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#194 8 Ways Lust is Making You Stupid Daughters of Lust - Joe Heschmeyer

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Jul 24, 2025
Dive into the intricate effects of lust on our decisions and lives, challenging the oversimplified cultural messages around sexuality. Explore the 'eight daughters of lust' and how each one distorts reason, leading to harmful behaviors. Delve into the connections between lust, pride, and spiritual warfare, emphasizing the importance of navigating these internal struggles to uphold moral integrity. With illustrative examples and thought-provoking insights, the discussion highlights the profound impact of lust on both personal and societal levels.
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Lust Ruins High Success Lives

  • Lust can cause highly successful people to ruin their lives, jobs, and families through poor choices.
  • Examples include CEOs losing billions and reputations due to infidelity and sexual scandals.
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Eight Daughters of Lust

  • Lust spawns eight offspring sins like blindness, rashness, and hatred of God that ruin mind and soul.
  • Losing control to lust distorts reason and makes intellect and will serve passions instead.
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Lust Corrupts Reasoning Steps

  • Lust corrupts each step of reason: seeing good, gathering counsel, sound judgment, and decision.
  • It blinds the mind, prompts rash actions, causes forgetting good judgment, and breaks resolve.
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