I find making a daily commitment to stay on the right road and avoid the road to trouble is helpful. I accept that I am at war, not just with the devil and this very sexual culture, but I am also at war with me. In James 1:14 it says we are drawn away by our own lust.
That means left to myself, I could lust, I could think higher of myself than I should, or feel entitled to a better wife, life, or something else. I am like you in a battle of my own flesh. Here is something I have learned to do to declare war on my flesh.
As part of my prayer in the morning, as I stated earlier, many times before my feet even hit the floor, I declare a few commitments to the Lord. One of those commitments is that I declare that I commit to love and protect all women today, and I hate all lust of all women in my heart or my mind, and that all women are made by God, for God, and going back to God.
This declaration on a daily basis has put a stake in the ground so deep inside of me, I can’t explain it. It’s like I’ve told myself how the day is going to be. If I am tempted to look twice at a woman a voice inside will ask me, “Are you protecting her?” This daily declaration tells my flesh that today I am focused on winning any battle that comes up in this area. I do this daily declaration even if I am going to just be hanging out at home with Lisa all day. It’s just become part of what I do when I wake up.