Nathi

I am going to turn 22 this year December, So I am still young and believe am not going to marry anytime soon. For the best way for me to abstain is to stay away from anything that will lead me to sin......So I don't Courtship[infact most churches here teach this here but I do this not because of their teachings because my Heart and Spirit is focus on God, I courtship with God].I love God and I hate sin as He do, If got His Spirit also I should hate sin......Then one of my prayers is that, this scripture below applies in me for all my life....I abstain and Live to please Jesus Christ even when I would be married everything I will do would be to worship My Father God.

1 peter 1 :5-9 {5
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,

6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,

7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. }

violet

sky

This is sooooo good, Freedom Excellent.

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Rom 1:20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see His invisible qualities - His eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

Jesus said: "I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world." John 16:33

Unconventional

I remember being in health class when we covered the ways to avoid sexual disease. The teacher asked for the best way to avoid STDs. Several students, myself included, raised their hands.

"Condoms?"

"Those only work 85% of the time."

"Withdrawl?"

"That works sixteen percent of the time."

"Surgery?"

"That works, but isn't a feasible method for your age group."

Then the teacher, who hadn't smiled up to this point, grinned and asked for my opinion. She knew my background in the church, and knew that I wore my purity ring for a reason.

"Abstinence?"

"Exactly."

Another student made a confused noise and asked, "What's that?"

"It's saving sex for one person, namely the person you marry," I replied.

I had about thirty students laughing at me at that point, but the teacher quieted them and said, "It's true. The easiest way to avoid a disease is to avoid whatever causes it."

To illustrate her point, she had one of the girls carry a box of donuts around to all the guys she thought was cute. There were only two of us that chose to reject the donuts...myself and my other Christian friend, Paul. She used a similar illustration to the flower.

I've never seen a redhead blush so hard that her hair matched her skin. I felt bad for her, but the point was made: abstinence is for the best.

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The foundations that we used to uphold
Now regarded as the madness of old
Every alteration made to the standard of truth
Is a nail in the coffin we hold
We embody everything they despise
Because they see us through degenerate eyes
So when they cast you down as intolerant filth
Stand firm, never bow to the lies
Demon Hunter - "Relentless Intolerance"

Effervescence

That was a really good illustration. Thank you for sharing.

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CatholicWifeandMom

Dear Freedom from destruction,

May God be with you!

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing! I would add that abstinance without chastity can easily fail because there is no "reason" or "authority" behind abstinence alone. That is how planned parenthood thwarts us Christians, "well they're going to do it anyway at sometime so they have to know about the pill and condoms and abortion."

Chastity brings God in as the ultimate author of our bodies. There is a God given purpose for which they were made. When we as parents treat our spouses as holy temples of God (in that we have the Holy Spirit in each of us in our souls and impart that to our children and practice respect), then abstinence is a no brainer!

God bless you!

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Boanerges

This is a good thread and all parents should discuss it with their kids- moral values should be taught at home and not dictated by secular decree.

Jax

I agree Mark, there is also scripture that talks about not awakening desire before it's time, a very hard thing to do in our sexualised society.
We have to teach from early on that sex is a gift for marriage, it isnt for 'us' to dish out as we feel driven.
It has only one context.

CatholicWifeandMom

Dear Boanerges,

May God be with you!

In his Encyclical "Humanae Vitae" Pope Paul VI stated that "parents are the primary educators of their children." This seems like a no-brainer except when you look at our public schools and see how parents have turned over their children to the dominion of our secular society wholesale!

It is very scary! And the Catholic Church has not been immune either. In an effort to prevent the homosexual and pedophile scandal a few years back, the US Bishops demanded that all parents, teachers, Priests of course, and volunteers go through rigorous training on child molesters. This has been good to a point. However, it only addresses child molestation and not the homosexual issues which were far more prevalent. And worse yet, it dragged our innocent children to be potentially brought through a program that was totally inappropriate for pre-school through 5th grade.

In Minneapolis, several great parents and priests got together and formed an organization to educate other parents and parishes about the dangers of the "talking about touching" program. Many of us were successful in educating our Priests and parishes to use a different program that brought in God first and Chastity and leaving the bulk of the education of our small children to the parents where it belongs.

As parents, we cannot expect others to care for our children to the same degree as we do. We must always be aware and fight for what is right and good under God for our children.

God bless you!

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CatholicWifeandMom

Dear Jax,

May God be with you!

Yes yes and yes!!!!!!!! Absolutely! I don't even let my girls watch the Disney kids sitcoms because there is too much behavior mimicking older kids and adults at inappropriate ages. If they do happen to see something, I will at least use it as a teaching moment as to why that is against God's plan for us and just what is God's plan for us!

There are many wonderful women and men in the bible to help illustrate His plan plus many martyrs of the faith like St. Maria Goretti

God bless you!

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