I want to share a testimony with you all. When I was about the ages of 3-6 years old (somewhere in between there), I was first introduced to inappropriate things. From about the ages of 7-10, I don't think I really watched those inappropriate things. But from the ages of 11-13, those things started to get more serious. I would watch more inappropriate things, sometimes even multiple times a day. I probably knew it was wrong as I got older, but I would still do it. I would ask God for forgiveness before I watched them and after.
When I was 14, I decided not to watch those inappropriate things, and I was freed, but only for about 5 months. I got a thought in class to watch it again. And when I was home, I watched them again. So the cycle started again, and more serious than before. Sometimes I would not watch those things for a few weeks, then I would fall again.Then, one day during summer break, I had an encounter with the Holy Spirit, and I decided to commit myself to Jesus from then. But I still struggled with those inappropriate things. It got even worse. I would tell God when I fell and to forgive me. So it continued on and on for some months.
Then, one day, I told God in prayer to take away these inappropriate things that I watched. After time, I noticed that temptation began to be easier to overcome. But one day, I was again tempted to watch those things again. I was thinking of doing it, but then a thought came into my head that told me, "Do you want to be a slave to that again?". This happened a few times, I think. But it wasn't until months later that I realized that there is a verse in the Bible that says, "Don't you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey?" (That's only half of the verse). The verse is Romans 6:16 in the NLT version. I believe it was the Holy Spirit who who told me that verse, but in different words. So, over time, temptation felt dead and I had no more urges to watch those inappropriate things. The last time I watched those inappropriate things was in September 2024 and it is now September 2025, which means I'm one year free by the power of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
So remember, brothers and sisters, that you can bring anything to God in faith and you can be fully confident that He hears you because having faith is the way you let Him work in your life.