{"id":91991,"date":"2025-11-08T15:42:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T21:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=91991"},"modified":"2025-12-06T16:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:43:51","slug":"daily-verses-for-overcoming-lust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/daily-verses-for-overcoming-lust\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Verses for Overcoming Lust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

by Jeffrey W. Hamilton<\/p>\n

A young man was struggling with pornography and called me to discuss how to deal with it. He mentioned that he did better when he was a part of a program that had him read a daily passage and discuss how it applied to his problem. The problem was that a denomination ran it, and they were clearly using Scriptures out of context. He got tired of it and quit. However, I thought the basic idea was sound, so we started having daily call-ins where we would discuss the previous day’s passage and question, and then I would give him the next passage and question. Most of the call-ins lasted between five and ten minutes, although a few triggered longer discussions. Each day, I would ask him if he could “survive” without looking at porn for one more day. No impossibly long commitment. Just an honest attempt to make it one more day.<\/p>\n

I hope the list gives you a way to help others. There is no particular order to the verses or questions.<\/p>\n

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  1. Psalms 119:67, 71, 75 – How do these verses apply to your situation?<\/li>\n
  2. Hebrews 3:13 – List ways lust and pornography deceive you.<\/li>\n
  3. I Corinthians 9:25-29 – How can you better exercise self-control?<\/li>\n
  4. Matthew 5:27-28 – What is the difference between acknowledging someone is pretty or handsome and looking with lust? How can you avoid looking with lust?<\/li>\n
  5. Proverbs 24:16 – How should you respond to failing?<\/li>\n
  6. II Peter 3:1 – Why are reminders needed?<\/li>\n
  7. I Timothy 6:12 – Why is being a Christian like a fight?<\/li>\n
  8. I John 1:9 – How do you deal with failures?<\/li>\n
  9. Philippians 3:13 – When should you consider that you have succeeded?<\/li>\n
  10. II Timothy 2:5 – What excuses have you given yourself for not following God’s commands?<\/li>\n
  11. Luke 9:62 – What is the danger of longing for what we have left behind?<\/li>\n
  12. Philippians 4:11-13 – How does pornography show a lack of contentment?<\/li>\n
  13. James 1:13-16 – List the progress of sin from start to finish? At what point can we first do battle against sin?<\/li>\n
  14. Proverbs 5:15-23 – Explain this passage in detail.<\/li>\n
  15. Philippians 3:18-19 – What is meant by “their god is their belly”? How would this apply to pornography?<\/li>\n
  16. Hebrews 13:4 – What is meant by the “bed is undefiled”? Is it right to enjoy watching other people sin?<\/li>\n
  17. Mark 7:18-23 – Why is it important to stay away from lust and pornography?<\/li>\n
  18. Romans 1:24 – How did the Greek society decay?<\/li>\n
  19. Philippians 4:8 – Which of these qualities does pornography fail to represent?<\/li>\n
  20. Proverbs 9:17 – Why are people secretive about their pornography viewing?<\/li>\n
  21. I Timothy 4:1-2 – What happens, over time, when you repeatedly sin?<\/li>\n
  22. Romans 14:7-8 – Who does a Christian live for?<\/li>\n
  23. Galatians 5:24-25 – How do you choose what to do?<\/li>\n
  24. Proverbs 4:14-17 – Most sins start by getting close but not giving in. Why doesn’t this work?<\/li>\n
  25. Ephesians 2:3 – What happens when you indulge the flesh and mind?<\/li>\n
  26. Colossians 3:5 – Define each term. Why do these things amount to idolatry?<\/li>\n
  27. I Thessalonians 4:3-5 – Describe why lust is to be avoided.<\/li>\n
  28. Matthew 6:22-23 – What happens when you focus on good or evil?<\/li>\n
  29. I Corinthians 10:13 – What three ways does God help us in our struggles against sin?<\/li>\n
  30. I John 3:9-10 – What shows the difference between a child of God and a child of Satan? Does this mean a Christian never sins?<\/li>\n
  31. Ecclesiastes 7:16-18 – How can a person be overly wicked? How can he be overly righteous? What is the danger of being overly righteous or overly wicked?<\/li>\n
  32. II Corinthians 7:10-11 – What does godly sorrow produce? Define the terms given in verse 11.<\/li>\n
  33. I Timothy 1:12-16 – How did Paul deal with his past sins?<\/li>\n
  34. James 5:16 – How does talking to someone about your struggles with lust help?<\/li>\n
  35. Galatians 5:19-21 – Why are deeds of the flesh evident? What is the difference between immorality (fornication), impurity (uncleanness), and sensuality (lewdness)?<\/li>\n
  36. Proverbs 4:20-27 – Why is it important to guard your heart?<\/li>\n
  37. Galatians 5:22-23 – How vital is self-control? Why is there no law against it?<\/li>\n
  38. Galatians 6:7-8 – If a farmer plants a seed, does he get one seed back at harvest? What do you get back from sowing to your flesh?<\/li>\n
  39. I Peter 4:1-4 – Why do worldly people think it strange that you don’t join them in various lusts?<\/li>\n
  40. II Samuel 11:1-5 – What mistakes did David make that resulted in Bathsheba getting pregnant? What mistakes did Bathsheba make?<\/li>\n
  41. Proverbs 2:10-19 – What is the seductress’s primary weapon? What protects you from it?<\/li>\n
  42. I John 2:15-17 – What are the three ways Satan can tempt us? Give examples of each.<\/li>\n
  43. Job 31:9-11 – What would be the lustful crime that Job referred to?<\/li>\n
  44. Romans 6:12 – How is sin able to reign in your body?<\/li>\n
  45. Proverbs 5:1-6 – Why does Solomon emphasize the end result of giving in to a seductress?<\/li>\n
  46. Romans 13:12-14 – How do you not provide for the lusts of your flesh?<\/li>\n
  47. Proverbs 6:20-35 – Explain this passage in detail.<\/li>\n
  48. Ephesians 4:22 – How do lusts deceive?<\/li>\n
  49. Proverbs 7:1-27 – What mistakes did the young man in Solomon’s story make?<\/li>\n
  50. II Timothy 2:22 – What should be pursued instead of youthful lusts? Why are lusts associated with youth?<\/li>\n
  51. Proverbs 9:13-18 – Why is the woman of folly loud and pretends to be naive?<\/li>\n
  52. Titus 3:3 – How can lusts and pleasures enslave a person?<\/li>\n
  53. I Peter 2:11 – What do lust wage war against? How can lust wage war?<\/li>\n
  54. I Peter 1:14 – What does ignorance have to do with lusts?<\/li>\n
  55. II Peter 1:4 – How can you escape the corruption of lust?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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