“Lust is like a dog, if you feed it, it will stay alive, if you don’t, it won’t.”
If i didn’t feed my dog, it’d be animal cruelty. This is already a dumb analogy.
“So here are some ways to kill lust. In my own experience, these have worked for me and I know they can work for you.”
Eleven ways?
Should I just go to the 11th, which apparently worked, or do i need all 11?
“1. Make the decision to overcome lust and fornication.”
I have no intention of not lusting after my wife. She’s the only woman I have sex with, so fuck that no pun intended.
“2. Confess you have a problem.”
Ah. So, all eleven are a process.
Except i don’t have a problem.
“3. Acknowledge and agree with God that this is wrong and repent”
What’s wrong? I don’t covet anyone else’s wife, but i do want to see mine naked.
“4. Pray to God for his power, through the holy spirit, to overcome this sin. You cannot overcome sin without God (John 15:5)”
I’m okay with my current lusting.
“5. Cut off all sensual and sexual media out of your life: movies, comic books, novels, articles, blogs, jokes, TV shows, especially porn (duh), sensual poetry, and music.”
I’m not a monk and have taken no vows of boredom.
“6. Stay away from fornicators, whether they be men or women, Christian or not. Don’t even eat with them (1 Cor 5:11,13 CEV). Break off all sexual relationships with people you’re not married to, including “cyber relationships”.”
But they’re my coworkers. I have to be with them from time to time.
“7. When you go out in public, rather than staring at a woman’s body, look at her face, or keep your eyes on something else.”
I already do.
“If you need to, for a season, don’t go to the mall, or those places that cause your mind to wander.”
At the mall, I’m usually looking for something like LEGO or a book, not womens.
“8. Fast from food for a period of time to starve the flesh’s ability to lust.”
Uh, no.
“9. Rebuke the spirit (demon) of lust in the fasting period, telling it to “Get out and return no more, in the name of Jesus!””
I don’t believe in demons, and that would be taking Jesus’ name in vain.
“10. If you know this is a season where you are to be single, stop thinking about a wife. Don’t fantasize and daydream about your future spouse, if it leads you to lust.”
Current. i fantasize about my current wife, thank you very much.
“11. Meditate on the scriptures throughout this article series instead of thinking about women.”
Ezekiel 23:20 ► “There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.”