for anyone who cares literally at all I have to confess something. I've been struggling massively with addiction for a while now. I'm not exactly comfortable saying what the addiction actually is but I've been trying for months to quit. and every single time I try, I succumb to the temptation. I'm making a mockery of Jesus's sacrifice, and I hate it, and I want nothing more than to be able to overcome my addiction, but I simply don't have the strength. what am I supposed to do? it's really starting to feel hopeless.
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- We are human, the body is weak even if the spirit isn't.
- figure out what situation you are most tempted. For example, if you tend to sin in private, where you feel it can be in secret, purposefully set out to do things which will prevent such privacy.
- figure out what your triggers are and find ways to limit those.
- go to a support group, many are free.
- go to a counselor, religious ones are often free, only asking for some donation when you can.
- KNOW THAT GOD LOVES YOU REGARDLESS OF YOUR SIN.
- we are saved through his grace. The fact that you are trying is a sure sign your aren't lost to him. God knows you. And God loves you. Sometimes you need to just pray like this "Your will be done, I give up my anxieties, my worries, and my control to you. I trust you will all my being." And just do that whenever you have a even the slightest thought of that sin. And breath.
- remember temptation isn't a sin, even Jesus went through it. If you are tempted, pray, find a Bible and read a page or two. Go into a public area, and stay there untill it passes.
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