Youth Delivered from Drugs, Porn, Masturbation, Depression

Dear Brother,

In overcoming this addiction, or spiritual stronghold, you will need deliverance from a power that is higher than yourself. This is why you cannot simply quit it. We as Christians recognize the term "stronghold" readily when it comes to besetting sins. The fact we often dismiss is that a stronghold is meaningless without a strongMAN operating out of it. A spiritual strong hold has a spiritual strong man. You or I could take Gibralter if there was not a single person to guard it.

There are three ways in which deliverance comes.

1 - By knowing the truth. "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

Many times we are set free from a sin when we first learn what God has to say about the situation. The Word of God becomes alive in our hearts, and the sin no longer has power.

In your case brother, you know masturbation is a sin - but that is only part of the equation. Do you know WHO YOU ARE? Do you know the totality of the cleansing of Jesus Christ? Do you know that God LOVES you, and that is precisely why He hates the sin?

2 - Resisting the devil. "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Resist the devil and he will flee from you."

This is where you are at. You know the truth (in part) and you are resisting (unsuccessfully - although it all will work toward your victory in the end as you are learning about yourself and your limitations). Notice that resisting the devil is based upon our nearness to God.

Satan tells us we are cut off. Or, "God is put off by you." Or, "You've been doing this and repenting and doing it again, so God doesn't want to hear about it anymore." Draw near to God. He wants to set you free! This is HIS doing, not yours, lest we should boast. It is time to confess the truth of the situation for what it is....

"Father in heaven. I am not worthy of your grace or attention. I have sinned and done evil in your sight. I am ashamed of myself and confused, but I know that You are greater than my sin. You "forgive all our iniquities and heal all our diseases." I am not at ease, or at peace with myself. I am in an emotional and spiritual state of "dis-ease". I cannot save myself. I need you to create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me. I am not worthy of what I seek from you, but worthy is the Lamb who was slain. I cast my sin and the power of this sin upon the shoulders of my Savior, who bore my sin and shame on the cross. He bore my reproach, so I cast my reproach upon Him, and I thank you so much for taking it from me. I commit this day to walk in newness of life and liberty from the sin of sexual addiction. I am created so much greater than what that sin has told me I am. I choose to pick up the righteousness of Jesus Christ, which is by faith. I choose to forsake this sin. Please give me faith to leave it behind. I choose to not touch myself for even the slightest bit of pleasure. If I am sexually awakened, I choose to, without thinking, move into the open and out of seclusion. I am not a sex addict. I am a person with a problem, but I AM NOT THAT PROBLEM! I choose to separate who I am from what I have done. This sin is not my identity. It will not define me any longer. I surrender this stronghold and strongman to you, even as Jezebel was cast down from the wall, I cast this sin away from me and trust you for deliverance. In Jesus' name, amen."

3 - Speak to the mountain and it shall be moved.

If you look at the context of Jesus' words to "speak to the mountain, saying, 'be cast into the sea,'" you will see he was telling his apostles about why they could not cast out a demon. Satan's kingdom is the mountain you need to verbally speak to. When you have read God's Word on the topic and know what He says about committing adultery and the consequence. When you have drawn near to God and asked Him to embrace you and cleanse you. When you have repented for this sin. (here is a spontaneous thought - Who has hurt you brother? Who has violated you? Who wounded you? Whoever it is, whatever it was, forgive them. If you judge them in their sin, God will not grant you power to overcome yours. God will let you stew in your vile sin until you come to see that we are all sinners in need of forgiveness. Forgive whoever, for what ever. Period. If you have a situation, or more that you have had a hard time forgiving, email me and we can see about working through it.)

When you have done these things, speak to the kingdom of Satan and command it to get out of your way as you walk toward the Holy City, the New Jerusalem of God, wherein righteousness dwells! When temptation arises, tell it audibly to GO! Cast down every vain imagination that leads to this sin.

Keep your eyes on the loveliest part of a woman - her face - and force your eyes to view your sisters in the Lord, and in the world, as sisters to be admired for who they are, not what they look like. Ask Jesus to give you His eyes for women. Look at their hearts and vow to become a safe haven of purity for their sake. In this perverse world, women feel slimed and defiled and belittled by the perverted glances they receive. Strive to be a man of God who can give a Godly smile that is pure and loving. As you learn to respect your sisters as sisters, the temptation to treat them otherwise will subside and vanish.

These are some thoughts for men and women to use. Please share your thoughts on the points I have brought out and lets encourage one another in the Lord!