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Doesn't solve all your problems, but it closes a door for the enemy to enter. We must put on the spiritual armor of God and use the weapons He has given us. Prayer, and His Word. Do not give the devil a foothold.
It's free cause they want to be like the rest of the sheep... I quit years and years ago... should be talking about semen retention... it's not the porn killing u slowly it's u wasting ur life force.
@daylight44ful I've heard from recovering alcoholics that you become someone who simply doesn't drink, not someone who is day 1 not drinking. I think this is a much better approach
@@dannyp2208 yes one day at a time from a recovering alcoholic here and a man addicted to porn most of his life. I am constantly in battle and repentance and have been clean by Gods grace for sometime. Also smoked since i was 14 and beat that habit with Gods grace i have a lot to be grateful for as a sinner to the almighty ever loving Father, Son ,holy spirit and his blessed mother angels and saints ....
"The holy Fathers were making predictions about the last generation. They said, 'What have we ourselves done?' One of them, the great Abba Ischyrion replied, 'We ourselves have fulfilled the commandments of God.' The others replied, 'And those who come after us, what will they do?' He said, 'They will struggle to achieve half our works.' They said, 'And to those who come after them, what will happen?' He said, 'THE MEN OF THAT GENERATION WILL NOT ACCOMPLISH ANY WORKS AT ALL AND TEMPTATION WILL COME UPON THEM; AND THOSE WHO WILL BE APPROVED IN THAT DAY WILL BE GREATER THAN EITHER US OR OUR FATHERS.'" - Abba Ischyrion
@@millenniumzeek Would “free and open” drugs be good for kids too? Children’s ability to access pornography should be restricted at BARE MINIMUM, which would mean age verification requirements.
That would empower it. God says “don’t eat from this tree” - what’s the one thing you now want more than anything in the world? That tree that you can’t have. Human nature.
Same here brother. I was watching porn at 8-9 years old. I am praying for you, and please pray for me. May the name of the Lord be glorified in all things
@@FatherSpyridonROCOR i was born a Catholic but I seek a new baptism under the Romanian Orthodox Church. it is like you said, i do not feel attracted to God only, but to Orthodoxy specifically. my country has a very rich Orthodox history as you might know, so this helps, but there is something about the Orthodox teachings that you can;t find anywhere else.
@@user-bp3mz5ne9uI too find myself drawn to orthodoxy, unfortunately it is too far out of reach as the nearest churches are 3hrs away. So I continue my Godly pursuit within the walls and outside the walls do a Covenant Church…. Which I assume is non denominational
i am a 19 yr old woman in college and i just found Father Spyriodon as well. Both young men and young women tend to be drawn to him and Orthodoxy. God bless whoever sees this
The devil may have more power these days because of technology, but so does God, having divinely guided videos like these would be impossible 40 years ago... God's grace is always available...
Remember when Solomon bound the demons to build the Temple and made it so that they cannot be seen and that they cannot talk to humans? Talk without talking-social media Be seen without being seen- tv screens and everything related to them.
I think the worst thing about pornography is the feeling of filthiness that comes after, the feeling on being unworthy, of hypocrisy. I've oftentimes found myself shying away from the things of the spiritual and the holy out of shame after a relapse. God is all that is good, that includes justice and fairness, he understands your struggles. That is the true goal of the trap of pornography, not simply the act viewing it itself, but to get you away from focusing on the lord, and instead looking at the storm. It's in those moments that we especially need to turn to him. We are all sinners, even if we were not addicted to porn, but whether that sin is lust, gluttony, or wrath, we are all called to get up, dust ourselves off, and try again. This is something the lord has put on my heart, get up, dust yourself off, and try again. We only lose when we stop fighting, when we stop running the race of endurance. Even if tomorrow you were utterly free of the temptation of porn, the fight is not over, there will be other battles to fight so seek mindfulness and spiritual wisdom from God so that you can fight all of them. Something I realize I am guilty of is getting caught up in the daily drudge that I forget to seek the lord first each day this needs to change, so I'm going to hit the bell icon for this channel so I don't forget. Prayers would be appreciated, since I am also still struggling with pornography myself. I hope my own rambling thoughts might be helpful, remember you were made in the image of God and no sin can steal his love, you are not beyond salvation, just try again, you cannot fail if you don't give up!
Yes I think altough it is very detrimental to view porn. That isnt the goal of the enemy Christ gan and will cover that when u get up again. But he wants us to distance ourselves from him in iur shame
I end up feeling really guilty that I've watched it. Most of these women are deeply troubled and they've ended up with very little self worth. The pornographers exploit them.
Well said, brother. The story of Peter walking om the waves is always very helpfull for me. The moment he focuses on the waves beneath him, he sinks. The moment his focus is on Christ, he walks the waves and is not bothered by them. The moment we sink in our guild and self pity, we dont look at our Saviour reaching out for us. Every time we sink, He stands there on the waves reaching out to lift us up. As long as we live, He will forgive. And I believe that after all these moments of salvation from our "waves", our love for Christ grows. And through this love, which He cultivated in us, we will not sin again. Faith will ward of arrows of temptation, our hope in Him will guard our mind, His justice holds our armor together, but our love for Him will keep us standing in the spiritual warfare
l found porn magazines when I was around 7 or 8 years old, and it hooked me instantly with intensity - it became a total obsession. I am 46 years old now, and the habit of pornography and self-abuse has dominated my entire life, effected every relationship I’ve had, and destroyed my creative ambition and discipline. I am now 3.5 months sober, in the Orthodox Church as a catechumen, and I meet with a father once a week for an hour to help me figure this whole thing out. The struggle is real, but Orthodoxy is giving me the way to fight - I have honestly never felt so much life in me. I may finally be able to become the man I was supposed to be. All glory to the Lord Jesus Christ! If Christ can change a guy like me, He can change anyone.
From about the age of 12 all the way until 28, I was enslaved by the spirit of lust. Thankfully I began to see the Word of God was really alive and shortly after, my temptations disappeared thanks to the Lord.
Not just those but the million sexual euphemisms in modern language. Sexual reference is literally everywhere because we live in a sexually obsessed society.
You are a man of great understanding and compassion Father Spyridon. I don't know where I will stand with God on judgement day, but I will make sure to give you praise in front of Him ♥️☦️
Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and God and believe that he died for your sins, then you will know that you will stand justified before God and forgiven for your sins. Christ paid for our sins with his death and resurrection, it is through his blood that cover us that we are able to stand before the father and be justified.
@@nousquestI’m orthodox and it’s very clear if we put our faith in Christ and our faith is genuine and has fruit or “works” and when we fall we repent of our sins. On that day of judgement, the blood of the worthy lamb will cover all of our sins.
Those making money from this evil make victims of the women involved, and make vitims of those who consume it. The demons must be celebrating. Human greed opens the gate to so many evils.
I have been clean of a pornographic addiction and overall addiction to lust for over six months now, glory to God. Ultimately I just started setting a daily schedule for myself it just happened naturally. I started reading the Gospels everyday and meditating on them deeply. I would also pray and repent everyday at least twice. Eventually I was healed. It is important to do these things earnestly. Not to be for the sake of being healed but for the sake of growing in the knowledge and love of God out of love for Him. I am almost 17 and am glad to see all of these people recognizing their sin and realizing that God is the answer. I dealt with it for over three years. I hope my story might create a framework for someonelse going through the temptations of lust. Everyone's story is different. Run the race with endurance and hope in the salvation of the Lord through Christ stripping yourselves of whatsoever hinders you, glory to God. ☦️
My dad would read his "adult magazines" in the evenings and kept hundreds of them. They were very easily accessible and I accessed them - from the time that I was maybe 9 or 10 years old. Please understand that I don't intend to point a finger at my dad, here. I do, however, believe that taking that garbage into my mind and starting at such a young age defiled my brain and severely crippled me in how I have been able to view women and approach relationships for a lot of my life. I'm nearly 50 and have been divorced for over 15 years and I'm still battling to deprogram myself from that trash. I don't intend to give offense to anyone - I merely wanted to provide a real-life example of how damaging it can be
I started around the first grade too similar age to you similar circumstances also I pray for you and your strength in confession please pray for me also
Its amazing that you understand our struggles. Thank you father Spyridon, and please pray for us so that Lord will be merciful especially at the last day. Amen.
I’m a Roman Catholic and find Father Spyridon 10-15 minute nuggets of wisdom, to be inspiring, calming, and an endless resource of very valuable spiritual knowledge. Keep up the great work, Father! Most men have battled the sin of lust. It’s an awfully tough sin to overcome. Only prayer and the grace of God can overcome it.
And it's not even just about blatant pornographic content but pornography's effect on our culture, coloring every square inch of public life. Women wearing skin-tight revealing clothing to every public activity (from teens to middle-aged mothers), advertisements that use porn's aesthetics to push products on every age group. Deviant content housed inside "children's shows". I have been using the label of "porn world" to describe this moment of uncaged libido worship we all find ourselves in (at least in the West). Pornography's tendrils and enticements are everywhere I look, making it feel evermore pervasive and difficult to ignore.
I am 1 year 4 months without using pornography, the advice I have is to be completely obedient to Christ and to not give the devil a single inch by taking every thought captive, "we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ". Confess your sins to your priest or a friend, because sin thrives through shame, and shame causes us to hide from God. And fast and prayer, pray for deliverance and learn to hate your sin, as you begin to love Christ
@@prfzcat Anything that stirs up the passions, sugary foods, alcohol, drugs, instagram, the internet, anything that puts you in the mindset of being gratified. Giving these things up will help open up our eyes to God, and then transformation can happen, through prayer. Please make sure to say the Lord's prayer each and every morning, it is the first step away from the world, and puts us in God's court, as well as the Jesus prayer "Lord, Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner". Hopefully this is helpful, God bless you.
The biggest sin I struggle with. 10 years since I first discovered it now. 7 years since I tried to stop. It sounds ridiculous by now. And the bad effects arent only mentally by now. I can not allow myself to give in fully. As long as I fight against it there is hope. Lord I am weak, have mercy.
I understand your pain, brother, I exposed myself to it almost 20 years ago now, and only in the last few years have I been trying to excise the rot from my soul
@@ChickityChicken Yes brother I know. Also the open mocking of our faith in that industry is disgusting me. Wearing crosses during the degenerate acts, having tattoos of Bible verses or even direct church/clergy themes in the video and the "sinning" aspect highlighted. Sometimes these had me close down the sites in rage, because I was feeding into this in the end by watching. I do try to stop, but its a daily struggle. I wish I never tapped into this to begin with.
Hey Father Spyridon, starting tomorrow, I'll have been clean for 4 months. It really helped me to find my way back to God through you. Before, I knew it too, but I was drawn away by bad things. I read my Bible, I'm 16 years old, and proud of it. Please pray for me that I don't fall back into sin. Amen ❤️
When I was 6 years old I stumbled upon pornography on the internet and that attachment grew into a very strong demonic presence over 15 years. I fell even further under the influence of evil when I began heavily using cannabis around 15, and had real sexual relations far too many times, but 2 months ago I vowed to fight the battle against the demons through and every hour I face temptations. I'm 21 now. The damage I've done to my soul brings tears to my eyes, but everyday my love for God grows. God alone can give us the iron will and discipline we need to fight the battle
Same but I just am still struggling so much. I got baptized at 20 and am still fighting these demons daily. And I honestly just fall more than ever :( I hate it so much
This man dropping facts. Im turning 32 years old and ive been watching Porn regularly since 14 years old. Every night is a struggled. I'm 10 days clean from porn. Godspeed gents.
Much love to you Father Spyridon❤️ Young guy here with these problems, but I want to tell you that I promise that you are a very loved child and tool of God. After a spiritually dark period for me with this sin being repeated and me feeling hopeless and abandoned, I began repenting earlier today and I was in repentance and in the word, and right now before sleep, your video shows up❤️ I love you, you are my distance priest, I have not yet joined an Orthodox Church but you have welcomed me, God bless you ❤️
So interesting. I woke up this morning and a thought entered my mind- how many men of past generations would be able to resist when they had a virtual harem in their pocket at all times? To resist is purely a work of God's grace.
Herly, God bless you and I’m praying for you. Remember don’t fight lust in your own strength but ask the Holy Ghost to help you flee and overcome lust in Jesus name
Thank you Father Spryidon. As a young man, I have fought this battle my whole life. Although I am Catholic and not Orthodox, the wisdom that you put forth in your videos is priceless. God Bless you and Glory to Jesus Christ! ✝️☦️
I cannot be victorious if I do not fight. Learning that I can see temptation as God giving me a chance to do spiritual battle really changes my outlook on things, and gives me hope in my struggle against pornography. Thank you for this sermon Fr. Spyridon. God bless you!
It is easily the worst thing to ever happen in our world. It can cause extinction and set back for humanity and advancement. I am struggling with it and I feel your energy and it is inspiring
This is tough one that many of us young men have struggled with, myself included. As many of us burn with desire with no outlets. We as orthodox Christian’s along with the church must do a better job of pairing off our brethren. As our ancestors paired off their children with other orthodox folk in a timely manner. And not like today in the secular world of “dating.” I know it’s tough for those of us that live in a super minority orthodox country. However the church could do a better job at pairing off. One my former priests used to say it is a shame that young people don’t get married as much. So we must take action and use the modern tools that god has given us to network more. If more orthodox couples are together in holy matrimony this “corn” issue will fade away and not be so prominent among our brethren. God bless all of my orthodox brethren.
Its paradoxical to me that so many that suffer from this are also the product of broken homes. Perhaps what happens is that the loss of the marriage opens the child's eyes to the need for companionship, but not revealing that that hole they are trying to fill is actually there for god. Essentially divorce may be causing this problem.
I quit porn I quit alcohol I quit Xanax addiction and gambling addiction the last one I can’t seem to let go is weed and it kills me every time after I do it I feel like shit knowing I sinned and i immediately ask for forgiveness I’m weak I need to become stronger
Keep the good fight brother , you are fighting for your soul. Don’t let evil makes you think you can’t. Fast, pray, sacraments . Put your life and addictions on our Good Lord hands 🙌. I bless you
I'm 3 months and 17 days off the tree. I'm 35 and been smokin since I was 12. I had to go thru exactly 7 days of misery to finally kick the habit. Now I never felt more free. You can do it 💪🏾 💯 there is no joy without pain
Father Spyridon, listening to you brings so much hope and calm, while making obvious my open wounds and sins. Thank you for these videos. Wishing everyone a strong second half of great lent!
As a Catholic I find your video’s extremely helpful. Thank you for bringing me closer to Christ. This is something I’m working on, and pray to God I’ll find the strength to overcome this sin. Even though at times I feel hopeless. God bless, sending you prayers from Margate 🙏
A pastor said the other day “God is not about your comfort. He is about your character “ Exactly as you described who we must be as Christians and be about our character in God’s eyes. Amen Fr. Spyridon. 🙏🏻
Father it so hard to bring myself to watch you even thou i love you so much and your content's always touching and helpful to me, yet a part of me resist and try to avoid you and make me feel shame and unworthy of God. Pray for me brothers and sisters for i'm just a poor sinner. My name is Martin.
@@Gigi-ho2qk i did. I cofess my sins. The ones i struggle with the most at least but the response of the father didnt shed a light for me, it wasnt clear enough for me. This father said i should allow it, the sin, and try to understand what is the root cause. So i might as well keep on sinning for ages. So i felt forgiven but i still have no way out. This is why father Spyridon is so good to me cuz he has the right words for me although it hurts sometimes to hear the truth. Im catholic but i respect more our orthodox brothers i found them more close to God.
@@nit2266 yeah that would have made more sense to me... maybe i misunderstood him and got lost a bit right there. This problem with lust its probably the worst thing i've struggled with. Only when you want to stop you realize the depths of it.
Spiritually wise but uneducated in the world. This has been the most effective statement I've heard in the past two weeks. Thank you Father above, continue to bless pastor spyridon's ministry and continually fill him with the Holy Spirit. Shalom Shalom
father SPYRIDON you really love people and are so concerned tender hearted with younger generation. DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR LESSONS. MUCH SANTE AND BLESSINGS
Praise be to God for the message Father. This is a much needed topic of discussion, one where many of us men are falling victim. Sometimes I’m so annoyed and disgusted in my own cowardice to fight these urges… that I feel the literal necessity to pluck out my own eyes lest I should continue to engage in such evil.
Asking Lord Jesus to break the chains of our bondage to sin from a humble and honest place HE will exalt us. It's then up to us to ask for faith and strength in him to be led away from the temptations before us. They are indeed many. Thank you brother for this message!
It gets worse when your mind realizes that it is now bad for you and when your fall short you feel a very deep shame and negative energy upon you for days unless you hit the gym and read knowledge and suppress all negativity.
Father I have struggled deeply with internet pornography I keep asking the lord for time to finals quit it since I’m a teenager but with this advice I do feel more encouraged to fight spiritually cause I’ve noticed that I will end up giving my self up to lust and it has just about ruined me as a person and I really just need to get rid of it and this video has given me hope to change. Thank you father spyridon
Prayer: Lord Jesus give us spiritual wisdom and strength to fight the battle of lust. Purify our thoughts, heart and mind. Help us to be faithful, watchful and mindful of everything 🙌✝️🛐
Hello Father Spryridon, I am realy thankful for ur videos, they calm me down when I m really stressed and they strengthen my beliefs. I want to thank u so much for making these amazing Videos. God bless u Father Spyridon
