Abstinence Challenge 365, 24-7

I am praying for you! I understand that kind of temptation... Resist the devil and he will flee..this is what keeps us from sinning. :yep: It can be done.

I used to pull out my Bible and tell him let's read and he'd back off... :laugh:

What also works is to not PUT yourselves in a situation where it's just you two and no one else. Keep around others. Go out in the open. Our flesh is weak but because you two love each other, it's more challenging. Talking about it is a very positive first step in giving the devil a double back-hand slap....together. I believe you two can make it.

Just my humble spin on this.

All the best,
Laela
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natural in ATL said:
I'm still holding strong. Ladies, please pray for me - my boyfriend is coming to visit for Labor Day weekend and I want to make sure we stay on track. We're both committed to waiting until marriage and we talked about it again this week in preparation for his visit, so I think we'll be fine. But I always feel better/stronger knowing others are praying for my success. I'll check in after the weekend to share the good news that we made it through without deviating from our plan!! :yep:
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I'm joining the challenge. This will be my first official challenge since joining LHCF. I've been abstaining for awhile but I think it is awesome to have support group.
 
Hi Ladies,

I'd like to officially join this challenge. Earlier this summer when I recommitted my life to God, I made a commitment to abstinence until marriage and now I'm putting it in writing. I will be praying for strength for all of you and for myself.

We can do it!
 
Hey ladies! I've been abstinent for a while now, and am continuing on. My SO and I are doing well and haven't had any problems. We were friends who decided to start dating in January. So far so good. He's aware of my beliefs about waiting until marraige!
 
Please pray for me. The Lord led me out of my engagement, and so I am now back in the dating world...well, should be courtship.
 
natural in ATL said:
I'm still holding strong. Ladies, please pray for me - my boyfriend is coming to visit for Labor Day weekend and I want to make sure we stay on track. We're both committed to waiting until marriage and we talked about it again this week in preparation for his visit, so I think we'll be fine. But I always feel better/stronger knowing others are praying for my success. I'll check in after the weekend to share the good news that we made it through without deviating from our plan!! :yep:
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Another update! Labor Day was very succesful...no issues at all, we were able to be affectionate and loving WITHOUT getting close to making a mistake. I can see clearly how God is blessing this relationship, and I believe a major part of that is because we are putting Him first. Even though it's hard sometimes, the lack of guilt and closer relationship with God more than makes up for it!

I have seen my boyfriend again recently (about 2 weeks ago) and all went well. Next visit is in early November...I feel confident but I will defintely stay prayed up! :up:
 
WOW! I've been going strong for about 4 years now! It's time for me to get married, before I do something I regret.
 
I finally read this entire thread, and I am so encouraged, I'm officially joining this challenge.

As I posted in the random thoughts thread, I don't know exactly when it happened but in the past week or two, Jesus grabbed hold of my heart and completely changed it. In my 23 years on earth I have never felt such a strong desire to serve God, completely with my body, mind and spirit. God truly opened up the eyes of my spirit and allowed me to see how deceived I was by the enemy, in so many areas, including my spiritual beliefs and my beliefs on love/relationship. I am just sooo thankful right now that we serve a merciful and loving God, who forgives and who watches out for us, even when we can't be bothered with Him. It is now my desire to live my life in a way that is pleasing to Him in every way.

I'm committing to this challenge by giving up my worldly way of dating. I'm trusting the Lord for the husband He designed for me, and I'll happily wait on Him, and His perfect timing. When that time comes, it's courtship all the way.

Thank you ladies for sharing your testimonies, you truly don't know how many people you have encouraged. God is so good.
 
THOSE ON THIS CHALLENGE YOU HAVE ALL BEEN ALREADY HEALED SPEAK IT EVERY HOUR OUT LOUD SO IT CAN MANIFEST IN THE NATURAL. STAND ON GOD'S WORD SPEAK LIFE TO YOUR SELF AND GOD WILL BRING TO PASS IM PRAYING FOR YOU BE BLESSED.
 
I pray that you all will help keep me grounded and abstinent. I thank God for bringing me my future husband, and since I know we'll be getting married soon it's easy to slip into sin and think it is ok. But it's not b/c we're not married yet. So please ladies, pray for my continued strength, and his too.
 
Today was a tough day. Days like this I'm thankful that I don't have a boyfriend. Although, days like this, I wish I was happily married.
 
Pray for me ladies my mind/dreams are under attack from the enemy. I think I know why (hormones) but I still don't want my thoughts to go against the Lord.

Praying for all the ladies here.
 
Well now's as good a time as any to join! I'm newly divorced and intend to wait until I re-marry before I have sex again. The good news is I hate my ex's guts right now so there's no temptation to do some creepin' for old times sake! :lachen:

Some days its rough but I am making this public commitment to wait. I'm praying for you ladies, please pray for me. I think it's awesome that we are taking a stand for holiness, and I know that we will be blessed for it. :up:
 
I'm in. I know it may seem silly, but this thread is a good way to keep me accountable... It's hard and lonely sometimes, but I want a Godly man who I am passionatley in love with, to be my husband and have every part of me; and I know that is what God has planned for me. I beleive that building a relationship not based on sex and doing so because you both respect and honor Gods word is the strognest foundation for a relationship that I can think of. So I will be patiently waiting and praying for the man who is strong enough to handle my descion, no scratch that, I need a man who also shares the same beliefs so that we can continuously support each other. I know at times it will be hard, but I am no longer interested in short term or temporary pleasures. Even if I have to be alone for a while in order to get that, let God mold me and make me grow and work on other areas in my life. God bless everyone here, be encouraged!
 
Sigh....

I'm writing because I was tested last night. I almost gave in but thankfully God kept me strong and I walked away a winner. However, I am disappointed that I placed myself in a situation where I was tested. I knew better but for some reason my good judgment didn't kick in fast enough. I'm a little sad right now but I'm trying to hold on to the lesson I learned. God showed me a weakness that I didn't know I had and he also showed me that His power was strong enough to keep my from tripping over my weakness. Please pray that God will keep me focused and help me strengthen all areas where I am weak. I'm praying for myself and for all of you ladies. Happy New Year!
 
Hello everyone. I joined the challenge a while ago under a different name, and now I am back. Today makes it 4 months and 10 days, and that was after 6 months of abstinence. I don't miss it to be honest, wasn't worth it. Dude is not worth it anymore. The "candy shop" is closed for "renovations". I will be praying for a husband, but I will be putting myself out there as well, into more positive experiences and around positive people, and praying a lot more than I used to.
 
I guess I've been in this challenge for years and didn't realize it. I've been abstinence for about 10 years :grin:
 
I was in this challenge a while ago, not sure when I feel off but it has just made 3 months for me. I know that is not long compared to some of you ladies but its a start for me.
 
i joined this challenge a few months ago....:( i am starting it over. Hopefully this time i will be strong enough to stick to the challenge
 
I've never had sex and am abstinent, but after trying to get myself spiritually correct. I am 100% sure that i am not having sex before marriage. I always feel that sex is not just physical, but spiritual and that should be saved for someone you love wholeheartedly and are married to.
 
I'm not gonna lie, I'm approaching the 2 year mark and it's a bit hard. I haven't been dating at all, but once my work life gets stabilized, I'm excited to start mingling with the menfolks again. I've never done abstinent dating before, and I'm honestly a bit nervous. I still feel committed to waiting until I get married..but I'm cynical about the dating pool, and my own self control. Prays for myself and for you all!
 
tuffCOOKiE said:
I know that I will never be worthy for God. Ever. It's a little disempowering. I lost my virginity to a guy i thought i was in love with when i was 17/18. Sometimes i regret it because my walk with God has not been the same. The guilt kills me. Not because I think sex is bad, but because it was like letting my father down. Like i disappointed a friend. And that is exactly what I did. I feel even after i ended it, i still feel lost. We'll see..
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Tuff, I lost my virginity to a guy at the age of 16 and ended up pregnant. I still didn't learn my lesson and ended up pregnant again and again. Just looking for love with all the wrong men instead of allowing Christ in my life. I knew He first loved me but never thought about it twice because I was looking for the physical love. With the other pregnancies, I ended up having abortions. I regret so much having made those decisions.

When Christ became the center of my life, I found Love! A nice friend reminded me of a scripture I will always refer to: Hebrews: 10:17, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more. I read this over and over again until I just confessed my past sin and put it on God because I was tired of carrying it, remembering it. It was a heavy burden and His burden light. After receiving His forgiveness through faith, I went on with my life not even thinking about it anymore. I refer to my past only when I want to be a blessing or an encouragement to other young ladies.

I met my husband one year in May. We were engaged by November and married the following May. My husband did not 'know' me until our wedding night. And, gurl, gurl gurl, it was a nice night. I think men (and God) are pleased that you've waited for marriage. It was my gift to my husband. This was over 10 years ago.

My daughter I had out of wedlock will be graduating on May 15th (my wedding anniversary) with a B.S. in Nursing. I had two more busy boys for my husband. My extended (unsaved) family members told my parents that I would never amount to anything since I was a teenage mom. But they failed to realized that I had praying parents who turned me into a praying young lady. God extended His grace. I went back to school, earned my degree, worked my way up the ladder at work and my husband is doing very, very well in his job and with his own business. God has made it so that we are able to care for my parents (who now live with us). I love it when a plan of God's come together.

So, I felt good about wearing white on my wedding day. When folks asked, 'what's up with the color'. I explained to them that I was forgiven and made pure. If God is willing to forget our sins, we should do the same.
 
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