My mind is full of lustful thoughts and i think the devil is trying to put me into a dark place . Im not a bad or sick person but my mind is overwhelm [Spirituality & Religion]

I'm thinking I'm leaving God down over my troubled mind at the moment . It's not gone bad as to hurt someone or take advantage of someone cause I'm not that type of person to do that .
But I must say my mind is overwhelmed with lustful thoughts and I'm thinking it's the Devil down stairs trying to put me into a dark place .
I feel good most of the time during the day but at some stage in the day a lustful thought comes into my mind and has me grabbed
I'm 38 I'm single , I went through hardships with ex , a very painful experience . It ended up sour at the end , very toxic and I'm just wondering is there a connection between the 2 . The lustful thoughts and the bad break up . It's a long time since I broke up but I never got over it properly. I find and not being biased to woman I found she was very cold person and only noticed it when I broke up with her . I did like also but at the end it was uncalled for .
There was one woman who had great interest in me and I pulled myself out cause I've had a fear that it would turn out like that.
So I stayed away from the woman and my mind got very lustful when being on my own. I'm not saying all woman are like that but I met some bad apple ones (full of mind games) it's there insecurities.

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canusernamebemyusername · M

It sounds like you haven't been with someone for a long time and it is getting to you. Your body is craving that physical contact and intimacy with a person. But you have been through so much trauma it has scared you into being celibate so to speak. It's not the devil unless you are out to do something illegal or hurt someone.
"[i]Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3 The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.[/i]"

riseofthemachine · 41-45, M

@canusernamebemyusername I'm not lustful in doing something illegal at all . I'm not that type . I'm hurting myself at the end of the day

canusernamebemyusername · M

@riseofthemachine Then you need to try and find the courage to put yourself back out there. It took me years to get over my first ex. So I know what it's like. It does get better especially when you realize that other people can and will love you maybe even better than your ex. But remember God understands you and he isn't going to hate you for being lonely.

LadyGrace ·

@canusernamebemyusername I can't agree with that at all. It is the devil trying to put suggestions in his mind. That's the way he works. Temptation is one of his big tactics. But that doesn't mean he cannot control his actions. The Bible said if we just resist the devil, he will flee but it must be done in the name of Jesus and by his authority. Right now he is facing much temptation and he needs to pray right now more than anything and ask God to help him keep his mind on healthy things and off of the past. We do have a choice when we see and acknowledge that we are fighting a spiritual battle. He needs to divert his attention to anything but what it is on right now. We do have a choice in this matter. He needs to know that.