Question:
I am a Christian but I have been having very terrible sexual thoughts which I find very disgusting myself. I have prayed and prayed but such sinful thoughts have not gone. I feel that keeping quiet with it will give it and the devil more grounds. In what ways do you think I can get rid of these? I don’t want this to stand between me and eternity. (A fan)
Answer by Pastor Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi :
Thanks for sharing this with me. It’s a good thing you realise that those thoughts are not healthy and have to stop, and that keeping quiet about them would only give the devil more grounds.
There are people who think that having those impure thoughts is fun and harmless but they are wrong. Such thoughts are not harmless but very dangerous because they will set the mind of the person on sinful things and the person might eventually begin to act on them, committing sin, defiling God’s temple. The person gets taken captive by sin.
Sometimes people think they don’t have a choice or that they can’t help the way they think or feel. That is erroneous. We do have a choice and we should make the right choices.
Impure thoughts will bring troubles, but resisting them brings joy, peace and life.
How shall a person keep his or her way pure? Or how can a person keep from sinning against God? Here are some things you can do to end those terrible thoughts.
1)The first thing which is the most important step to be taken to live a life of victory is to belong to Jesus. Behind every evil is the devil, and to be able to resist and overcome the devil, a person must give his or her life to Jesus because without Jesus we are nothing and without Him we can do nothing.
2)Psalm 119 gives another solution. Hide God’s words in your heart.
How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. 10 I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. 11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. By hiding God’s Word in your heart. (Psalm 119:9-11)
Developing the habit of reading and meditating on the word of God will destroy impure thoughts. The word of God and sinful thoughts don’t go together. Sinful thoughts will keep a person from obeying God’s words, while God’s words will keep sinful thoughts away from a person’s heart. Read the Bible more. Memorizing certain Scriptures in the Bible will help to overcome the challenge of impure thoughts and cleanse our lives.
To be continued.
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