A silent torment in the daily
lives of 4 in every 5 youths (Male and Female) alike. Not many are bold enough
to ever bring this up in counseling yet they daily live their lives engaged in
this habit.
I know there is an internal
struggle within – A struggle to stop this act yet for every resolution, it
seems we only get ourselves stuck further in the mess. Many have tried
different science proven methods to end this alas they find themselves thrown
back in.
Friends, you are not alone – no you
are not. Many including your dearly beloved have been held sway by this monster
called Masturbation and the pain in it is that we have no one to talk to. We
even feel less ashamed of talking about fornication with the opposite sex as compared
to letting people know we silently gratify/indulge our flesh.
Masturbation is a close friend to
acute low self-esteem. It erodes your confidence and draws us further away from
a sweet and passionate relationship with the Holy Spirit. Masturbation does not
die with age as men in their 60’s and above still indulge in such according to
statistics.
Marriage does not cure
masturbation, abstinence does not cure it either. Running to the bathroom to
take a shower does not cure it. Taking a long walk does not cure it. Crying and
praying for forgiveness daily does not cure it – if anything the devil will use
that against you. He will remind you that you are always asking for forgiveness
and you should rather stop praying. He will show you scripture upon scripture
to show you how angry God is with sinners and when you question such thoughts,
he will tell you he is the Holy Spirit in you and as Jesus said he is bringing
all things to your remembrance.
Why have I written this piece? –
Well in simple terms GOD WANTS YOU TO BE FREE.
Can you truly be free from
MASTURBATION? A very big YES!!! You can be so free you will wonder if it was
the same you that struggled with it before. Everything you need to be free is
right inside you.
How many steps do you need to
follow in order to be free – GOODNEWS!!! Just a step (Yes that simple – Just one
move and you are free forever)
Is there doubt within you right
now that you can be free – I bet there is. It is the devil trying to discourage
you (You are wondering how he is reading it at the same time you are - Is thatright?
Don’t wonder long, he is the god of this world and have access to his domain as
he wills until Christ defeats him finally and locks him in his reserved
punishment forever)
So what must you do to be free? THIS
IS IT…
GUARD YOUR HEARTS – Yes I really
mean it (Guard what enters your heart)
Now you are annoyed but let me
share somethings with you and then I will come back to the above.
How does MASTURBATION occur?
- You watch an erotic movie or scene and you play with your genitals
- You see an erotic image somewhere and then you find a lonely spot and play with your genitals.
- You remember some experience you’ve had sometime past and then to quell the urge, you masturbate.
- You become very emotional and then you remember that when you masturbate it goes off temporarily.
- You have some physical contact with the opposite sex and get turned on (Which is very normal) and then you quickly masturbate to quell the urge.
- You cant bring yourself to ask the opposite sex for sex and you have urges so you masturbate as an escape.
- You are not comfortable with someone seeing your nakedness and yet you have urges so you masturbate
The reasons are endless but look
closely at the above and you’ll notice something – EVERYTIME you want to
masturbate you have to make use of your mind. I mean you have to mentally
picture the real thing otherwise you wont reach satisfaction.
DID YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO
MASTURBATE HAVE A VERY STRONG MENTAL CAPACITY – Oh!!! The devil wont tell you
that. Your mind is powerful that is why you can imagine the real thing and play
with your body for it to happen. You are literally directing your brain to
think it is doing the real thing.
SEXUAL urges are very normal –
The whole anointing and prayers of this world would not take it away. God
deliberately put it there but intends for it to be used at the right time.
So why have I said GUARD YOUR
HEARTS – please follow me closely and let me show you what the devil has been
doing through a few scriptures.
Col. 1:21 Once you were alienated
from God and were ENEMIES IN YOUR MINDS because of your evil behavior.
Prov. 4:23 Above all else, guard
your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Matthew 6:22 The EYE IS THE LAMP
OF THE BODY. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
Romans 1:21 For although they
knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their
thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Finally
Romans 1:28 Furthermore,
just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God
gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
There are many
scriptures I could use to support this but I will stop here and allow you
meditate on this.
So what MUST YOU
DO – Guard what goes into your hearts and feed on something else that will
build your hearts
Paul admonished Timothy
to read, throughout scriptures we are admonished to put in God’s word in our
hearts
Phil. 4:8 Finally,
believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of
respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God’s word, whatever is pure
and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is
admirable and of good repute; if there is any excellence, if there is
anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things [center
your mind on them, and implant them in your heart]. (AMPLIFIED VERSION)
James 1: 21 So
get rid of all uncleanness and all that remains of wickedness, and with a
humble spirit receive the word [of God] which is implanted [actually rooted in
your heart], which is able to save your souls. (AMPLIFIED VERSION)
Friends, you
cant free yourself save you control what goes into your minds. The devil cannot
win over you except he knows he has gained control over your hearts. Even Jesus
had this to say about the devil
John14: 30 …,
for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.
The devil had nothing on Jesus so
he could not tempt him. Did you not notice that the only reason the devil could
tempt Jesus during the fast was because He had three key things in Him
- He was hungry so the devil tempted Him with food (If Christ was not hungry, it wont have been a temptation)
- He was in the wilderness being trained by the Holy Spirit on His assignment and Sonship and the devil offered Him a quicker way out to jump and prove it (We don’t need to prove anything to the devil)
- He was preparing to die and gain the whole world for Himself but again the devil came and offered him a quicker solution if only He would compromise by bowing down.
The three times
the devil tempted Jesus it was because he had a sense of what Jesus came to do
on earth and Jesus’ mind was fully set to accomplish them. Did you also notice
the only way Jesus could win was by offering the devil what His mind was full
of – The word of God.
MASTURBATION is
of the devil but can only win over us as long as we give that spirit control
over our minds. We have the authority to say no to the thoughts of the devil. Simply
rebuke negative thoughts
2 Cor. 10: 5 Casting
down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the
knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of
Christ;
Yes you can cast
down evil thoughts. Please friends, try it even if briefly and taste the
goodness of God. It truly works. No scientific method can stop this save the
word of God fully implanted in your hearts. Do not give up when you fall –
though the Righteous man may fall seven times but he will surely rise again.
Keep filling your mind with the right things. Watch the kind of movies you
watch, stay away from friends who use vulgar language, resist sexual books and
contents. BLOCK FRIENDS on facebook and other social media platforms who constantly
post sexual contents of any kind (remember if a hand cause you to sin you
should cut it off). Pray always and yes!!! Talk to a MATURE PERSON (I would
prefer your Leader in Church) cos not everyone can be trusted to guide you
right.
Friends you can
be FREE and if you need me to talk to you, have no fear – just email youngafricantalent@gmail.con or
call 08034612363 (you can whatsapp as well)
I declare in
Jesus name that every power of the devil competing with God and holiness in
your hearts be terminated in Jesus name. I declare you free from all
oppressions of the devil in your mind and In Jesus name I lose you from every
mental torture and prison.
Olabiyi Olubunmi
Founder: Young
African Talent
Mandate: Restoring
The Desolate Heritage
To see African
youths fully utilizing their potentials (we teach you to exceed your limits)
