Before God gave Adam a command to obey, God first showed Adam that He has a heart to bless Him and to take care of Him. And the reason why this is so important when it comes to defeating lust is because many times in our attempts to be pure, we can be so focused on the task of being pure. And we try to stay away from porn and try not to have sex.

God reminded Israel of how much He's blessed them before giving the 10 commandments in Exodus chapter 20. And before God does give the tablets that contained the law, He even tells them, 'Look what I did for you, look how I brought you to myself.' And this is where the power of gratitude comes in, which is another key to victory.

Paul tells the Ephesian church to take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And here I want to teach you what my mentor taught me. And he taught me that there's two different words for the word 'word.'

Paul tells the church to walk as children of light and to not have anything to do with works of darkness and then to expose that darkness. And note here how Paul commands them to not fellowship with works, it doesn't say people.

Paul tells believers that he declares the gospel to them and that the gospel is this, that Christ died for our sins. So whether the sins we commit are sexual or not, the reality is that we're all sinners in need of a savior.

Because as we rest in God's love, we'll find that purity isn't something that we need to obtain. It will instead be a natural result of us loving God.

So how do you defeat lust? There's five steps. See God's heart, see God's blessings, use God's sword, use God's light, and embrace God's gospel.

And as you fight, should the time come and you fall to sin, remember that no matter where you are, you can always go back to God.