Defeating Sexual Temptations

When I feel tempted to have impure thoughts towards women, I like to do the following:

  1. Offer a spontaneous prayer to Jesus for help. Here is an example of a spontaneous prayer I like to offer:

Jesus, please help me defeat the desires of my flesh. I invoke all the graces given to me by You, to be used as weapons to defeat the desires of my flesh. Please help me remain holy and pure. I love You Jesus. Amen.

  1. Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy when I feel a temptation to have impure thoughts towards a specific woman. As I pray the Chaplet, I ask Jesus to grant me the grace to seek mercy towards the woman who is on my mind. I find praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy helps me see the dignity God gave to women, making me become pure around my sisters in Christ.
  2. I like to pray the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel daily, in order for me resist the temptation to have impure thoughts towards women when on the Internet. I find the daily praying of the St. Michael Prayer to be very helpful.
  3. When I feel a sexual temptation, I like to evoke a spontaneous prayer to Mary for help in resisting sexual impurity. I like to ask Mary to ask Jesus to imprint her beautiful image on my mind, and for me to feel her feminine presence, so that I may be able to defeat the impure desires of my flesh. Mary is very important in my life as a man, because she teaches me that if I can be pure in her presence, I can be pure in the presence of women in general.

I would like to add that even though my tips to resist sexual temptations are directed towards men, they also can be applied towards women as well.