Podcast
How to Defeat Lust
The Bryce Crawford Podcast
Speaker: Bryce Crawford
August 12, 2025 · 17 min
Summary
Sexual sin is uniquely destructive and requires fleeing rather than fighting through willpower alone. By renewing the mind with God's Word, removing sources of temptation, and living in honest transparency with God, believers can experience freedom and the intimacy with God that sexual purity enables.
Highlights
You don't want to stop watching porn because when we read Matthew chapter 6, Jesus is essentially saying there are practical steps you can take to actually help yourself—get a regular alarm clock, leave your phone upstairs at eight o'clock, because nothing good happens past eight or nine o'clock.
Sexual sin might be the very thing that's creating the barrier in front of you and God, but the beautiful thing about the God we serve is He's a forgiving God, and those who are pure in heart get to experience more intimacy with Him.
Stop trying to defeat lust out of your own willpower and just love Jesus with all your heart. When your eyes are fixated on Him and your love and energy is going towards worshiping Jesus, you will naturally find yourself straying away from all sin, including lust.