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How old are you? If you are in your teens/early twenties, such thoughts are a normal part of teenage/young adult development, they aren't going away until your hormones calm down. We aren't perfect, we are human. We are called to be Christ-like but we aren't Christ, no one is. We all have flaws. We are hard-wired to look at people lustfully due to the drive to reproduce and make strong babies. Now here's what can be done concerning this. Accept that you are human and you will have human urges, just like everyone else. Learn your body, what triggers your fantasies and what gets you aroused. Just because your body is telling you do something doesn't mean you have to do it. Instincts don't always know what's best for you. Since your sexual fantasies are probably a combination of development and maturing, the only thing that can really be done is learn what the appropriate reactions to your fantasies and to learn that your fantasies are just that, fantasies. They don't represent anyone or anything other than extensions of yourself. Keeping this perspective in mind can help you from letting your fantasies lead you to objectifying people. I feel like I'm rambling now, but anyway, I'll keep you in my prayers and if you want to discuss this further, I do have a sex talk thread in this guild.

I just received news that my aunt is on her death bed. She has a really bad case of pneumonia, and due to her age, and other health issues, she isn't expected to make it though. The only good side I can see from this, is she will be going to be meet by my mother on the other side. Though, it isn't much...

I don't care for myself, but could you guys pray for my family? Even more so for my grandmother, this would be the second daughter, she lost in the span of two years.

I need prayers for a lot of people including me and everyone effected by recent events by my neighbor. I'll try to make this short, but give enough info so you know the situation. I have had this friend since HS. I always thought she was a sweet nice person, but a little overly affectionate. I don't like hugs from people that i'm not in a gf/bf relationship with, because I have aspergers syndrome. Anyways that describes the part of her that i always saw up until some time ago and now it's just worse.

She's lost a lot of friends due to her pathological lying. Before me, the last one she lost was my mom who always had the her kids (adopted or not) in mind first. My mom has caught her in lies several times and remained civil. Her friend who is also mine, we'll call her M, distanced herself long ago, because the relationship got toxic when she confronted her. And thinking of the kids my mom did something the father said he was going to do, because they love M so much and that's take them to see M. Well, it got back to the neighbor woman and she's pulling her kids away. In a way I see going behind her back may have been bad, but it was for her kids. There are things going on over there I know and some I did not know. Not going into details. There is some physical abuse, but one teen is out of control usually. I know of one instance where i feel i should have called someone, because I don't think the father took immediate attention to like he should have. And being me I normally wouldn't have tried to confront, but started walking over there before i saw the father and he said he'd take care of it. I was stepping outside my aspie comfort zone, so that should say something. Anyways, I had enough of her lies. I had enough of her recent fb post and I thought it was about time I said something. And I swear to you, I thought as close as she was to me, she'd have listened, but no. She ignored me and walked away. I started yelling and screaming at her from my porch to hers. (we are feet away) Anyways, things are coming to a head. Things are getting worse. She usually runs from problems, now she's lashing out, because she's cornered. CYS is involved.

I hope and pray the situation will be resolved. Home doesn't feel safe anymore, so anytime i'm somewhere like psych rehab, i dread going home. For the kids sake, i hope they're taken away and they are arrested, but i don't think that's a realist thought. I'm deeply hurt worse than any bully did to me in HS.

So I ask prayers for the kids, the parents, me, my parents, especially my mom, M and others that have had their own experience with them.

I just found out that my dad lost his trailer to a fire last March, he got PTSD and he lost some of the cats.

Yeah, he has a home now. The VA helped him out.

Please pray for me through my finals this semester. I have been overly stressed, reading, researching, and studying to get ready. I feel like lately I have left god behind in my attempts to do well on exams. Just prey for me when it comes to stress and time management, and to make time for what truly counts.

My boyfriend is in some serious need of prayer right now. He has a court date on December 20th over some false allegations. The family is accusing him of touching their 16 year old daughter.

We think that they're doing this because a man who was living with them got arrested over trying to break into our house one night while he was drunk. Whatever the reason, my boyfriend is innocent.

From what I've heard at school the girl is saying that he 'asked her to take off her shoes, and he kissed her.' I'm not sure of any facts on what's being said right now, but prayers that we'll make it through this unscathed would be very appreciated.