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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.
"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
@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 ....
So we must be filled with the holy spirt that’s brings love, joy compassion, self control , peace and humility and “love covers a multitude of sins “- 1 Peter 4:8
@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
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
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.
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.
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.
@@gregoven1544 For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. (1 Corin 4:15) the first 1500 years of the church disagrees with the way you interpret that verse. have you not read the church “fathers”?
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
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.
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.
Not just those but the million sexual euphemisms in modern language. Sexual reference is literally everywhere because we live in a sexually obsessed society.
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.
@@LaGuaridadeChaz According to tradition our churches are so close together we can even share in communion despite being baptized in a different church.
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
@@zbyszek_pitorowski 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.
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.
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
Society had me entrapped in it by around the same age... maybe 11 or 12 years old at the latest. I'm currently 24 and my life is now utterly in thrall to it. But I know that there's hope on the other side, on the rare days when I can resist succumbing to it and fight the pain of my body nagging at me to stop resisting its urges, there's a spiritual thrill in knowing that I'm resisting. God continue to give us all strength to resist these demons.
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.
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.
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
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 ❤️
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 ❤️
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!
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.
Yes sir. There is no sin common to man that cannot be overcome. Impossible though it may seem, we CAN do it. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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 Spyridon that was a beautifully spoken message. We are so alienated from a Christian Reality. We cant even comprehend the right Christian Life. Ive been reading St Ignatius Brianchaninov. That was exactly what I needed to hear. It is amazing just how deceived,and deluded the World is today. It Brainwashes everyone. Im learning to see this in myself. Ive always understood this,but not to this extent. These are the kinds of Videos I love Father Spyridon. I will watch this again. Thank you Father Spyridon.
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
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
Father Spyridon pray for me. I am struggling with porn addiction. My heart is divided between following the path of Christ and my addiction. The battle is hard but I am going to ask for professional help. I really want to overcome this addiction, yet.... my heart is stubborn.
Lust has many fathers -- food, money, material possessions, political influence, etc. But while Satan uses all these to destroy us (gluttony, greed, ambition), sexual lust is on a completely different plane. We're sexual creatures, and without a moral outlet (marriage) we're subject to lust. What a playground for Satan and the demons! The ubiquity of online pornography and its use is truly a soul-destroying sin, but it can be overcome through constant appeal for the help of the Holy Spirit. Great video!
A Muslim student of mine and I had a great talk yesterday after class, she inspired me to try more to stop sinning and focus on God. Pray for her brethren and sisters, Rukaia is her name and truely she is an angel send by God!
I failed my battle recently brothers. I am sorry God and I am sorry my brothers. I am ashamed of myself. I was weak and forgot God in my weakness. Please pray for me that my heart would be transformed through Christ’s love and mercy.
I have battled with this despicable addiction since 13 years old, I am 43 now. I do watch it here and there but I have gone 4 months now without releasing. The lord is strengthening me slowly and surely. Eventually I will be done with this addiction. Stay strong my friends and cry out to the lord to remove this from you.
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.
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!
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
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.
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!
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 🙌✝️🛐
Teenage years are struggles for me, expecially through high school. I simply cut it out of my life and worked on myself and my relationship with god. No more temptaions
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
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.
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.
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 finally found someone who could explain this concept with (simultaneously) wisdom and common sense! It feels so refreshing after hearing all that politics bullcrap around nowadays. And the video was added only 6 days ago as well! Cheers!
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Father please pray for us. I have been struggling with this for so long
Pray for me plz
Looking to read The UFO Deception.
I enjoyed your book UFO Deception
Quitting porn won't solve all your problems, but you won't solve all your problems without quitting porn.
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.
Wow that’s a great quote
It’s one of the many manifestations of the church moving farther and farther from God.
Find God and try to live like Him
said nothing with this sentence.
With pornography being so easily accessible I can't help but imagine that our generation has to fight off sin more than any other in history.
This is so true
Just imagine the children who will be growing up over the next 10 or 20 years.
@@IronJmo When you have children, keep them away from technology, you'll be doing them a favour.
Definitely. Lord have mercy
"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
6 months porm free yesterday i was tempted the most and this banger dropped, coincidence?
Keep fighting
Dont count the days, begin everyday like its your first. Stay strong in prayer and thank God for his grace thats kept you clean, glory be to God ❤
as a former pastor of mine used to say Jesusincidence
@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 ....
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner
*us, sinners
@@KillYour_TV
“me” then its personal 🙏
Your Lord Christ will not be found in TH-cam comments.
@@jessethorns121 By reading the comment you say the Jesus Prayer once more !
Your Lord is always with you He has heard you!
Lust, greed, anger, ego, ignorance poisons the spirit.
amen
Wrong, they exist, so they also heal the spirit. 😊
@@jrodriguezpiano?
@@jrodriguezpianoYou are living in sin my friend
So we must be filled with the holy spirt that’s brings love, joy compassion, self control , peace and humility and “love covers a multitude of sins “- 1 Peter 4:8
I love that the majority of people here are young people like me ,love to see that in all that madness we are coming back to the Lord.
It is worldwide pattern, many young men are seeking Orthodoxy. Secular materialism has shown itself to be incapable of answering our deepest needs.
God is good!
@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
God save the west!🙏🏼
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
Well said.
My sentiments expressed more eloquently than I could do myself.
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
One of my worst thorns. Really hard to fight against, a true addiction, no more less than other drugs. A CURSE.
Pray for me.
May God grant you victory in this battle
@@lawrencestoke Amen.
Remember about this message. Keep going.
Don't quit porn. Replace it with exercise. You'll get dopamine and the urge will decrease. I did it, you can do it too. Be strong!
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...
Absolutely! God can present any where. He is all being , all knowing and will use people to congregate in the name of Jesus Christ
Amen!
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.
What Satan intends for evil God uses for good. Book of Daniel
As with porn is a few taps away on my phone, so is Gods teaching 🙏🏻
It is free because we pay with our souls
😮🤯
We separate ourselves from the father.
Damn bro.
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.
Then minus well let prostitution be accessible too.
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.
I hope you remain strong 💪🏻
Only call one person farther…….
@@gregoven1544 For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. (1 Corin 4:15)
the first 1500 years of the church disagrees with the way you interpret that verse. have you not read the church “fathers”?
@@douglasrho5619 thank you bro i wrote this two months ago and i am still sober thank God
Thank you for sharing your story and inspiring others to return to Jesus. I hope to inspire others like you have inspired me. God Bless you
This is like the number one thing i have been strugling my whole life
Pray without ceasing
❤ we must flee from our corrupt will
Search for the Easy Peasy Method PDF or Audiobook on TH-cam, it has been an answer to my prayers
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
Me too. You're not alone.
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.
It becomes easier to abstain as you get older I've found.
Yeah it's called getting older. Your hormones stabilize and you're not as eager anymore.
Try until almost 50. I really need to stop this bs. Pray for me
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.
Great job !! 👏👏👏. keep up the excellent work
Keep going 🫡🙏
to anyone strugging out there I pray things get better! take it one day at a time one prayer at a time!
This homily is just what I need at the moment. God has sent this man.
@@damien81981 Why would that ruin it?
@@damien81981 its not
Sometimes, the worst form of this lewdness is found in movies, videogames, social media, and even Japanese cartoons. Carnal culture is everywhere.
Not just those but the million sexual euphemisms in modern language. Sexual reference is literally everywhere because we live in a sexually obsessed society.
Guard your heart.
Retreat from the fallen world
@@JohnnyWalkerBlack142 "American Ubermensch"? Sounds genocidal...
@@MiguelDLewis Huh?
"Pornography is the devils iconography"
- Father Seraphim Rose
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.
me too!
i'm also a Catholic.
i like Fr. Spyridon thought..videos.
I am also Catholic and I admire father Spyridon very much.
I'm also Catholic and his words ring so true to me. At the end of the day, Orthodox and Catholics have more in common than differences.
@@LaGuaridadeChaz According to tradition our churches are so close together we can even share in communion despite being baptized in a different church.
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
Porn in general is really boring.
@@zbyszek_pitorowski 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.
Thank you and please intercede for those of us struggling
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.
Those women are also part of that evil and lust they are no victims they love what they do.
@@billycunningham4076 At the cost of their souls.
Those who consume it are making victims of themselves. It’s a choice. Be strong.
we must ask, who runs the porn business? there’s a very prominent ethnic presence which cannot be denied….
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
@@Ryuzaki14YTThank you. I will - I will pray that we are able to always look at everyone as God's children. ☦
Hang in there man. One day at a time. 'Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is unknown. Today we can choose to follow Him'.
Wow... it's just so crazy and sad how early and young we start falling into lust. 14:08
Society had me entrapped in it by around the same age... maybe 11 or 12 years old at the latest. I'm currently 24 and my life is now utterly in thrall to it. But I know that there's hope on the other side, on the rare days when I can resist succumbing to it and fight the pain of my body nagging at me to stop resisting its urges, there's a spiritual thrill in knowing that I'm resisting. God continue to give us all strength to resist these demons.
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.
@@WynnDavis Become Orthodox ☦
@@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.
@@nousquestthe only reason people go to Hell is because they choose to live their life’s seperate from God.
Give the praise to Jesus Christ, not Father Spyridon. Is he a great example for us? Yes. But who came before him?
Hello my father was recently diagnosed with lung cancer please remember him in your prayers his name is Elie. Thank you bless you all❤
Just prayed for him ❤
@@adjustedbrass7551 Godbless you❤️
Father please say a prayer for my brother John who will be starting chemo treatments. Thank you and may you have a blessed Pascha
I am praying for John. God remains good.
OUR LADY OF GOOD HEALTH
The Blessed Virgin Mary
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.
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
Geez…
Are you me? Lol, we will over come.
We are extremely similar in our battles my friend. God bless you.
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
Your not alone. I’m 33, same situation. I love you brother, may Christ bless you. 🙏 keep fighting.
I was literally about to close TH-cam and open up an incognito tab, but then this video popped up.
Thanks.
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 ❤️
This was uploaded on my birthday. Thanks for this great gift of wisdom to fight my sins.
Praise God! God blss u brother!
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 ❤️
Stay strong young warrior. May God be with you always.
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! ✝️☦️
Greetings from a sister in Brazil ❤😢 we mist obey and love our God.
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!
Pray for me please fellow Christians🙏
Lord Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on us sinners
I am Protestant and I love your messages! The short-form nuggets of wisdom are really great and do me some tremendous good. Thank you!
No orthodox church nearby your area ?
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.
very true
Yes sir. There is no sin common to man that cannot be overcome. Impossible though it may seem, we CAN do it. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Thank you Father.
Love the way the sunlight moves aross the tree behind you.
He's a human... Not a god. He's a false prophet
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. 🙏🏻
Thank you Fr. Spyridon. I watch all of these videos but I keep falling into the same sin. Thank you for not giving up on us.
Try and try again, God will give you the strenght and grace. Avoid it, and humbly surrender to God ❤️
Father Spyridon that was a beautifully spoken message. We are so alienated from a Christian Reality. We cant even comprehend the right Christian Life. Ive been reading St Ignatius Brianchaninov. That was exactly what I needed to hear. It is amazing just how deceived,and deluded the World is today. It Brainwashes everyone. Im learning to see this in myself. Ive always understood this,but not to this extent. These are the kinds of Videos I love Father Spyridon. I will watch this again. Thank you Father Spyridon.
This is a terrible plague that i struggle with, Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on me a sinner
Lord Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on us sinners
Thank you Fr. Spyridon; glory be to God in all things.
This upload is gods timing, Thank you Father 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
I love how you make a lot of these videos in nature, it just gives such a good, natural and peaceful feeling that I cannot describe
It is more than evident in todays world. At no point do I ever think that hedonistic pleasures were this common and as accessible today.
Please pray for me fellow brothers and sisters of Christ, pornography/lust is something that I constantly struggle with. God bless.
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 !! In the evening when I am tempted most I pray and listen to audio bible and your channel !
I stopped indulging in porn when I finally acknowledged that I was promoting ungodliness in others, specifically, the actors and actresses.
Father Spyridon pray for me. I am struggling with porn addiction. My heart is divided between following the path of Christ and my addiction. The battle is hard but I am going to ask for professional help. I really want to overcome this addiction, yet.... my heart is stubborn.
Lust has many fathers -- food, money, material possessions, political influence, etc. But while Satan uses all these to destroy us (gluttony, greed, ambition), sexual lust is on a completely different plane. We're sexual creatures, and without a moral outlet (marriage) we're subject to lust. What a playground for Satan and the demons! The ubiquity of online pornography and its use is truly a soul-destroying sin, but it can be overcome through constant appeal for the help of the Holy Spirit. Great video!
Soul mates are a thing and I have seen romances that could kill the partner from sex. So don’t bother.
Thank you for another thoughtful talk, Fr. Spyridon. I hope you are feeling better and healing quickly. God bless you🕊
Please pray for me. Alex from California
Lord Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on us sinners
Your words penetrate the soul. I thank God for you and for leading me to your channel.
A Muslim student of mine and I had a great talk yesterday after class, she inspired me to try more to stop sinning and focus on God. Pray for her brethren and sisters, Rukaia is her name and truely she is an angel send by God!
could you elaborate on this professor? what do you teach?
You are so very understanding &I truly cant put into words the peace true compassion you instill God Bless you Fr Spyridon
My father, thank you for this and all of your videos. God Almighty bless you.
I failed my battle recently brothers. I am sorry God and I am sorry my brothers. I am ashamed of myself. I was weak and forgot God in my weakness. Please pray for me that my heart would be transformed through Christ’s love and mercy.
Keep fighting soldier one day after the other
Pray for me brothers
Lord Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on us sinners
I have battled with this despicable addiction since 13 years old, I am 43 now. I do watch it here and there but I have gone 4 months now without releasing. The lord is strengthening me slowly and surely. Eventually I will be done with this addiction. Stay strong my friends and cry out to the lord to remove this from you.
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.
These youtube videos help immensly. Amazing times we live in 🙏🏻
I needed to hear this, Lord please be by my side while I defeat this satanic evil.
At this moment in my life this was the message I needed. Thanks.
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!
Thank you Fr Spyridon , you're saving many lives .
Best teacher of Christianity ever 😊 at least, in my life 😊 great man.
God bless you for the word of salvation. Proud to know we have such western priests in the UK teaching TRUE GOSPEL
❤️🙏☦️ GOD GIVE US STRENGTH IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST EVIL ☦️🙏🕊️
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
it is not just young men there are middle aged and older who have struggled for decades
Thanks Father Spyridon for this session. Glory to God
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.
The clothes of the women are far more powerful than their bodies.
Thank you father for this teaching...I am not orthodox but catholic but I love your teaching...it is the truth ...God bless you abundantly
We must continue to fight even if we fall for there is always a battle to be fought. God bless you all in Jesus name amen.
I’ve been really struggling with sin recently and your videos help a lot so thank you so much for making these, God bless you ☦️
Thank you Fr Spyridon
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!
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 🙌✝️🛐
You and Bishop Mar Mari have changed my life, I must thank you. God bless you.
Thank you father spyridon
God bless you
I love his gentle loving speech ❤ Thank you Father Spyridon
Please pray for me. I've, like many others, been suffering a lot from this sin. God bless you all.
Teenage years are struggles for me, expecially through high school. I simply cut it out of my life and worked on myself and my relationship with god. No more temptaions
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
father SPYRIDON you really love people and are so concerned tender hearted with younger generation. DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR LESSONS. MUCH SANTE AND BLESSINGS
Right on time. You really have understanding. Keep the videos up❤
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.
Truly need this 🙏
Thank you, Father. This is timely and meaningful! Blessed final week of the fast!
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.
@@carolusrex91I think he meant to understand the triggers of the sin to eradicate them
@@carolusrex91i have a vid thay might help you
@@carolusrex91th-cam.com/video/JzwhJYnl_ro/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CfKlniStGsDIEdzB
@@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.
Amen! You are so good at sharing the word of God! I pray that it reaches other young people who are struggling with it like it did for me
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.
Father thank you for your wise wisdom I am currently on the struggle to quit this sin and live a more simple life
Im fighting right now father, its tormenting and agonizing.
I finally found someone who could explain this concept with (simultaneously) wisdom and common sense!
It feels so refreshing after hearing all that politics bullcrap around nowadays.
And the video was added only 6 days ago as well!
Cheers!
We cannot have wisdom without challenges