This Lent you are talking about we Protestants and even Jews refer to as A FAST. It doesn't necessarily have to be a food either, it could just mean seperating ourselves from something to better our relationship with Christ, to get closer to Him.
Oh I know about fasting, but it's different than lent. You can sporadiclly fast, but lent is the organized effort by the church to have their followers fast in reminder of Christs sacrifice. It also carried significance with Ash Weds and celebrating the coming of easter and palm sunday.
Speaking of which, I recently did a fast and the breakthrough I spoke of in my latest entry is what my neighbor says was why I was fasting. I didn't know what was to come of my fast. It didn't happen immediately either, it was awhile after I had fasted.
But of course, try remaining sexually pure for a long time. This even includes no masterbation , no porn, no looking at women in lust, try that. I'm sure it's hard to just quit certain things I know from experience but once God sets you free from things that are holding you down in life, you get on the right track and re-enter into prayer life and reading the Word, everything will be alright.
It was specifically masturbation. The other stuff is pretty none-existant in my spiritual walk. I've yet to find any really convincing evidence in the Bible against Masturbation (thats free of lusting).
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Did a sexual purity fast a few times before. Hardest thing ever, but the rewards in the end paid off tenfold.
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