5 COISAS QUE OS DEMÔNIOS ROUBAM DA VIDA DE UM CRISTÃO QUE SE MASTURBA - Billy Graham

Beloved, listen carefully. What

many call secret pleasure, what

seems like a quick and hidden relief,

is in fact a deadly trap for

the soul. Masturbation, tolerated in

silence by so many, opens doors for

demons to enter and steal everything

God has placed in their lives. Today I want

you to face this truth without masks. There

is no hidden sin before the

Lord. The enemy whispers that he is

harmless, but every time you give in,

he steals your purity, steals your peace,

steals your authority before God.

This is not just a weakness of the body,

it is a spiritual battle for your soul.

The question I ask you now is: how

long will you allow Satan to

steal the treasures that God has reserved for

your life? The deception of

momentary pleasure and the door that opens to the

enemy. Simply saying it's just a

bodily action. It's closing your eyes to the

spiritual battle that's happening

right before your eyes. Many,

deceived by the comfort of silence and

the false security of solitude,

believe that masturbation is merely a

physical matter, an escape from pressure, an

intimate refuge. But that's exactly what the devil wants:

for you to see how

small what is before the throne of God is,

an open door for hell to touch

what is sacred.

Masturbation is the sin of hiding.

It is the one that no one sees, that no one

talks about, that is rarely preached from

pulpits, but it is precisely this silence

that makes it so dangerous. The enemy

operates in the dark. He is a master at

hiding in the shadows of shame. And every

time you give in to carnal impulses,

thinking you're just satisfying your

body, what you're doing is

feeding a spirit of deception that

wants to keep you enslaved to what God

has called you to master. Pleasure is

fleeting, like a spark that ignites

for seconds and then leaves behind ashes,

guilt, and distance. What seemed

harmless transforms into chains,

chains of shame, chains of

impurity, chains that bind the

spirit and gradually steal

its freedom. That is why many are

no longer able to pray sincerely.

They feel they are far from God, but they don't know

why. It's because

something is being nurtured in secret that

is killing communion in the unseen. The

word of God is clear. Or do you not know

that your body is a temple of the

Holy Spirit within you, whom you have received

from God

? You are not your own; 1 Corinthians 6:19.

This is not religious poetry, it is

spiritual truth. Your body is not your only source

of pleasure. It is the temple where the holy God

chose to dwell. And everything that is done

within that temple has spiritual significance.

Every impure act is not only a sin

against yourself, it is a profanation of the

Lord's altar. And do you know what happens

when the temple is desecrated? Glory

departs, the presence of God is saddened,

and the enemy draws near. He enters with

accusations, with guilt, with confusion. It

settles in the corners of the soul and says,

"You'll never change. You're already too dirty

. You can't stop." And

many believe it. Many are already so

caught up in this silent routine that

they begin to think it's normal, that it's

part of human nature, that God understands.

But let me tell you perfectly

, that's a lie. God understands the

struggle, but He does not tolerate the practice of

sin. You weren't created to live

in hiding. You were created to

walk in the light. You were not called to

live in cycles of guilt and pleasure, but

to walk in holiness. God did not

call you to be a victim of your

emotions and desires, but to be a

temple full of glory, authority, and

self-control. Look at the story of

Joseph in Egypt. He was young, he was

alone, he had every reason to

give in to his lust. But when Potiphar's wife

tempted him day after day, he did not

reason with her. He didn't say it just

once. He wasn't convinced he

could handle it in secret. He

literally ran away. He left the

environment of sin and ran. Why?

Because Joseph knew that maintaining communion

with God was more precious than

any momentary pleasure. He said,

"How then could I do such a wicked thing

and sin against God?" Genesis 39:9. That's the kind of

fear that's missing. Many

no longer flee from sin because they have lost

the holy fear of God. They traded the Holy Spirit

for a fleeting relief. And that is why

life is dry, without fire, without

anointing, without direction. Because where there is

constant impurity, the presence of God

does not remain in the same way. The flame is dying

down and the demons are stealing

without making a sound, without breaking down doors.

but taking away what is most

precious. The enemy is not concerned

with your body. He wants your soul. And

if he can use his own body

against you, he will gladly do so.

What begins as a concession in the flesh

ends as captivity in the spirit.

Therefore, don't underestimate what seems

small. A small breach in the wall is

enough for the enemy to enter and

plunder everything that God has built.

How many times have you cried

silently, saying, "God, why do I

feel so far away?"

But deep down you know there's a root there,

a hidden habit, a practice

you've tolerated for too long. Don't

wait until you hit rock bottom to

recognize that what you call a

weakness has already become a joke. And I believe that one does not

break with excuses, but with

true repentance. Masturbation

is not an isolated act. It is connected

to thoughts, habits,

visual and emotional stimuli. And every time

you surrender, you are feeding a

spiritual chain. The Holy Spirit is

calling the chosen ones to awaken. It's

time to close the door. It's time to

purify the temple. It's time to resist the

flesh, understanding that

momentary pleasure comes at too high a price. The appeal

the Lord is making today is not

simply for you to feel guilty. Guilt

paralyzes, but repentance sets free.

God is calling you to break free from

this cycle, to understand that what you

do in secret defines what you carry

in public. There is no power in the prayer of

someone who lives in hidden sin. There is no

authority on the altar of those who feed what

destroys the soul. But there is redemption, there is

power, there is blood, the cross, and liberation

for those who decide today to close the

door they once opened to the enemy. This

is the time, this is the hour. Not by force,

nor by emotion, but by the decision to

say: "I will no longer bow to

this."

Joseph fled, David fell. But you can

choose the path of obedience today.

You can say: "Lord, cleanse your

temple, break this chain, restore

your presence in me. Do not settle for

captivity. Fight for holiness. It is

your inheritance, and heaven is ready to

strengthen you. The first theft is the purity

of mind and heart. The

enemy's battlefield always begins in the

mind. Before taking the body, before

wounding the spirit, he launches arrows at the

thoughts. And when a man chosen

by God yields to masturbation, the first

theft he suffers is invisible: the purity of

mind and heart. The mind that should

be holy, guided by the word, becomes

nourished by fantasies and images

that do not come from heaven, but from hell. And

the more these thoughts grow,

the harder it becomes to hear the voice of the

spirit. Romans 12:2 calls us not to

conform to this world, but to

be transformed by the renewing of our

minds. This renewal is what purifies

thoughts, what distances us from what

is profane, what places Christ as the

filter of what we see, hear, and think.

But when someone surrenders to the cycle of..."

Secret pleasure fades, this renewal ceases, the

mind fills with impurity, and the eyes

begin to desire what God

rejects. One no longer thinks with

discernment, no longer meditates on

God's promises. The soul begins to

nourish a strange fire, and this fire

consumes slowly. The heart that once

burned for the presence of God begins to

cool. And what many don't realize is

that this cooling doesn't happen all at once.

It settles in gradually, like

lukewarm water preparing to boil. At first,

it seems that everything is under control, but the

mind is already being molded by

fantasy. Inner holiness

deteriorates silently,

like gold that loses its shine under the

dust of sin. The devil will always use

imagination as a tool of

destruction. He knows that what man

nourishes in his thoughts, he will desire

in his body. Therefore, before enslaving

the flesh, Satan corrupts the mind. And

when the mind is corrupted, the heart

loses its spiritual sensitivity. That is why so

many pray but feel nothing

anymore. They read the Bible but

can no longer... Focus. The problem

isn't in the eyes, but in what has already

dominated the thoughts. The Bible gives us

a painful and clear example of this in

1 Samuel 11. David, a man after

God's own heart, full of the Spirit,

anointed as king, a faithful warrior, lost

the battle the moment he allowed

his eyes to fix on Bathsheba. There

was no touch, no word; the

look was enough, the thought was enough,

the fantasy not rejected was enough. He

could have turned his face away, he could have

fled from temptation like Joseph, but he

preferred to observe, he preferred to imagine. And

there, in the secret of his mind, the enemy

had already won. The sin didn't begin with

adultery; it began in a mind that wasn't

renewed. David, dominated by fantasy,

plotted the sin, and when he fell,

he suffered devastating consequences:

guilt, death, shame, disgrace in his

house. It all began with a mind that

wasn't guarded. If this happened to a

man after God's own heart, what about

us if we don't watch over every

thought? The devil knows that if he

controls your mind, he... It will shape your

character, because what you

continually think about, you will end up doing. If

you feed your mind with impurities, don't

expect to have a clean heart. Jesus

said, "Blessed are the pure in

heart, for they will see God." But how

can anyone see God if their

thoughts are dominated by sin?

How can someone hear the spirit if

their thoughts scream of carnal desires?

Masturbation is not just an

isolated bodily act. It is preceded by a

mental bombardment. Therefore, the first

theft the enemy can commit is the purity of the mind.

He pollutes the fountain, and everything that comes out of it

is no longer clean. Fantasy contaminates the

spirit. The mind becomes a

battlefield, where the Holy Spirit no longer

finds space because it is

too occupied with dirty images,

impure memories, and thoughts that do not

glorify God. And the heart, which

should be a consecrated altar,

becomes a minefield. It is impossible to love

the Lord with all your heart when part of

it is given over to hidden pleasure. And the

most dangerous thing about all of this is that this

theft happens in silence. The person

still goes to church, still sings, still

listens to the word, but inside they are

far away. Inside it's broken,

inside it's darkened. Many people today

live with their minds in captivity and don't even

realize it. They try to overcome sin through their

own strength, but they forget that

victory begins with what they allow themselves to

think. If you want to be free, you need to

start by clearing your mind with words.

Hidden sin is not overcome simply

by trying to stop. It's necessary to renew the

mind every day. We must reject

fantasy and nourish ourselves with truth. The

word of God is the sword of the spirit.

It is through her that impure thoughts are

defeated. There is no neutrality in the

mind. Either you fill it with light, or you will be

dominated by darkness. Either you set your minds on

heavenly things, or you will be a slave to the

temptations of the world. There is no middle ground. The

devil knows this. Therefore, he

first steals the purity of the mind, and then

steals everything that comes after. When

you allow yourself to feed these images,

you are surrendering your mind to the

control of the enemy. If he controls

his thoughts, then he will control

his actions. Therefore, God's call

today is: cleanse your mind, flee from

fantasy, reject impure thoughts

as one rejects poison. Don't play

with them, don't talk to them, don't

accept them. Run, flee, scream if

necessary, but don't give in. The heart needs to

be clean to hear God. The mind

needs to be consecrated in order to discern

what is good. Don't accept anything less than

that. The first robbery may seem

small, but it's the most deadly. Because a

corrupted mind paves the way for

everything else the enemy wants to

destroy. The second theft:

spiritual authority. One of the greatest dangers of

secret sin is that it steals something that

cannot be seen with the naked eye, but whose

absence becomes evident over time.

Spiritual authority. Authority

is not gained through pretty words,

nor through an appearance of piety.

True authority comes from a life

surrendered, set apart, and cleansed before

God. And the enemy knows this. He is not

afraid of shouting, he is not afraid of religious gestures, he does

not back down from speeches. What

repels him is the authority that emanates from a

holy life. A Christian who lives enslaved to

masturbation, even if hidden from

others, loses that authority in the

spiritual world. Prayer grows

weak, the voice loses weight, the presence of

God seems distant. James 4:7 declares:

"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the

devil, and he will flee from you." But how can

anyone resist the devil if he is

chained by him? How can anyone

drive out the enemy from the house if he has given him

the key to their heart? The truth is harsh,

but it needs to be said. Demons mock

the believer who lives in hidden sin.

They hear the prayers, but they know there are

cracks. They witness the

songs, but they perceive the absence of

anointing. Spiritual authority is not

based on appearance, but on

integrity. Hell respects those who

live in holiness, not those who merely appear

spiritual.

And when a Christian engages in

occult practices, such as masturbation, he

becomes an easy target because he has lost the

spiritual covering that only obedience

provides. Samson is the

clearest and most tragic example of this. A man set apart

from the womb, chosen by God,

filled with the Spirit, with

supernatural strength.

But there was a problem. Samson played

with sin. He flirted with the world.

He... He was approaching what God had

commanded him to avoid. And just like many today

who think they can live between two

worlds, one in the eyes of men and another

secret before God, Samson thought

his strength was untouchable. In Judges

16 we see the result of this deception.

Delilah insisted, pressured, seduced, and

Samson yielded. It wasn't just a

moral fall, it was a broken covenant. By

revealing his secret, he gave up more

than his hair. He gave up the presence

that sustained him. When the enemies

came, he tried to react as before,

but something had changed. And he didn't know

that the Lord had already departed from him.

Judges 16:20.

This is one of the most frightening phrases

in the Bible. The man who once brought down

armies with his bare hands was now

alone, weak, blind, humiliated. And it all

began with a breach, a surrender to the

flesh, a momentary pleasure, a

broken pact. The same happens today. Many

think they still have the anointing, that they still

have the presence, but they don't realize they

are operating only out of inertia.

They continue to talk about God, but they no longer

speak with God. They

continue to sing, but they no longer worship.

They continue to pray, but they no longer touch the

heavens. Spiritual authority cannot

coexist with nurtured sin.

When there is hidden sin, the spirit

is saddened and authority fades.

Prayer becomes mechanical, fasting

becomes routine, and spiritual life

becomes a facade. And that is all

the devil wants. A Christian who seems to be,

but is not. A believer without power, without

fire, without influence, an

unarmed soldier. That is why so many live

spiritually weary, because they try to

fight against hell without the weapons of the

spirit. But how can you wield a sword

when your hands are dirty? How can

you cry out for deliverance when you are

imprisoned inside? How can you cast out demons

if there are demons lodged in the secrets of the

mind and the flesh? Masturbation may

seem like something small, but before the

spiritual world, it represents a

point of vulnerability,

occupied territory, a place where the light

no longer shines intensely, and this

compromises everything. Because

spiritual authority does not It's not just about casting out

demons, but about living in freedom,

influencing others, carrying

God's presence wherever you are. Without it, the

Christian life becomes heavy, empty,

fruitless. It's like a lamp disconnected

from its source. It may have form, it may have

structure, but it doesn't illuminate. God

calls us to obedience because He knows that's where

our strength lies. When the

enemy sees a believer on their knees, with a

clean life, he retreats. When he sees someone

surrendered, without weaknesses, he flees. But

when he sees a believer in sin, even if

hidden, he approaches, he takes

advantage, he sucks away

spiritual authority until only

religiosity remains.

There are many people today who live

spiritually frustrated,

not for lack of gifts, but for lack of

holiness. They pray, but there are no

results. They read the Bible, but they don't

feel revelation. They minister, but they don't touch

hearts. This is not normal. This is a

sign that authority has been stolen. And

when authority is lost, the soul

becomes vulnerable. The spiritual house is left

unprotected.

The enemy enters and takes up residence. Therefore,

the warning is urgent. Do not feed

hidden sin. Do not allow

masturbation to steal your authority. Do not

accept living a dull,

cold, empty Christian life. God has called you to walk

in power, to pray fervently, to

minister with anointing, to overcome evil

with good. But this is only possible if

you live in holiness. Is the price high?

Yes, but the fruit is eternal. The word

says: "Resist the devil, and he will flee from

you." But before that, it says:

"Submit yourselves therefore to God." Submission to God

is the foundation of spiritual authority. Without

it, resisting the devil is mere theater. He only

flees from those who are submissive. He only

respects those who are surrendered. And surrender

begins in secret, begins in

daily choices, begins in mastery over the

flesh, begins in the refusal of the pleasure that the

world offers. The devil does not fear those who

speak loudly, he fears those who live clean. He

does not retreat before those who know the

Bible, but before those who obey it. The

Bible. He doesn't respect appearances, but

fears presence. God's presence within

you is what drives away the darkness, but

this presence doesn't dwell amidst

sin. If you feel you've lost

authority, know that there's a way

back. The blood of Jesus still restores,

still purifies, still returns what was

stolen. But it requires a decision,

sincere repentance,

breaking with what is

consuming your spiritual strength. Because

as long as there's a breach, there will be theft, and

as long as there's theft, there will be no

authority. The third and fourth thefts are

the peace of the soul and the joy of the spirit.

Fleeting pleasure promises relief, but

delivers torment. This is the enemy's strategy

: to offer a moment of

satisfaction and then throw the

soul into an abyss of guilt and shame.

What begins with an impulse ends with

a weight on the spirit. And when the soul

is under this weight, two of

God's greatest gifts begin to be

taken away: peace and joy.

The peace of the soul is something that cannot be

faked. It is the silent breeze that

blows even on difficult days. It is the

inner security of

Regardless of what happens on the

outside, inside everything is fine between

you and God. But masturbation

fueled by secrecy violently steals that peace

. Because after pleasure comes

accusation,

after relief comes discomfort. After the

carnal climax comes the silence of the soul. The

enemy whispers beforehand, "It will be good,

you deserve it." But afterwards he shouts: "You

are filthy, you are unworthy." "God no

longer listens to you." That's how he works. He

offers and accuses. He encourages and

condemns. He leads to sin and

then presents himself as the promoter of

guilt. The soul that was once a dwelling place of

peace becomes a field of unrest. The

heart becomes corroded by

thoughts like: "I will never be

able to overcome this." God must be

disappointed in me. Perhaps it's best to

stop praying, to stop trying. And when

peace is gone, everything becomes unbalanced. The

mind becomes anxious. The heart loses

its rest. Spiritual life becomes

burdensome.

Communion with God begins to appear as an

obligation and not a pleasure. This is because

sin, even when hidden, contaminates

the entire structure of the soul. And that's

exactly what the devil wants. A

Christian tired of trying, discouraged from

believing, exhausted from fighting alone. He

knows that when peace is taken away, faith

begins to weaken. And right after stealing

peace, he steals the joy of the spirit.

The joy of the spirit is not the

fleeting joy that the world offers. It

's not empty laughter, it's not

external stimulation. It is a profound joy that

springs from the presence of God. This is what David

knew when he said, "Restore to me the

joy of your salvation."

Psalm 51:12.

He knew what it was to have his soul

rejoicing before God, and he

also knew what it was to lose it because of

sin. Masturbation, when it becomes a

recurring practice, kills the joy of the

spirit. Gradually, the person begins to

avoid praise. The Bible no longer seems

so alive. Prayer no longer flows

naturally.

The services lose their luster.

Involvement with the things of God

diminishes. Not because the person rebelled

against the Lord, but because there is

a suffocating weight within them. Joy

fades and the soul becomes barren.

This is the fourth robbery, as silent

as it is devastating. The joy of the spirit

is the fuel of the Christian journey. It is she

who keeps the heart inflamed. It is she

who enables us to endure trials with faith. She is the one who

transforms tears into strength.

Without spiritual joy, everything becomes

effort, everything becomes sacrifice.

The relationship with God becomes

like a loveless marriage, full of

obligations but empty of passion. The

clearest example of this is in Genesis

3. Adam and Eve lived in complete peace with

God. Every day the Lord walked

with them in the garden. There was harmony, there

was communion, there was joy, but

one sin was enough to change everything. They

ate the fruit and immediately

felt ashamed. They hid themselves,

they were afraid, they lost their peace, they lost their

freedom, they lost the joy of walking

with God. That's what sin does. He

breaks the flow of communion. He

interrupts the dance between creator and

creature. He steals that which

connected us to heaven. And when that happens, the

man tries to hide, tries to

justify himself, tries to run away. But God, with

love, asks: "Where are you?" Not because

he doesn't know where we are, but because he

wants us to realize where we've fallen.

Many Christians today live in that same

state. They have access to the garden, but they live

hidden among the trees. They were

called to freedom, but they live

imprisoned by guilt. They should walk with

God, but they avoid His presence out of

shame. Peace and joy were

exchanged for fleeting moments of pleasure, and what

should have been a source of life became a

source of anguish. This exchange is always

unfair. The enemy never gives anything away

without charging a high price. It offers pleasure for

a moment and steals peace for weeks. It

delivers excitement for a few minutes and

steals joy for months. He is a

thief. And as Jesus said in John

10:10, he comes to kill, steal, and

destroy. Every time you give in, he

steals something that God had given you to

strengthen your faith. Peace and joy are

gifts of the spirit. They cannot be

produced by flesh, they cannot be

manufactured by one's own effort. They are the

fruit of a clean, submissive,

surrendered life. And when lost, they can only be

restored through

sincere repentance. It is not by turning away from God that

you regain peace. It is by drawing closer,

not by hiding, that you rediscover

joy; it is by confessing, by

humbling yourself, by rising up. Perhaps you

are experiencing exactly this cycle:

pleasure and burden, relief and guilt, impulse and

superficial regret, and your soul can

no longer bear this back and forth. You

no longer know what it means to pray

freely. He can no longer remember the last

time he felt true joy in the

presence of the Lord. Your praise is

cold, your faith is weary, your soul is

restless. And it all started with a

loophole, with a practice nurtured in

secret, with a habit that seemed

controllable, but which turned into a prison. There is

hope, because the same God who

walked in the garden continues to call

your name. He hasn't forgotten about

you. He didn't give up. He's not

accusing you. It's calling you back. He

wants to restore the peace you've lost.

He wants to restore the joy that the

demons stole. He wants you to

walk with him again, without guilt, without

burden, without fear. The third and fourth

thefts bring peace of mind and joy of

spirit. Fleeting pleasure promises

relief, but delivers torment. This is the

enemy's strategy: to offer a

moment of satisfaction, only to then

plunge the soul into an abyss of guilt and

shame. What begins as an impulse

ends with a weight on the spirit. And

when the soul is under this weight, two

of God's greatest gifts begin to be

taken away. Peace and joy. Peace

of mind is something that cannot be faked.

She is the silent breeze that blows even

on the toughest days. It's the inner security

that, regardless of what

happens on the outside, everything is

alright between you and God on the inside. But masturbation

practiced in secrecy violently steals that peace

. Because after pleasure comes

accusation, after relief comes

discomfort. After the carnal climax comes the

silence of the soul. The enemy whispers

first. It will be good. You deserve. But

then he shouts: "You are filthy, you are

unworthy. God no longer listens to you." That's how

he works. He offers and accuses.

He both encourages and condemns. He leads people to

sin and then presents himself as a

promoter of guilt. The soul, which was once a

dwelling place of peace, becomes a field of

unrest. The heart begins to be

corroded by thoughts like: "I'll never be

able to overcome this. God must

be disappointed in me. Maybe it's

better to stop praying, stop trying."

And when peace is gone, everything becomes

unbalanced. The mind becomes anxious,

the heart loses its rest,

spiritual life becomes burdensome, and communion

with God begins to appear as an obligation rather than

a pleasure. This is because sin,

even when hidden, contaminates the entire

structure of the soul. And that's exactly what the devil

wants. A Christian

tired of trying, discouraged from believing,

exhausted from fighting alone. He knows that

when peace is taken away, faith begins to

weaken, and soon after stealing peace,

he steals the joy of the spirit. The

joy of the spirit is not the

fleeting joy that the world offers. It is not

empty laughter, it is not external stimulation, it is

a profound joy that springs from the

presence of God. This is what David knew

when he said, "Restore to me the joy

of your salvation." Psalm 51:12.

He knew what it was to have his soul

rejoicing before God, and he

also knew what it was to lose it because of

sin. Masturbation, when it becomes a

recurring practice, kills the joy of the

spirit. Gradually, the person begins to

avoid praise. The Bible no longer seems

so alive. Prayer no longer flows

naturally. The services lose their luster.

Involvement with the things of God

diminishes. Not because the person rebelled

against the Lord, but because there is

a suffocating weight within them. Joy

fades and the soul becomes barren.

This is the fourth robbery, as silent

as it is devastating. The joy of the Spirit

is the fuel of the Christian journey. It is she

who keeps the heart inflamed. It is she

who enables us to endure trials with faith. She is the one who

transforms tears into strength.

Without spiritual joy, everything becomes

effort. Everything becomes a sacrifice. The

relationship with God becomes like

a loveless marriage, full of

obligations but empty of passion. The

clearest example of this is in Genesis

3. Adam and Eve lived in complete peace with

God. Every day the Lord walked

with them in the garden. There was harmony, there

was communion, there was joy. But

one sin was all it took for everything to change. They

ate the fruit and immediately

felt ashamed. They hid themselves,

they were afraid, they lost their peace, they lost their

freedom, they lost the joy of walking

with God. That's what sin does. He

breaks the flow of communion. He

interrupts the dance between creator and

creature. He steals that which

connected us to heaven. And when that happens, the

man tries to hide, tries to

justify himself, tries to run away. But God, with

love, asks: "Where are you?" Not because

he doesn't know where we are, but because he

wants us to realize where we've fallen.

Many Christians today live in that same

state. They have access to the garden, but they live

hidden among the trees. They were

called to freedom, but they live

imprisoned by guilt. They should walk with

God, but they avoid His presence out of

shame. Peace and joy were

exchanged for fleeting moments of pleasure, and what

should have been a source of life became a

source of anguish. This exchange is always

unfair. The enemy never gives anything away

without charging a high price. It offers pleasure for

a moment and steals peace for weeks. It

delivers excitement for a few minutes and

steals joy for months. He is a

thief. And as Jesus said in John

10:10, he comes to kill, steal, and

destroy. Every time you give in, he

steals something that God had given you to

strengthen your faith. Peace and joy are

gifts of the spirit. They cannot be

produced by flesh, they cannot be

manufactured by one's own effort. They are the

fruit of a clean, submissive,

surrendered life. And when lost, they can only be

restored through

sincere repentance. It is not by turning away from God that

you regain peace. It is by drawing closer,

not by hiding, that you rediscover

joy; it is by confessing, by

humbling yourself, by rising up. Perhaps you

are experiencing exactly this cycle:

pleasure and burden, relief and guilt, impulse and

superficial regret. And his soul can

no longer bear this back and forth. You

no longer know what it means to pray

freely. He can no longer remember the last

time he felt true joy in the

presence of the Lord. Your praise is

cold, your faith is weary, your soul is

restless. And it all started with a

loophole, with a practice nurtured in

secret, with a habit that seemed

controllable, but which turned into a prison. There is

hope, because the same God who

walked in the garden continues to call

your name. He hasn't forgotten about

you. He didn't give up. He's not

accusing you. It's calling you back. He

wants to restore the peace you've lost.

He wants to restore the joy that the

demons stole. He wants you to

walk with him again, without guilt, without

burden, without fear. The fifth robbery, the future,

and God's purpose. What the enemy

fears most is not your past, but your

future. Because your past is

covered by the blood of Christ, but your

future is still being written. And if

he can steal your direction, your vision, your

purpose, he will know that you will never

get where God wants you to go.

The sin of masturbation doesn't just affect

today, it compromises tomorrow. It

distorts vision, weakens plans, and

derails steps. Every time you

surrender, you give up a piece of your

destiny. Jeremiah 29:11 says: "For I

know the plans I have for you,”

declares the Lord, “plans to

prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future

.” God has a

definite, detailed purpose prepared for

your life. But this purpose is not

automatic. He demands obedience, he demands

purity, he demands alignment.

Secret sin not only delays, but

often aborts

spiritual processes that God had begun.

Masturbation, when it becomes a habit,

changes the way you view

relationships. It steals the sense of

commitment, weakens the desire for a

holy marriage, distorts sexuality,

and makes the mind addicted to

immediate pleasure. A man who becomes accustomed to being

content alone gradually loses the

ability to truly love someone.

He wants pleasure, but he doesn't want

responsibility. He desires the body,

but rejects the soul. He idealizes what

is not real, and this destroys the foundation of

any healthy relationship.

How many are praying for a spouse, but

don't realize that the secretive habit has

clouded their vision? They say they

want a blessed marriage, but

they continue to indulge their lust in

secret. They want someone to truly love them

, but they don't love themselves enough

to protect themselves. How can a

lasting union be built if the mind is

polluted, if the heart is divided? Are

the eyes tainted by

carnal desires? Furthermore, masturbation

directly affects one's ministerial calling,

because those who constantly give in to

sin are hiding from God. And

those who live in hiding lack the courage

to stand up with authority. The

calling demands poise, firmness, and

a transparent life. And the enemy

knows that if he can keep the chosen one

constantly falling, he will prevent

that same chosen one from assuming the place that

God has prepared for him. Samson was

called upon to liberate Israel, but ended up

imprisoned, blinded, and humiliated. And all this

because he didn't know how to overcome

immediate pleasure. The present may seem

bearable, but it is the future that is

being silently destroyed. Every fall

is a setback. Every excuse is a

loss. Every surrender to addiction is a

denial of the calling. The story of Esau

shows us this reality clearly.

In Genesis 25, 29, and 34, we read that Esau,

driven by hunger, traded his

birthright—the right to be

blessed, to lead, to inherit—for a

bowl of lentil stew. It was an

absurd exchange, but at that moment he was

blinded by immediate need. He

despised what was eternal for something that

would end in minutes. And when he realized his

mistake, it was too late. He wept,

but the blessing had already been passed

on. Esau represents many today who

are selling their destiny for moments

of solitary pleasure. They are exchanging the

future that God has prepared for images on a

screen. They are handing over their ministry

through secret touches. They are breaking

promises because of carnal desires. And like

Esau, they will only realize the gravity of the situation when

they have already lost the blessing. The problem

with instant gratification is that it doesn't show

the price at the beginning. The enemy never

shows the bill upfront. He makes it seem like

everything is under control. But over

time the effects become apparent.

Spiritual coldness sets in. Motivation

disappears. Sensitivity to God's voice

diminishes, and the heart no

longer dreams of heaven's plans. It all comes down

to the present moment, to what satisfies, to what

brings momentary relief. The future is the

enemy's greatest target, because he knows

that if you get there, many lives

will be impacted, many will be set free

by your life, families will be

restored, and churches will be built up.

He knows that his calling has eternal weight,

and that is why he fights to bind you

today, so that you do not walk towards

tomorrow. Masturbation is not an

isolated sin. She is part of a chain of

spiritual sabotage. It undermines faith,

weakens the spirit, steals focus,

contaminates the soul, and over time

extinguishes the light of God's purpose

in the believer's life. What was once a

dream becomes a memory. What

was once a promise becomes a

question. And so the enemy continues to destroy the

future of the chosen ones. But the

Holy Spirit keeps calling, he keeps

warning, he keeps saying: "Come back, there

's still time, I can restore you, but a

decision is needed. You need to cut the

evil at the root. You need to understand that

life with God demands renunciation. There's no

way to live out heavenly purposes

while feeding the pleasures of the flesh. There's no

way to be an instrument of God while carrying

dirty secrets in your heart. You need to

make a choice. Either you continue

trading your future for crumbs of

pleasure, or you break this

cycle today and decide to live everything God

has prepared. You can no longer walk

divided. You can no longer say,

"Lord, here I am," with

dirty hands. You can no longer speak of

promises while living in prisons. God

wants to lift you up. God wants to use you.

God wants to restore you. But he doesn't

force anyone. He calls, he invites,

he exhorts. And today he is saying: "I

have plans of peace, of hope, of the

future, but you need to return to the

path." Don't trade your birthright

for lentils. Don't trade your destiny

for a few minutes of pleasure. Do not trade the

glory of God for worldly relief. There's

still time. The blood of Jesus is

sufficient. God's grace is abundant,

but the choice is yours. The future lies

before you, and the heavens await your

decision. There is something that hell

can never erase. The power of the cross of

Christ. No matter how much the enemy has

stolen, destroyed,

diverted, wounded, or shamed, he

can never prevent God's hand from

restoring a repentant heart.

Jesus did not come to condemn, he came

to save. He came not only to

show you your error, but to lift you up with

authority and lead you back to your

original purpose. John 10:10 declares:

"The thief comes only to steal and

kill and destroy; I have come that they may have

life, and have it to the full."

All this preaching up to this point has been a

warning, a clear exposition of how much

Satan has done through the

secret sin of masturbation. But now it's time

to look at the cross. Now is the time

to listen to the Savior's voice calling you

back. Abundant life is not

lost. Spiritual authority

is not terminated. Purity, peace,

joy, and purpose can still be

restored. But a break is necessary. Enough is

enough.

True repentance is not just a feeling of

guilt. It's a decision to break free, change

direction, and throw oneself into the Father's arms.

Repentance isn't about crying, it's about changing. It means

renouncing that which has destroyed

communion with God. It's about looking at

momentary pleasure and saying, "You will no longer have

dominion over me." The Holy Spirit

is still ready to lift you up. He

still anoints, still liberates, still

purifies, but He needs surrender.

He acts where there is surrender, He transforms

where there is sincerity. And the first step

to liberation is to stop negotiating

with sin. It's about stopping trying to

justify the unjustifiable. It's about stopping

playing with what is killing your

spiritual life. There is power available

to those who wish to break the cycle. It

's not by the strength of the arm, it's not with

human techniques, it's through the blood of

Jesus. It's through the power of the Spirit. It's

through the cross. The cross is not just a

symbol of faith, it's a tool of death.

There the old man dies. There

carnal desires are crucified. There sin is

defeated. You no longer need to live

in slavery. You no longer need to

yield, nor hide, nor flee. The cross is

the place where everything that binds you is

overcome. But it's not just about being

freed, it's about being restored. The

Father doesn't just want you to stop

falling. He He wants to give back what the

enemy stole. He wants to restore your

peace, rekindle your joy, cleanse your

mind, renew your authority, and

reconnect you to your eternal purpose. But this

only happens when you return with a

broken heart.

In Luke 15, Jesus tells the story of the

prodigal son. He had received everything

from his father: position, resources, identity.

But, driven by desires, he decided to

stray. He lived dissolutely. He spent

everything on pleasures, and when he found himself among

the pigs, longing to eat

their food, he remembered the home he

should never have left. There, in that mud,

he decided to return. And when he returned, his

father did not reject him, did not throw his

past in his face, did not shame him. The

father ran to meet him, embraced him,

dressed him in new clothes, put a ring

on his finger, and received him back as a

son.

This is the image of heaven. When a

chosen one decides to break with sin and

return, the Father is not holding a stone in his

hand; he is with open arms. The

Holy Spirit is not shouting at his

guilt. He is Whispering. Come back, there's still

time. The blood of Jesus

wasn't shed for perfect people, but

for people willing to rise up.

Maybe you're among the pigs right now

. Maybe you're tired of falling,

of trying, of hiding. Maybe your mind

is confused, your soul troubled, your

heart divided.

But I tell you, there is a way out, there is

hope, there is a path. And that path

has a name: Jesus Christ. He is the

liberator, he is the restorer, he is the

only one who can make all

things new. But a decision is needed. God will not

do for you what you refuse to

do. Heaven doesn't move on

indecision. It's time to break through. It's time to

choose. It's time to take the step that

will change your story. You were called

to be holy, to be filled with the

Spirit, to live in authority, to

fulfill an eternal purpose. Don't

give that up for another cycle of

sin. Liberation is within reach. And

restoration is real, but it requires

repentance, it requires prayer, it requires

discipline. You will need to close

doors, you will need to say no, you will

need to watch your... Your thoughts,

control your eyes, flee from temptation,

but you will not be alone. The same

Spirit that raised Jesus from the

dead dwells within you, and He empowers you

to overcome.

Begin with sincerity.

Bend your knees. Confess. Cry if

necessary. Break the masks. Tear your

heart open. Say: "Lord, I'm tired of this

cycle." I don't want to live like this anymore.

Purify me, restore me, fill me

anew. And he will. He is faithful, he is

just. He does not despise a

broken heart. Don't wait another day. Don't

say you'll try tomorrow. Today is the day

of salvation. Today is the time for

reconciliation. Today is the day to break free

from what is killing your soul and

embrace the God who is calling you back.

May the Holy Spirit

deeply convince you now. May you hear this

call not as just another sermon, but

as a divine summons, because that is what it is

. To recover everything

the demons stole, to take back your

peace, to rekindle your joy, to restore

your authority, to reclaim your future, and to

finally live the purpose for which

you were created. May the Lord, in His

infinite mercy, restore every

heart that sincerely repents

, and pour out upon you a new

anointing of holiness. Renew your mind,

strengthen your spirit, and lead it to

victory over every cycle of enslavement.

May the peace, joy, and purpose that

were stolen be restored now

through the power of the name of Jesus. Amen. Mm.