THE BEST SPIRITUAL WAY TO FIGHT TEMPTATION

[Gordon 7]

There are three types of people. Those doing God's will. Those running from God like Jonah did, and people who do not pray enough to have any idea what God wants them to do.

Running from God leads to bad habits.

#1 Remind yourself often that running from God does not lead to joy.

#2 Running gives satan first crack at influencing you. This leads to the mad cycle that some people are in.

#3 Running leads your life downward. Costs are sometimes financial, relational, and physical.

#4 God sometimes sends opposition in our path to remind us to make better decisions.

#5 Running starts to shut us off from God. Once we build a wall high enough between us and God... Our habits will rule us.

If you have an idea of what God wants you to do. Start today doing that activity. Change, and run with God.

Second, some do not know what God wants them to do. Quite frankly, if you refuse to spend time in prayer asking God what He wants you to do, are you not running from God? Today, consider setting a goal of how much you will pray about finding your purpose and doing God's will.

Third, for some mired in deep habits, 90% of what God wants you to do is to go to war with your habit, and with sin. But... don't forget that 10% because God has something great for you to do with your life.

 

[OrangeSpider]

I liked #1 very much, I think that is a big truth that is potent to aid the fight.

 

[Gordon 7]

Yeah, my secondary habits are running from God. I learn slowly.

 

[Gordon 7]

Fulfilling purpose, and doing God's will is the exact opposite of bad habits. With doing God's will we get pleasure, and our overall life is way better and more blessed. With bad habits, we get short-term pleasure, and everything else is worse, plus destruction.

Formula

God's way = pleasure, plus blessing.

I am experiencing this formula, yet, I hold back things. I have proved time and time again that poor choices of pleasure:

#1 Don't satisfy

#2 Add destruction

#3 Start building a wall between God and me.

#4 Hurt my health

#5 Cause stress and a loss of sleep, which leads to life overall being worse.

Consider praying:

“Father, I commit _____ (45 minutes per day to fight ______, and to pray about my purpose for my life).” Today, consider starting a better life notebook. Spend 5 minutes daily online researching: Finding your Christian purpose. Take notes.

Second, take notes every time you read a quitting article that is about purpose. Learn everything you can about finding purpose. Read a book about purpose.

Third, I will never go back to my main addiction. Why? Because my purpose gives me pleasure and joy without destruction.

Fourth, read old articles. Which activities start me toward purpose. Note, all of these activities are also great for quitting. Consider scanning an old article daily after you finish the new one. Consider taking notes and having a grand plan of how to start doing some of the ideas.

Great choices in life:

#1 Satisfy

#2 Start blessings

#3 Bring us closer to God

#4 Improve our health and lower our stress.

Finally, God has a great plan for your life. Today, consider devising a plan of what to do to start uncovering the mystery of your purpose.

 

[Gordon 7]

To stop bad habits it is wise to form habits of thinking about new things. Philippians commands us to think toward love.
First, think about things that attract, please, and win other people's admiration and attention. Everybody likes a person who does this because then they speak in a way that is positive and makes life better for everyone.
Second, part of the reason long-term habits continue is because of conflicts with others. If you form the habit of thinking in a helpful, loving way, it becomes easier to get along with everybody. Thinking right sometimes leads to speaking right as well as acting right. It all starts right in you mind. Consider praying:
“Father, help me to form the habit of having 1-2 positive, life improving things to think about.”
The Bible commands us to let our minds dwell on helpful, loving thoughts.
I am not good at this. That is why I keep referring back to these articles about what to think about. I need to keep working on that habit. It will keep me from focusing on wrong things.
Third, I act, and think based on my emotions, and on what I want. This is a bad system, and it leads to bad habits, which then lead to destruction.
God wants us to think before we act. Think first!
Think, what does God want me to do? How does God want me to think?
Fourth, everyone starts off thinking wrong. But only a few catch themselves and think: The way I am thinking is terrible, and it will lead to darkness, which will lead to _______. I need to change the way I am thinking. Consider praying:
“Father, help me to form the habit of changing thoughts of _______, and replacing them with thoughts of Christian love.”
Today, consider replacing thoughts of:
#1 Self-pity, with thoughts of love
#2 Fear, with thoughts of Biblical verses on courage
#3 Bitterness, with thoughts of forgiveness.
Finally, consider writing out 2-3 of your negative thoughts, Then, write down what you will replace those thoughts with.
If you think right, it will lead to doing right (someday).
Most importantly, replace constant thoughts of your habit with something better.
Thinking God’s way starts us toward freedom and
joy.

 

[Gordon 7]

Every bad habit gives some pleasure and some pain. But the ratio is very simple yet very complicated. It is simple because it is a fact that many bad habits cause massive destruction. It is complicated because sometimes the destruction is small and we hardly notice it. It is complicated, because, when we ignore the small destruction we forget, the destruction is getting larger and larger, and then we are trapped, confused, and want to quit the habit.
It is complicated because early on in the habit we ignore the fact that we are putting up a wall between us and God (With sharply sinful habits). But later, we feel empty, and depressed, even when we have everything in life the world can offer. Obviously many don't have everything, but even if you do, you will end up empty and depressed if you run from God.
Fact #1 The pleasure versus pain ratio is bad. Don't be fooled by the short-term. Consider praying:
“Father, remind me that the pleasure is “always” smaller than the pain, which is always larger, with bad habits.”
If you are young, add eventually after “always” or in the long run.
For people who have been doing bad habits for years, they “know” it is true. We just need to remind ourselves of this fact more often. We just need to pray about this fact way more often.
Second, Matthew 6 says: 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
We chase wrong things that do not satisfy. Instead, seek God first. Strain for righteousness first. When we do those things, God will begin to give us pleasures that do not add destruction. They will be new pleasures, and they will be great.
Third, once you start living in a way that “All things shall be added unto you”... Life starts to really get great.

 

[Gordon 7]

I think ______ will fix me (Fill in your habit of choice). I think it will make me happy, and kill my pain. I have proven 1000 times that this is not true, but... I refuse to believe it is true.
Fact, until you fix “you,” you will not be happy, and you will have a lot of pain. I have some of the same struggles you do, but, I am busy having this great relationship with God, and I am busy writing this article. These two factors make me forget the nonsense, and better yet, ignore the nonsense, because I have important things to do, and important things to think about.
What will fix you?
The Bible says we can prosper if.
The Bible says we will be blessed if.
If we avoid sin, and if we meditate on His law.
Luckily for me, these are also the two best ways to quit habits.
Ways to meditate on God's law
#1 Memorize key scripture. Honestly, it is hard to keep a habit if you memorize every Bible verse referring to that habit. Second, memorize Psalm 1 (Below).
#2 Have daily Bible reading. I have a system for going through the Bible in 1 year. You can check out many ways to do this online.
#3 Pray over key verses during your daily Bible-study.
#4 Print out a passage like Psalm one, or verses on love. Read your printout in the morning or evening.
#5 Jesus used key Bible verses when He was tempted. He told satan what the Bible says about his temptations. This is by far the most effective way to fight temption. In fact, the second most effective way is only 20% as good.
#6 Consider memorizing:
The Bible says we can prosper if.
The Bible says we will be blessed if.
If we avoid sin, and if we meditate on His law.

Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree
Planted by the [c]rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so,
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.”
What will you do to begin to prosper, and to begin to be blessed?

 

[Gordon 7]

The Bible says “Lose your life to find your life.” What does this mean with habits?
#1 I still think living my way is better than how the Bible says to live. I have quit certain things, for other wrongs things, not so much. Pride, plus satan push me to continue my errant beliefs.
Pride, I choose to pray about the #1 thing I am working on. This is good except for the fact that it is only about 15% as effective a solution as pounding the habit out with scripture would be. Plus, when I minimize scripture as a solution, satan has way more opportunity to confuse me and tempt me. He will not miss any chance to do both.
Second, I need to trust God. I say 100 times per year that God's Word is always right, good, and will always make our lives better. Then I chase the wind again and again. When will I learn and make it a bigger priority to do what scripture says to do?
Third, Matthew 16 ends by saying we will be rewarded for the things we do on earth. 51% of quitting is what we start doing, 49% is what we stop doing. Consider, determining to do God's will and to build a mansion in heaven.
Fourth, if you can pray the below prayer honestly, I think it would be a good prayer to pray:
“Father, I am willing to lose my life for You. I commit to learning to think about new things so that I can do Your will (Or someday do Your will).”
Matthew 16:25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
I am wrong, God is right, my beliefs are wrong, and the Bible is right.
Today, consider picking one way (In addition to new quitting habits) that you think God wants you to change. Consider praying:
“Father, today I will run from sin and habits. What one thing do You want me to change today.”
The success rate for quitting habits is sky high for people who focus on getting into the right place with Almighty God. Consider making it a daily habit to do so.

 

[Gordon 7]

David said, “I have set the Lord always before me.” How can we do that?

Firstly, we can fight temptation the way our Lord said to fight it. The Bible gives us the example of Jesus fighting temptation with scripture.

#1 Pick out one scripture verse to use to fight. Here is a list of habits, and how to search for specific verses about those habits:

Lust: Search “Verses lust.”

Drinking, or drugs: Search “Verses Drinking.”

Gambling: Search “Verses gambling.”

Whatever your habit is, search “Verses ________.”

Note: I chose gambling as an example on purpose. Very few verses are perfect for that habit. But, pick the best one and use it. The point is to get the Holy Spirit activated.

Second, do a hard memorization of the verse or start a soft memorization. A soft memorization is putting it in your phone so you can read it every time you are tempted, or printing out the verse 5 times on a piece of paper so you can put them where you will constantly see them.

Third, your temptor is mathematical. He wants to tempt people who will give in, not those who will fight. After you quote the verse to him 10, or 20 times he will leave. He will return the next day to try again, but, at some point, he will only stick around for 1 verse. Once he leaves, you will simply have to fight your own personal desires.

I was shocked at how my temptations dropped once I was just fighting my desires. I still needed to say no, but now it had become a fair fight.

Finally, I was shocked at how I began to understand God, temptation, and life as I made this technique a habit.

As I did this again and again, it worked more and more. Over time I did quit my main habit for good. Picking a verse to fight temptation was one of the smartest things I ever did.

Psalm 16:8 I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad.

 

[Gordon 7]

A two-way prayer consists of a Godly trait we want, plus what God wants, or commands. Example:

“Father, help me to fight thoughts of ______, and to replace them with thoughts of love.”

In this prayer God wants my thoughts changed, and I want to increase in love.

Today, consider writing your own two-way prayer. Step one: What positive Godly trait do you want to improve in? Step two: What starts you down the slippery slope toward your habit? Write a sentence about fighting that. Step three, put both sides in a prayer. It may be long and complicated today, but over time you will refine it more and more.

Second, you can and should repeat this prayer often, but with every repetition, you must be completely sincere with a full desire to change.

Third, it is wise to “Always” fight temptation with your scripture verse “First.” That is following Jesus example. Scripture is way more powerful, and using it first activates prayer. When I start to understand scripture, prayer starts to be powerful.

Matthew 26:41 ESV Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

If you pray enough, you “May not enter into temptation.” Identify situations where temptation will be rising. I pray fervently to prepare for tough situations.

Fact: I am only average at fighting off temptation, but I have skills in preparing for temptation. I attack, and attack and attack. I get very busy quoting my verse and praying my prayer.

Romans 12:12 ESV Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”

Probably only 1 in 500 readers are constant in prayer, and if that is you... You are ahead of me. For the rest of us, we need to at least be constant in prayer in situations where we are tempted. Consider praying:

“Father, help me to have the habit of being constant in prayer before (and during) temptation.”

James 5:16 ESV The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”

The more we go to war with sin, the more our prayer will have “Great power as it is working.” If our prayers start to have great power, what will that help us quit?

Today, consider finding, or writing a short prayer that perfectly applies to your situation. Then attack with a specific Bible verse, plus that prayer. It really works.

 

[Gordon 7]

Friday I wrote about picking a verse to quote regularly to fight temptation, Saturday, I wrote about picking a prayer to pray regularly to fight temptation. Today is activities. New activities are vital to replace habits, but are often frustrating because they are “Not what we want to do.”

First, we need to be tough and do them anyway, or quitting will never happen. Consider praying:

“Father, help me to increase toughness, help me enjoy these new things.”

Second, we either do the new activity with God, without God, or somewhere in the middle.

Lets assume the new activity is playing pool (Obviously, a few of you will be triggered by pool...So, you will need some other activity).

To do the activity 100% with God, fully repent of all sin before the activity. Plan how to go to war with habits before the activity.

Third, interact with God during the activity. The Bible tells us to praise the Lord. The Bible says to give thanks. Whenever you are bored say: “Praise the Lord.” Whenever you miss a shot say, “Thank you Lord.” Whenever you are tempted, quote your quitting verse, then pray your quitting prayer.

In this example it may work like magic, but, if you are by yourself with your new hobby of learning the guitar, it will help a lot, but, it will still be a challenge. But, if you keep at it, you will start to find a bit of peace, and maybe even a bit of fun.

Fourth, notice how all of these techniques work together. If you are not doing the first one (Bible verses), the third one will be really hard to pull off. If you are not doing the second one (Prayer), you may even lose interest in trying to do the third one correctly.

Fifth, I recommend starting with Friday (Quoting the Bible verse), until that is a habit. Then, Saturday, praying your prayer, until that is a habit. Then, trying to do new activities God's way, until that is a habit.

Finally, most people will stop and start, forget to do this, decide to give up on it mid-day, and be confused for 100 reasons. That is normal. Simply start again, try again, work on habits again. If you are 100% dedicated to learning these habits, you now have something to think about and focus on 100% of the time.

 

[Gordon 7]

What is the greatest commandment? Jesus said:
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
How do we do this? Firstly, we can pray about purpose. We can spend a block of time daily praying about purpose and we can pray short prayers during the day about purpose.
Second, in my opinion, quitting involves prioritizing #1 your quitting verse, #2 your quitting prayer, then #3A alternating quitting activities with #3B Spiritual activities that move you toward purpose. Purpose means doing God's will.
Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”
When we run from sin and focus on God's will, satan starts to lose some of his rights to attack us ruthlessly with temptation. When we run from God like Jonah did, satan has the right to toss him into the ocean and have a great white shark swallow him up.
Who goes to heaven?
Third, consider memorizing Matthew 7:21 (above) then reply to this question in one week.
Fourth, praying for a block of time daily about doing God's will is vital for quitting. Why? Because, it is a huge part of being a Christian. It is one of the 5 most important things Jesus talked about in regards to who goes to heaven. It is who we are, better yet, who we will become. It gives us clarity about what we should be doing.
Fifth, if you do 100% of what you should be doing regarding doing God's will, quitting is easy. Yeah... Probably none of us are part of the 100%, but my goal is to be part of that group. To work daily toward being part of that group.
Finally, if a person who is doing God's will was told: You must give up praying for 60 minutes per day about God's will, or you must give up every dollar that you have (All your money). That person would think: If I lose my money, that is bad, but if I lose my purpose, I lose my joy, my passion, peace, love, and many other things. Really, all my important things.
One huge difference between Biblical Paul and me is: Because he was so focused on doing God's will, he had less time to sin. Because he was doing something great, he had less desire to sin.
Paul was in the top tier of people filled with joy. Because... he was focused on doing God's will.
What goals will you have regarding doing God's will?

 

[Gordon 7]

Psalm 34:7The [a]angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.”

We want to be delivered, so, what does it mean to fear the Lord? Let's give a rating from 1-10 with 10 being the highest for some activities.

First, quoting a quitting verse to fight temptation I rate a 10.

Second, praying over a group of quitting verses I rate a 10.

Third, reading a chapter in the Bible daily = 5, reading one in the Old, plus New Testament = 6, 3 Chapters =7, 4 = 8, and 5 chapters daily = 10.

Fourth, quoting, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” =10.

Fifth, quoting, the verse that says to “Work out our salvation with fear and trembling” = 10.

Sixth, believing the harsh Bible verses that tell us the consequences of our actions = 10.

Seventh, thinking often about what the verse, “The wages of sin is death” means. I think it means that something dies, or partially dies, or begins to die every time I sin. When we consider what this verse means we are fearing the Lord.

Eighth, sometimes I think that the only time I am thinking God's way is when I am doing my 5 chapters of the Bible daily.

Finally, I highly recommend memorizing Psalm 34:7. As always, feel free to print this out if desired for your own personal use.

What steps will you take to make this promise become a reality?

 

[Gordon 7]

Consider having a “Quitting” notebook, and filling it with tips, and ideas that you read about. Most of us struggle to maintain new habits. We get a great idea for a new habit to replace an old habit, then work on it for a day or two, then move on to some other “hot” solution.

Today's article is day 6 in an interweaving of solutions and habits that in my opinion are the foundations of quitting God's way. I think it is wise to work on these 5 habits (Listed below) first, often, and to keep working on them until they start to become habits.

Second, the challenge is... I stink at learning new habits, I am a champ at continuing to do things the way I always have. How to start to change.

Consider having notes on these new habits, or printouts, so that you can review them often. Have a time and a place to work on quitting daily. Consider starting daily, by adding new quitting ideas to your notebook, then, review the top 5 habits, then start trying to “do” the top five habits. Note: 4 of these 5 habits are straight from the Bible, and the 5th (Doing other activities) is a foundation with 99% of all quitting programs.

Third, you can do this. If you are terrible at this (Like I am) you can do your daily reading, and then start trying to do the ideas.

Fourth, consider putting notes in your phone and everywhere else to remind you to do these things. Have a “code” page in your quitting notebook. A note, or a sticky note with an R could be code for praying your quitting prayer, or a V could be code to remind you to fight temptation with your quitting verse, or an A could remind you to focus on trying alternative activities that may lower temptation.

If people ask, “Why do you have a note with an A on it.” You could say something like, “I am trying to change the way I am thinking, and this is my reminder.”

Fifth, the Bible promises everyone that joy will increase if they start to do things God's way. The challenge is that most of us commit at a 25%, 35%, or 40% level. Well... Your joy is going to increase at that same level. If you want fullness of joy, strive to be fully committed.

Sixth, remember what happens on a day when you are fully committed. You felt this great relationship with God, life was looking up, and you felt some joy. Then the next day life ran you over again. Satan tells you, “This is not working.”

Consider memorizing this fact: “When I am committed to quitting God's way, I have seen my life improve.” We need to make it through the dark day. We need to give God a chance to help us by “Giving Him time on a dark day.”

Finally, today consider using notes to start your course toward new habits. It takes time (Sometimes a long time), but it is worth it.

Below is the review of the first 5 habits.

First, pick a quitting verse, and use it often to fight temptation.

Second, pick a quitting prayer, and use it to fight temptation.

Third, have a list of alternative activities to do.

Fourth, think often about learning to fear the Lord: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom.”

Fifth, pray often about purpose. Strive to start helping people and doing things that God wants you to do.

Last, the only people who succeed at this are the people who keep doing it. Will you become one of those people?

 

[Gordon 7]

I had my main habit forever, because, when life punched me in the face, I always went back to my habit. Instead, we can learn to practice resilience.

There are seven C's in resilience:

Competence involves learning new hobbies, or skills. We practice resilience when we choose “New Activities” when tempted. Resilience is doing them whether we want to or not.

Confidence: 90% of people will work on the top five habits and decide, “This is no quick fix, I can't do this.” But, some will realize, I spent 6,16, 24 years forming this stinking habit and say, “These tools seem Biblical. I will continue to work on them until I have these new habits.”

Connection: Coming to this community is one great connection. Consider making it a habit to do that every day. Second, Always try to form connections with people who will lift you higher spiritually, emotionally, and higher with learning great life skills. Consider trying to make connections with Christians who have a great relationship with Jesus.

Character: The Bible wants me to live one way, I want...

When we don't work on our character, habits rule us. Character improves as we read the Bible and strive to do what it says.

Contribution: Pray about helping others, volunteer to help others, find a larger meaning for your life than what you eat, drink, and earn.

Coping: Step one to resilience – Start learning the habit of “trying” to do things to cope with your problems. Try prayer, mindfulness (Don't try to solve this years problems today), exercise, Scripture, and learning the habit of going to friends, sponsors and Pastors/Priests instead of immediately giving up.

Control: Stop thinking about what you can't control. Instead, focus your energy on things that you can change and control. Example: Finances stink. You plan to make this, that and other changes. Do that plan, and stop thinking about it. Think about quitting solutions instead.

If you often fall when life runs you over, learn the seven C's of resilience. Then, next time it happens, consider using these steps.

 

[Gordon 7]

After David's great sin, he wrote in Psalm 51:
“11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.”
When we feel like God is 10 miles away, sin is usually connected. A lack of repentance is usually connected. In this great chapter, David finally is fully repenting after 6-8 months of acting like his sin was not such a big deal. David writes
“4 Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight.”
Verse four is full of wisdom.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Verse ten is a great goal. It is a great verse to review daily, or memorize while working on quitting. The more we live this verse, the more we will increase in joy.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation.”
David had great joy because of his purity as a young man. His sin cost him joy plus many other consequences. Our joy can be found, or restored.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.”
Quitting God's way starts with verse 17. Start there.
What changes will you make based on David's great Psalm (51)?

 

[Gordon 7]

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of [a]the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

I push the habit of combatting habits with Bible verses often because the powers we wrestle against are often overwhelming (The original article was called “Fight,” written on about October 25th). The key point is... These powers find your specific Bible verse for fighting temptation overwhelming as well. They don't want to hear scripture or even be around scripture.

First, consider setting reminders everywhere to fight back with scripture. In your phone, on your mirror, on your TV, everywhere. Then, set a minimum goal of when you will do this. Example, you never ever remember to do this. Consider taping a full page note over 30% of your TV, or computer screen. You can't use this as a great habit until you “start” forming the habit.

Second, there are consequences to our crazy thoughts which lead to our bad actions. When we quote scripture we have perfect thoughts that lead to good things.

Third, celebrate any progress you make in forming this habit. Say “success” out loud, pump your fist, say “There is power in scripture,” say, “This is how Jesus fought temptation, and this is how I will fight it.”

Fourth, be the leader of your quitting with scripture social club. Today, consider sharing your quitting verse with this group, and sharing your tricks about how to remember how to do it.

Fifth, every time we read the Bible (I recommend 5 chapters a day while you are quitting) we get more filled-with-the-spirit. Every time we quote our quitting verse we get more help from the Holy Spirit. Every time we determine to do things God's way we get more help from the Holy Spirit.

My verse is:

22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”

My habit and all habits cause darkness in our lives. I want Jesus light and joy. This verse showed me how my habits were shutting me off from everything.

Finally, these dark forces in the above verse will run you right over. Instead, run them over first with scripture.

Remember... Jesus said that it works.

 

[Gordon 7]

Being content is a great skill for quitting. “Father, help me to be content.” There are days when I pray this constantly.
Turning from sin is a great skill for quitting. I pray constantly, daily, often hourly, to turn from sin and to turn from lust. Remember, any habit that involves sin (that you are quitting) will be prompted by other sins. Consider making it a habit to fight bad thoughts, and wrong TV/computer/phone garbage.
Second, stop hanging around with people who increase your temptation. Find healthy people to be around. Get involved with church groups, sports groups, and 12 step programs. Determine to be the person who makes that program fun, interesting, and informative. If you learn anything here, bring a couple of notes and help others there. Doing that is part of purpose.
Third, be obsessed with adding your #1 rated skill today, and this week/month.
Fourth, consider taking notes on future skills you want to add, but add skills in a specific order. My #1 is the habit of often quoting a quitting verse first. Work on your #1 needed skill first.
Fifth, know “All of your triggers.” Have all of them written in a section of your notebook. Consider writing first in your notebook, “When triggered I will vigorously quote my quitting verse. I will pray fervently. I will “immediately” start to work on quitting, and will go to a quitting site as soon as it is humanly possible.
Finally, people who quit are not necessarily more disciplined than you. But they do know “What to do when triggered.” Learn as much about what to do as possible. Study it online, take notes, pray about it. It is a top 5 skill for quitting.

 

[SaveTheSoul]

I found your last two posts really helpful, thanks for sharing.

P.S. I taped a small written note of Matthew 6:22 on my computer, it already played a good part in helping me fully avoid PMO today.

 

[Gordon 7]

Thanks for the kind words my friend.