Dear Pastor,

I must congratulate you on the good you are doing. I have had a masturbating problem since I was 13. I sometimes do it more than three times daily. Even when I was in my late teens and had my first girlfriend, I still masturbated without her knowing.

I have been through other relationships, but I have settled down and decided to get married. I have since baptised. A few weeks before baptism, I prayed and asked God to help me with my problem.

Thank the Lord, he answered my prayer. It's been months now and no more masturbating. I feel like a virgin once again and will not have sex until I am married.

Unnamed

Dear Unnamed,

Congratulations for conquering the habit of masturbation. According to your letter, the Lord God has given you victory over that habit. I wish you well and hope others who constantly masturbate and want to stop, would experience similar victory.

Having said the above, I am in no way condemning those who habitually masturbate that it is their lack of faith why they continue to do so. I am sure there are many who have prayed and have tried to stop, but have not been able to do so.

Pastor