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For Protection from Pornography

Loving Father,
Sex is your special gift to husbands and wives. It not only serves the purpose of procreation, but also provides spouses with a unique and pleasurable way to deepen their connection with one another. Sex is a good and beautiful thing, because you created it to be so.

Nevertheless, through the sin of pornography, our fallen world has cheapened and trashed this blessing. While the world increasingly normalizes pornography as a harmless option for anyone and everyone, it continues to drive sex-trafficking, devastate marriages, and devalue women. It is an intense temptation which technology has made so easily accessible to boys and men of every age. Guard their hearts from this dangerous sin. Protect teenagers adjusting to changing hormones, isolated and lonely men, husbands who are away from their wives for lengthy periods, and all others who are especially susceptible to the allure of pornography. Through a steady diet of your gospel, give them a spirit of strength and discipline, and the desire to stand strong and struggle against this temptation. Provide them also with caring Christian brothers to stand with them in their battle. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Those Battling Sexual Addiction

Victorious Savior,
Send your Spirit and strength to those battling sexual addiction. It is not a battle that can be successfully won alone. Sin of any kind is so devastating, not only because even one sin breaks the whole law and is deserving of eternal death, but also because it refuses to be content just to be something dabbled in or as an occasional passing interest. Sin wants to take over and be in control, so when sexual sins are committed, they are no different. 

Lead those with sexual addictions to acknowledge that they are no longer in control, for as long as they believe the lie that they are in control, sin will keep mastering them. When outside help, guidance, and support are brought into the battle, the tide can begin to turn. Let your grace and forgiveness completely wash over the shame and guilt of stricken consciences and contrite hearts. Open the eyes of their hearts to see that sex will never provide the fulfillment or satisfaction that only you can. Redirect their thoughts and passions away from the empty lies of sexual immorality and toward the truth of your Word and promises. Free them from slavery to their addiction, and instead let them find genuine joy and delight in being slaves to righteousness.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Bless Marriages With Your Gift of Sex

God of Marriage,
Sex is your gift that you established as a blessing to be enjoyed between a husband and wife. You call both single and married people to battle against sexual temptation and to abstain from engaging in sex outside of marriage. But your gift of sex can also be abused within marriage whenever it is neglected or avoided by one spouse without mutual consent. When your gift of sex is weaponized or leveraged by one spouse against the other, it can cause tremendous damage. When spouses forget or refuse to acknowledge that in marriage, their bodies are not their own, but belong to each other, sex mutates from a loving act of service to a self-centered, self-serving, mess.

For those marriage relationships that have legitimate challenges that hinder or prevent sexual intimacy, I pray for you to patiently guide those spouses as they work through those issues. Help all people – married and single – to honor marriage and sex by keeping the marriage bed pure. Richly bless married couples with healthy and happy sex lives. Through them, provide a sanctified and refreshingly positive view of sex in a world that has spoiled it so much.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Fight Sexual Temptation

God of Grace,
When we diminish your designed purposes for sex, it shouldn’t surprise us that our twisted perspective ends up turning your gift into a temptation. I am not only susceptible to the snare of sex, but am also guilty of sinning against myself and others in my misuse and abuse of it. I am left with nowhere to turn but to your cross for forgiveness. Assure me that there alone do I find gracious cleansing for all sin – including every sexual sin I’ve ever committed. 

Then, having been renewed and restored, equip me with the spirit necessary to fight the battle against sexual temptation. Guard my heart from being drawn into any situation that would allow a spark of temptation to flare up into a raging fire. Help me have the self-awareness to recognize when and where this particular temptation is tailored to my own unique weaknesses, and the discernment and discipline to avoid those scenarios. If I consistently fail to put up a fight on my own against this temptation, give me the courage to seek help from others who genuinely want to support me in these struggles. Do not let me allow my failures to suffocate me in this area. My sins do not define me or change my identify in you, therefore build me up with more of your grace and create in me the desire to live a pure and holy life for you.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Properly View Your Gift of Sex

God of Love,
Sex is all around me, everywhere, all the time, and with it, the temptation to treat it like any other pleasure that is up for grabs whenever it is desired. But you didn’t create it to be treated like some recreational activity available for anyone to engage in at any time, according to their own personal preferences or standards. Rather, you intended for it to be a uniquely special experience exclusively between a husband and wife, safeguarded within the bond of marriage. Although I live in a society that doesn’t see it that way, help me to honor it in accordance with your plans for it. 

Although sex is itself physical, keep clear for me its spiritual connection so that I am able to tap into your Spirit’s strength to battle my thoughts and urges. And, while the abuse of your gift of sex will always cause damage and harm to hearts and lives, let grace and your gospel be for me the driving force behind my desire to honor it. I don’t live under the fear and slavery of the law, but in freedom that longs to walk in your ways. Guide me to love you by treasuring your precious gift of sex in the way that you intend. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Control My Desires

Lord God,
We live in a sex-saturated society. Modesty is passé. Morality is subjective. Sexual freedom is celebrated. As Martin Luther has been quoted, you cannot keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair. Guide me to tread cautiously in such a sexual society as I navigate my way. Help me to control my desires. Keep my eyes from being enticed. Close my ears to whatever would be disgraceful to your gift of sex or degrading to the opposite sex. Protect my heart from lust. Lead me to live an honorable, holy life, and to stand out as an ambassador of your good blessings of marriage and sex. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Keep My Lust in Check

Might God,
While the world neither holds to nor respects the sacred union between your gifts of marriage and sex, I want to uphold that union. Although promiscuity, immorality, and adultery are normalized and portrayed as harmless, the physical, emotional, and spiritual damage that results from them is undeniable. Everywhere I look, sex sells, and everywhere I look, Satan is selling sex as nothing more than the gratification and fulfillment of a basic need. 

Turn my eyes away from extended stares and second looks. Give me the discipline to scroll past what catches my eyes for the wrong reason. Help me honor your gifts of sex and marriage by skipping through the inappropriate scenes in movies and shows, or avoiding them in the first place. Keep me away from course joking that degrades women and diminishes your precious gift of sex. Guard my heart and keep lust from it. When it does spark to life, quickly extinguish any and all flames of lust, so that my thoughts and desires do not prompt immoral behavior. Surround me with like-minded men who don’t shy away from accountability in this area, who are also quick to support and defend each other through sexual struggles. Hold me close to you, so that I honor you in how I respectfully handle your gift of sex properly.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Rightly Use the Internet

Dear Lord,
The internet opens doors to more blessings than I could ever imagine. Through it I can benefit from the copious research carried out by others and grow in knowledge and understanding. The internet provides up-to-date news from virtually anywhere in the world so that I can always know what’s going on. I can easily communicate with close friends as well as those I may never meet in person. The internet can provide so much good on a daily basis.

But the internet is also a gateway to temptation and sin. Even relatively harmless content can still do more harm than good when I get drawn into endless loops of mindless clicks, leading me to avoid my responsibilities and obligations. There are also sites that not only provide sinful content, but promote it. Whether deliberately or accidentally, guard me from any pages where sex or violence are glorified. When sin is celebrated or normalized, give me the discipline to steer clear. Guard my eyes to help guard my heart, so that I use the internet in ways that reflect who I am: yours.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Honor Your Gifts of Marriage and Sex

Holy Father,
The Ten Commandments are intended to be a blessing, not a burden. When we rearrange or discard your commands according to our own wishes, we shouldn’t be surprised when things begin to unravel. Sadly, we see this damage play out in homes and families as a result of tearing apart your gifts of marriage and sex. Your intent was for these two blessings always – and only – to be enjoyed together. So much collateral damage has been caused by our insistence on treating these gifts separately and according to our own selfish views.

Forgive me for my role in contributing to the diminishing views of marriage and sex. Where I have objectified and lusted after women and glorified sex, I have been a part of the problem. Help me to speak well of marriage and hold it in high regard. When I see husbands and wives struggling or the topic of divorce becoming a part of the conversation, lead me to pray for those marriages. Compel all married couples to pursue you along with each other, and grant those who are single a spirit of contentment with their station in life, opening their eyes to the unique blessings you have for them. Guard all of our hearts from sexual temptation, and restore this precious gift to its rightful place within marriage.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Your Gifts of Marriage and Sex

Dear Savior,
The world has taken your gifts of marriage and sex, separated the two from each other, and the results have been disastrous. Marriage has been stripped of so many of its blessings as it is viewed as an out-dated, optional arrangement. Sex is treated as simply another self-serving pleasure to be pursued at will. Without the commitment, the faithfulness, and the spouse-first humble service of marriage, families and individuals have been deeply hurt, broken, and trampled on by the misuse and abuse of relationships and sex.

I pray that you help me to address the issue and lead by example. Help me to speak highly and respectfully of your gifts of marriage and sex, and of women in general. Guard my own heart from sexual temptations. I want to celebrate wedding anniversaries as precious milestones that serve as testaments to the blessings attached to your institution of marriage. Surround me with solid marriages, dedicated spouses, and flourishing families, all for the betterment of our society and for your glory.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.