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Fighting sin by preferring produces gratitude instead of the resentment or self-pity produced by burdensome abstention from preferred sin. Know what you are trying to amputate – the initial impulse to look (before it becomes a lust) – requires alertness and vigilance. To have power to do all this you need grace (pray to the Father, trust in the Son, and walk by the Spirit through Scripture, Church, and obedience).