To conquer sin, or to improve in some area we need to decrease to make room for the Holy Spirit to increase. Once He has enough room in our lives we (because of Him) can start to conquer things. If I want to conquer anger I should study verses on anger daily. If I want to conquer anxiety I should study verses on anxiety daily. If I want to conquer lust I should study verses on lust daily. If I want to conquer acquiring meekness, I should study verses on meekness daily. If I want to conquer acquiring love, I should study verses on love daily. If I want to conquer being in God’s will, I should study verses on being in God’s will daily. Simply put what you want to conquer in Google. Verses anger. I then look for Open Bible which usually has 100 verses on the topic I want. I then usually copy and paste 25-30 verses into a Word or Google doc, and then trim out some of the off-topic ones so that I can print out a page or two of verses to study daily. Then I can pray over each verse, meditate on them, and study them. Key point: It is important to do this with lust, but it is just as important to do it with another thing that you want to change. The reason is… I had this massive stronghold in my life with lust. But while I fought with lust I conquered other things. That started teaching me how to tap into the power. Ten years ago I would pray, and pray, and pray, and pray, and pray about quitting porn constantly. Then I would fail, fail, fail. Instead, if we want to fight anxiety, we should study those verses daily. Then… pray, pray, pray. Now the verses are teaching us how to pray with power. Now the verses are making us decrease and giving the Holy Spirit room to increase. Example: Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are bold as a lion.” I read this several times per week. I quote it sometimes several times per day. How This Really Works Quoting it and praying over a given verse helps, but digging deep into the verse changes everything. Who in this verse are bold as a lion? The righteous. How should I live today if I want to conquer this thing? In obedience. The verses will tell you exactly what you need to do to conquer what you need/want to conquer. Next, we pray, pray, and then pray some more. But the prayers now have power because our submission to the Bible has caused us to decrease, and the Holy Spirit to increase. If you have as massive a stronghold with lust in your life as I had, you might conquer one or two other areas first as you are finally conquering lust. But these victories are inspiring and helpful because the more things you conquer, the more you will realize that you (with the help of the Holy Spirit) really can quit.
