Prayer to Overcome Masturbation, Pornography, Gambling, Drinking, Smoking, Profanity, and other Compulsions

Father, 

Your grace is always sufficient. 

There is always a way 

out of every temptation, 

and You will never let me 

be tested beyond my strength. 

But sometimes I want 

the pleasure of slavery 

more than the victory of freedom. 

Let not the lustful cravings 

of the flesh master me, 

surrender me not to shameless desires. 

May I want to stop sinning. 

In JESUS name, I pray.

Amen.

Ephesians 5:6-14

6 Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him. 7 Don’t participate in the things these people do. 8 For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! 9 For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.

10 Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. 11 Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them. 12 It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. 13 But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them, 14 for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said,

“Awake, O sleeper,

rise up from the dead,

and Christ will give you light.”