Why you should stop masturbating

I have had the privilege of counselling a number of people who have been caged by one spirit or another, one of which is masturbation. You would do well to reshare or repost this particular blog because many who struggle with it will never openly say so. It is one of those spirits that thrives in secrecy, and because it is seen as “shameful,” many people hide it until it becomes chronic. Personally, I would rather someone opens up before it gets worse, because even the counselling process is not the easiest in such situations. I pray that today we receive the understanding needed to truly set us free.

When your body reaches puberty, we all know that many things begin to change, including your hormones. Your body changes, you begin to feel differently, and you start growing into adulthood. One of the things that often comes with this stage is sexual maturity, for lack of a better word. If you look closely, many people started masturbating during their teenage years and simply continued into adulthood. That is many years of slowly building iron bars around themselves until it eventually becomes a cage.

No addiction starts off as an addiction. It begins gradually and subtly; you hardly notice it until it becomes a daily occurrence. And guess what? That is exactly what the devil wants. He wants you to discover it late, because by then, coming out of it often takes warfare. We do not like these kinds of conversations because we are often adamant about hiding and pretending.

A child eats sugar and keeps hiding it, wiping their mouth so nobody notices, until one day their stomach gets fed up with all that sugar and they end up having the worst experience in the toilet. That child is many people. You are battling to come out of something, and you have already done all you know to do. Let me help you a little.

Many believers argue about whether this is a sin or not. “It’s not written in the Bible!” because often we look for whatever justifies or satisfies the flesh. I have seen posts claiming that it is “good” for you, and even ministers saying that as long as it is not the “real” sexual experience, it does not count. But I want to ask you something, what do YOU think? What is your honest take on this issue?

I will tell you what I know. The Bible speaks about everything, including masturbation, when it addresses sexual impurity and immorality. If sex was created for two married people, how then does one young man or woman end up having it alone? Are they really alone. Do spiritual principles change that easily? How is it that even elderly men and women still struggle to stop? In purity there is no constant battle to be free because freedom is already there. It is only in darkness that souls struggle to find light. Long story short, masturbation is a sin against your own body. Maybe let us read scripture.

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.”

1 Corinthians 6:19 NIV

“Do you not know? Are you not aware?” God is breaking the ignorance we may have by saying, “Listen, you should know this.” That body you call “yours” is actually no longer yours. It belonged to you before you came to Christ, but ownership changed when you gave your life to Him. This means the world cannot teach us how to use our bodies because they use their own bodies, but we do not. We no longer have authority to do whatever we want with these bodies because they are no longer just bodies; they are temples.

Think about your church building for a moment. Imagine people having sexual relations there, opening bottles of vodka, smoking, or doing whatever they please inside the church. Does it look right? No. Why? Because temples are sacred. That is exactly what your body is before God. So when Scripture says, “you are not your own,” it means your body now belongs to Him.

If someone took my leftover food without permission, I would be annoyed because they took what did not belong to them. Don’t try that one. In the same way, many people take and use what no longer belongs to them, while the world and even science say, “Explore your body before marriage.” Those words have affected a generation that could have been on fire for God.

Why should you stop masturbating? First things first, that body is no longer yours. That body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, not a playground for demons. I am going to explain this further, even using a story told by a man I know will help many people understand. You need to be free. You need to stop. And yes, it is possible.

Today I came to give you a newsflash, or rather a reminder, you cannot do whatever you want with something that does not belong to you. “My body, my choice” is the language of the world and the unsaved, not the believer. You are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Let’s continue tomorrow.

If you read my blogs but have never met this  Wonderful Jesus that I’m always writing about,  you’d love to get to know Him, Or you know The Lord but have found yourself drifting far from Him, I would love to talk with you. Please send me an email  on yieldedcwcenter@gmail.com or simply comment, and I will reach out to you