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Freedom Comes One Day at a Time

Freedom is not a long-term goal that's far away. It happens day by day as we decide to live for God. Each new day is an opportunity to obey the command, "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Matthew 30-31. So in this fight against the sin of lust (and really any sin) I will not say "I will not give in to lust ever again." Instead I will say "Today I will choose to not give in to lust." Jesus said, "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

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I’ve had to learn that I never will become invulnerable against lust. I’ve discovered that when I indulge in a particular sin, it makes me more vulnerable to temptation in that sin for the rest of my life. For example, I’ve never taken drugs. You could set a grocery bag of cocaine on my desk, and I wouldn’t have any problem throwing it away. But I know some Christians for whom that would be an incredibly strong temptation, because they have yielded to that sin. Having yielded repeatedly to the sin of lust, I have to recognize that I will never become so strong that lust will just glance off me. Whenever I get to thinking that I’ve finally conquered lust once and for all, I’m in trouble. “Let him who thinks he stands take heed, lest he fall” (1 Cor. 10:12). But being vulnerable to lust and yielding to it are not synonymous. I’ll never be free from the temptation, but I can be free from the sin. By constantly recognizing my weakness, I am driven to trust in the Lord, who is my strength. “When I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Cor. 12:10).

Winning The War Against Lust, Steven J. Cole

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Several times today I let my mind wander into the realm of sexual fantasy, and even sought visual stimuli. Several times today I also overcame it through prayer. It’s a bumpy road but I need to remember that Christ alone brings true satisfaction. 

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3 Biblical Strategies for Fighting Lust

2 Timothy 2:22 offers three concise and critical steps for fighting lust in a sex-saturated world: "run to," "run from," and "run with."

Very helpful insight. Will keep this in mind.