Tip: Put a rubber band on your wrist. Every time you have a lustful thought, snap it and praise the Lord. It takes 66 days on average to form a new habit. If you are struggling, you need to know which new habits will work... Even though you are still struggling. For example: After 264 days of out of control porn, you come here and decide to read the top 60 verses for quitting every day. It works on day one, but on day 2 you only get through 3 verses before you fall again. The problem here is that if that did not work, then nothing is likely to work on that day. But we need to realize that this was how Jesus fought temptation. It works and it will work for you, but you have to get your triggers under control as well as many other things simultaneously. So you try again, you take a bunch of notes from articles, you try what they say, you focus on turning aggressively from sin and you start reading the top 60 verses every day again. Then your success begins to build. I wrote my top 10 tips for quitting so that people would know exactly what tips that I believe eventually will work. Secondly, if you are tempted to fall, never say, “This is the last time.” Instead say, “I am rebelling, and there will be a lot of destruction because of it.” Satan wants you to lie about what is going on. Be honest. Or better yet say: If I fight sin aggressively, the Holy Spirit mightily fills me. And the Holy Spirit is a mighty warrior, and a great conqueror and He is starting to fill me and empower me to overcome and to do good works. Thirdly, activities are a key to quitting addiction. When we are doing something, we don't give the devil time to exaggerate the pleasures that tempt us. And when those activities are good works, they become one of the keys to quitting addiction. If we are not actively doing right, then it becomes very easy for the devil to get us to do wrong.
Put a rubber band on your wrist. Every time you have a lustful thought, snap it and quote: Matthew 6:22-23 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!" This verse explains your joy level from a rate of 1 to 10. If you are always dark... Try this for a week. It should really help. But what if you have multiple bad thoughts when you are busy at work? In that case, shorten that verse to "Lust equals darkness - good thoughts equal light." Then you can use the whole verse when you are not so busy. Next week: Every time you have a lustful thought, snap it and pray: "Father, fill me with Your love." This prayer invites the Holy Spirit to fill us a tiny bit more. Every time He fills us more, there is less room for bad things. For the article listing 20 things to think about (Bottom article). https://forum.nofap.com/index.php?threads/taking-thoughts-captive.328767/
People think that the inability to stop P or lust is the problem, but that is only 49% of the issue, 51% of the problem is that we don't have a goal of how we are going to “set our minds on the Spirit.” Romans 8:6 ESV For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.” To quit right now we need to have skill in remembering to set our minds on spiritual things. When quitting you should consider planning your next 7 days every week. To do that write down exactly what Christian trait you are planning to set your mind on for every day this week. This can be done every week. Note: this thread “snap it” has at least 20 specific things you can choose from. Then, put an hourly reminder on your phone, put notes everywhere, ask someone to ask you (later) if you succeeded in thinking in new ways, and most importantly, make it a habit to think and pray about your daily trait every time you have a lustful thought. Second, pick a verse like the one above to remind you of what is messing you up currently, and to give you a new goal. Consider memorizing it. Finally, God is watching. If you strain to make it a daily habit to set your mind on things above, your prayers will increase in power. For the full article https://forum.nofap.com/index.php?threads/snap-it.327063/
