to be open and honest with what is going on. Think about it can a blind doctor help you if you do not speak? you need someone who will be there for you when you struggle and be there for you when you are not struggling. also you can apply the 8 r's to what you are struggling with. if you do not know what they are you can read about them here http://www.aaccoa.org/Articles/8rs.html

between the two it will be hard to fall. no matter what the issue lies within you and getting in a relationship will not solve the issue. often it will only make it worse.

any other questions let me know if i wasn't clear on something i will clarify it.

The only thing that will work is the Lord, being close to Him reading His word, going to church and being around His people. I am speaking from experience I have come to relize i have not been where i need to be with the Lord and the relationship i just got out of proved it i had my "needs met" and thought it was ok because i loved him then WHAM!!!! The Lord says what do u think u are doing. I relized that when i put Him(the Lord) first i dont fall that easy and when you get it in your mind that you are not going to do something use Him as a strong hold and u wont fall. If you are hanging out with the same people DONT it will not work. I had a preacher ask once if u are trying to pull someone out of a pool what will normally happen? YOu will be pulled in, instead of helping them out. you will get right back into what u were doing. I know its hard to cut the cord,so to speak, but u will be stronger for it in the end. I am much better now than i have been in a long time and its all the Lord and mercy and grace. Blessings

How do you fight your deepest inner temptations? How did Christ come against Satan when he took him to the pinnacle of the temple? Stand firm, there is more power with he who is inside of you than he who is in the world. Some people's temptations bring nothing but sorrow, be aware of that.

Like everything else, you get better at resisting temptation with the more practise you have. Success usually breeds more success. Important thing is never giving up trying. It took me 7 years to quit smoking - but I finally did only because I refused to quit trying.

Do you have an accountability partner? Someone you can trust to share your darkest secrets with? Having a person in your corner helps tremendously. I know having struggled with a porn addiction. Prayer, perseverance & patience are key. You will stumble but, you have to be honest when you do, confess to God & your friend & move on. Remember, God is looking for what our intent is in all situations. Bottom line, keep striving to be the man God wants you to be, ignore the devil's lies about you & keep moving forward toward the goal as the Apostle Paul would say.

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I commend you my friend for being transparent. I learned some time ago that the devil cannot hold us in bondage to that which we openly admit.

Grace. Grace, as opposed to what most people preach, does not cover sin, it breaks the power of sin. Our sins are covered, but they are covered by love. As the scriptures say, love covers a multitude of sin.

Paul teaches that the law, or in other words, trying to get right by our own efforts, is the very thing that keeps us in chains. The words says that the law is actually the strength of sin. What a paradox, eh? But it's truth.

He goes on to teach that because we are no longer under the law, then we are no longer subject to the power that causes us to sin, self-righteousness.

Hebrews tells us that we are to no longer even have a conscious of sin. What? Yep! That's what it says. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. While you stay engulfed by the concious of sin, you remain a slave to that sin.

rather, as we focus on the grace, love, and mercy of our wonderful Saviour, then sin loses it's power and we begin to live holier accidentally then we ever could on purpose. As a man thinks so is he.

Your spirit, the born-again part of you, is as perfect and pure an holy as Jesus is. (1 JN 4:17). God is Spirit. (JN 4:24). And what God sees is that white-as-snow spirit part of you.

My point? Focus not on yourself but keep your thoughts on Jesus and how Holy He is. The scripture says that when we see Him as He is, then we become like Him.

Grace. It's the answer. Grace is multiplied, not just added, to us by the knowledge of God and His Son Jesus. And then Titus 2 says that grace teaches us how to live Holy. Forget trying to live Holy. Learn grace and grace will teach you the rest!

"For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Titus 2:11-13

Peace

# 1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

I karate kick them..


And then I get all Bruce Lee on their ***.


Im all


HAYYYYYYYYYYAAAAA TEMPTATIONS!!!!!!!!!!

Now that was funny!

In order to Fight your deepist temtations, you need to always be in a form of prayer. The Lord says to take upon yourself the Mind of Christ. Saying that if you are tempted, ask yourself, what would Jesus do, and then turn your thought away from the temptation.

I never said it was easy. In fact, it's really hard to do sometimes, but the deeper you get into the Bible, the less likely you are to fall for the temptation.

I smoke cigars, and I doubt God is up there now puffin on a big Havanna, but to me it is almost like theropy, or a drug that helps smooth the edgees of the hard life off a bit.

As Paul said, SIN is being knowledgable of something you should or should not do, and doing the oppisite.

Peter said that All Things are Lawful, but Not all things are expediant. Saying that it may be OK to do something, as long as you Don't do it in Excess, like strong drink, we are not to be Drunk with strong drink, but filled with the Spirit of God.

Jesus never said Not to smoke cigars, or drink mixed drinks, but he did say to keep your body pure. This is increasingly difficult to do in this modern world.

I totally relate to this, my mind is totally polluted especially when it comes to women and sex (though I'm a physical virgin). I hate what it does to me, but I love the pleasure from it. It's a love/hate, Jekyll/Hyde thing, and I just can't shake it.