 This one truth changed my whole battle with lust forever. For so long I'd pray to God, I'd ask God, God, change my heart, help me fight this temptation, help me battle through this, and those are all good prayers. But the truth in my heart of what I was believing was that one day I'd wake up and it wouldn't be hard for me anymore, that it would be easy to avoid temptation. But ultimately it begins with saying, hey, this is going to be hard for you. This is going to be painful. You might want to go down this dangerous road, but you need to say no to it. You need to ask God to give you the strength, and it will be hard. It will be painful, and that's part of it. You can't just wait till it's easy. It's about showing up every day and committing yourself to say, I'm going to follow you, Jesus, as opposed to my own desires, no matter how painful and frustrating and discouraging it may be.