OVERCOMING PORN ADDICTION 5

Some years back, while sitting in the library at home, I heard Irewamiri scolding a young lady who just came in. She said, “You and all this your short skirts”. I heard where I was, and I wanted to stand up to see who she was talking to.

That very moment, as I wanted to stand, the Holy Spirit asked a question, “What do you want to go and see?” I sat down immediately. 

If you will be free from addiction, you must be willing to partner with the Holy Spirit. You cannot be asking for help and ignoring same help when it comes. It would be self-sabotage.

Think about it this way: You desire to be awake by 5am. You set an alarm for 4.50am. The alarm clock is your helper. If your alarm sound at that time, it has done its own part of the work. The alarm alerts you that it is time to wake up. The alarm would not get you to stand.  You have to get up by yourself and begin to pursue the purpose for waking up. If you snooze the alarm while you say, “Let me just sleep for one more minute”. There is a likelihood you wake up later than you planned.

The Holy Spirit as your helper will always come with wisdom suggestions. These will be protective and preventive measures that keeps you away from a relapse. You must be willing to partner with your helper. The Holy Spirit will not violate your will but you must also not take his help for granted. 

Listen beloved! It may seem hard initially but there is the help of the Holy Spirit. Open that prompt about deleting some social media apps. He can show you how to stay away from triggers.  It can even seem weird when he tells you not to watch movies.  It can be a restrain about going to the beach or swimming. He can ask you to stay on certain portions of the scriptures per day. Let Him use your wiring to help you to victory.

If you win arguments against the Holy Spirit, you will lose in front to that addiction. Letting go of those things helps to train your flesh to yield to the Lord faster.

Romans 8:13 ICB

[13] If you use your lives to do the wrong things your sinful selves want, then you will die spiritually. But if you use the Spirit’s help to stop doing the wrong things you do with your body, then you will have true life.

Partner with the helper to stop doing the wrong things with your body!

temilOluwa Ola, Eruwa