>>23460 I havent

>>23460 When I came back to Christ after about 15ish years of apostasy, a bunch of my vices pretty much got taken away right off the bat, or very shortly after my return to Christ (i.e. threw out my pagan idols and paraphernalia; got rid of movies and music that was blatantly depraved; disposed of all my pirated material whether physical or digital; deleted all of my porn, stopped liking or watching vulgar tv shows and youtube channels; watching gory horror films that I used to love felt like being waterboarded; been clean off of drugs for about 7ish years now; etc.) However, other vices in my life have been more stubborn and have taken a lot more work (i.e. I still struggle with porn; spending too much time on the internet; too much time on secular distractions; greedy and covetous to buy stuff for myself; etc.) Some things God will deliver you from right off the bat, other things will be much more of a perpetual battle against the flesh, ala Romans 7:15-25. Sanctification is an ongoing process. I started out with getting rid of music in my life that was the worst of the worst. Now I'd say that roughly 95% of the secular music I used to surround myself with is gone out of my life. I've been told several times that the Christian walk is a marathon, not a sprint. So some aspects of your life will require patience, while other more serious things will be a concerted effort on your part.

>>23460 God guided me always in the right direction. I am fundamentally broken mentally and he hardened my character, principles and outlook in life through humility and temperance, out of those restulted faith and love. It took me almost a year of detaching from my ego and spiteful old self before I was manifested properly. Then I developed my bad habits again, way worse than before. I recommend once you are on the path of detachment and divine union not to throw everything away whatever reason you give yourself. Stay always hopeful, do not hate yourself, do not be afraid, know your position among everybody, only fear God, do the best to your ability and be loving to everybody. Strengthen your heart, but do not let it harden, lest it becomes cold.

>>23464 Very good post Anon. I concur.

>>23460 i havent, but how many here just said, get them out of your life and out of your MIND! even when it is about thinking how bad it is "wow porn is so bad i will def not watch porn ever like lmao!" this is one of the ways you will surely fall, renew your mind and your thinking love you brother

What got me going was setting a specific goal for myself to abstain from something for a set time period (in the case of nofap, three weeks) and then keeping that momentum going by breaking a new personal record every day (I've gone 4/5/6 weeks without nutting, might as well keep going). Now at over a year + one month of nofap and I don't think I could ever bring myself to whack it again, the shame would be too much to overcome.

>>23473 >>23469 >>23466 >>23464 I want to thank you all for your stories/input, I hope the Lord continues to guide us all in striving to live a life that is gratifying to him. Please if at all possible get more anon's here so that they can share their stories and the such.

>>23464 >disposed of all my pirated material whether physical or digital What. Literally why.

>>23480 the bible says that not financially supporting jewish media corporations is a sin

I prayed for help to be rid of porn and masturbation, and one day the Holy Spirit helped me resolve to stop. Let your shame be more powerful than your lust. I feel so much better spiritually now that I've overcome my worst sin

>>23486 shame comes from satan

>>23460 they are all temptations of Satan. They destroy you, which is what Satan wants.

>>23480 I wonder the same thing, I don't see how piracy is a sin at all. Software should be free when it comes to evil corporations.