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been posting a bunch of snake stuff lately and so figured it’s time to spice it up again!


as many of you know, the grievous sin i struggle with—seemingly more than any other—is that of masturbation.


but i know i’m not alone in this struggle. and that the vast majority of young Christian men—and yes, young Christian women—daily fight against it.


and so what sense does it make to cower in shame and pretend as if a war isn’t being constantly waged?


if we have the freedom to confess our sin before God, do we yet remain ashamed to confess it before others? it’s before God whom we sin. He sees all and knows all. Nothing is kept from His gaze.


and so let’s not keep these arrogant and self righteous masquerades up any longer, beloved. time to take off that mask.


reach out to a brother or sister in the church and let them know how you’re struggling—no matter what it is you’re struggling in—that you may be held accountable and lifted up and encouraged unto victory.


here’s a piece about the nightly struggle against masturbation from August 2020.


take with it the joyous knowledge that the Lord granted me victory on that particular occasion!! Praise be to God for His grace, sufficient 💕!!


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the lights go out
lust closes in
presses in
gripping the heart
stirring my thoughts
in dangerous and uncalled for directions


roll over
say a prayer
think of something else
anything else
pray it louder
text a friend
say amen
try again
don’t give in
don’t give up


they’re just hands
you can control them


you control what they do
you control where they go
God never allows your being
tempted past your limit


so don’t give in


we sin when we are lured
and enticed
by our own desire
and when our desire conceives
it gives birth to sin
and when will it end?


that’s just it, it won’t
feed it and it’ll grow
it’ll grow and it’ll grow
until it is fully grown
in which case it brings forth death


run


run run run run


resist the devil and he will flee from you


ignore temptation


fight it my boy
sin is laying crouched at the door


even now, Christ prays for me


even now, intercession is being made on my behalf


so don’t give in.