Masturbation

The practice of stimulating oneself sexually. Even though the Bible doesn't say much DIRECTLY on this issue (except possibly in 1 Corinthians 7:4 in the context of marriage), many people feel guilty about this practice and would love to be free of it. Certainly inasmuch as it is a lust of the flesh it is not of God. It is possible to be free of the controlling urge to masturbate. God gives us His Holy Spirit, and the fruit of the Spirit is self control. When we are satisfied in God we do not need to satisfy the lusts of the flesh in order to be at peace. This issue can't really be avoided these days because pornography and associated lust

Spirit, Soul and Body - the Tripartite nature of Man

"Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
(1 Thessalonians 5:23)

"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being [nephesh – soul]."
(Genesis 2:7) read more »

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Man Saved from Sexual Addiction

This testimony is about my husband and how he got free from sexual addiction. He came from a religious family (controlling). He became addicted to porn and masturbating. His family almost broke us up soon after marriage, and I was so upset all the time, he felt rejected by me. He used it as a comfort, so he went back to the porn and masturbation. He had had a problem with it in the past, but it had been fine up to this point when he felt rejected. Then it got BAD. The more he felt like he'd caused pain in my life, the more he hurt me, the more he turned to sexual sin. read more »

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How Curses Come and Demons Enter

Curses take root in the same way that demons enter. It may be that in the case of some curses, demons don't go inside the person, but somehow attach themselves to them anyway. The important thing in either case is to destroy the legal ground through which Satan's demons get access to afflict, harass and torment people. read more »