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Downward Spiral of Discouragement

Christian Insight, Spiritual Growth | February 7th, 2012

 

It only takes one thing someone says or does for us to feel discouraged.  It takes one discouraging thought for them to spiral out of control. That is the power of discouragement.

We are our own worst critic. We feel defeated, useless, and that what we do really doesn’t matter. The truth is, there is always that one person that will try and steal our joy regardless of the will inside to stay positive.  Our thoughts are extremely powerful. What we think about daily is reflective in how we approach our day and the people we encounter in it.

Lately, I have felt extremely discouraged. Yes, the “Great Encourager” feels discouraged. For the past two weeks, I have felt my efforts have gone unnoticed and I haven’t felt very appreciated. In those moments, I remind myself that it isn’t about me and that life doesn’t revolve around me. Everything we do in life is for God and His kingdom and that our hard work will inevitably pay off. Serving and helping others is the greatest return on investment there is, regardless of discouraging moments.

Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.

– Unknown

We need to think the way God thinks and reflect His character in everything we do.  One thing I remind myself of daily is that no one in this world is better than me. No one is better than you. No one is above me. No one is above you. We are all equal, we all bleed red.  More importantly, we are family.

Instead of allowing our thoughts to spiral out of control, we need to control them instead.  We need to center our thoughts on God’s Word and meditate on them. We need to continue doing His work and living out His character in everything we do. We need to set our minds right so they will no longer spiral out of control. Where the mind goes, the Man follows.

 When was the last time you felt discouraged? 

 Hebrews 10:35-36 

 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

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Through the Flames

Spiritual Growth | January 27th, 2012

 


 

Psalm 5

I lay out the pieces of my life on your altar and watch for fire to descend.

There is something raw and beautiful about exposing it all to God. Even though God knows our thoughts, our actions before we do them, and our hearts, there is something liberating about bearing it all to Him. It’s stepping out of fear and into faith when we are able to say,  ”God, here I am. Here is everything in my life that is holding me back from You, take it and let it burn.”

We don’t realize how much we bury inside until we reach a point when we pour our lives at God’s feet.  There are no words to describe that feeling. It’s almost as if our soul has a voice that we never knew existed.

Our thoughts have the power to deceive and so do our hearts. When our hearts are truly rooted in the Word of God, there is no room for deception, but maybe that’s the problem. If our hearts were truly planted in the Word God, why would we doubt? It’s because our souls haven’t truly reached the point of connection, and they don’t know God.

Reaching the point when we are willing to expose it all without fear is coming alive all over again. It’s watching the things we are too scared to admit and bottle up instead, fall at the feet of God’s grace and we’re free. It’s that moment that we take everything that has ever held us back and kept us planted in our lies, anything that has ever prohibited our growth and trust in Him, every single broken piece, throwing it into the fire and watching our life disappear.

Through the flames, the infliction of who we were will burn.  It’s a new beginning and allows us to embrace eternity.

Let it burn

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The Drive-Thru Christian

Christian Insight, Spiritual Growth | January 15th, 2012

 

Our relationship with God and faith are a lot like a fast food drive-thru.  We want everything in our life “fast, fresh, and friendly.”  We want life our way and our prayers made to order.

We are the “Fast Food Nation of Faith.”  We “pull up” to our Bibles or sit quietly in prayer and ask God for more happiness. Maybe for some of us, just a little happiness.  More money, a better job, a better marriage, or an “extra value” meal with all of the above. Every prayer is an order we place before God thinking that He will fill our order correctly and quickly.

We order food from a drive-thru because it’s quick and convenient. We don’t feel like taking the time to cook a meal at home. We want our food and we want it now. The same can be said about our faith and our prayers to God.

God doesn’t work on fast and convenient.

We may like things our way and want our prayers answered quickly, but what would we learn? Where would we find strength?  Our strength and hope lies in Christ and in Him alone.

Life may be fast, but it certainly isn’t friendly.  

Life is at times inconsiderate and inconvenient and that’s the harsh reality of living in a broken world. Our faith in God is more than that. It’s more than fast and convenient. Our faith in Christ should be consistent.

If we spent less time in a drive-thru and more time in the kitchen, less time in wanting and more time needing God, maybe then we’d realize our purpose.  Maybe we’d learn to be a little more patient.

God doesn’t take our orders. He works everything in our life for our good and for our intended purpose. He works on His terms. While this realization and reality may be hard for us to come to terms with, it’s important as we grow in our faith and relationship with Him.

Life isn’t made to order our way. It’s God’s way, all day, everyday.  

What was the last thing you “ordered” from God?

Romans 12:12

12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

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Death of a Cat and Dying to Self

Spiritual Growth | January 14th, 2012

 

photo credit: Andre Bohrer

It was like any ordinary morning. I woke up, had my morning coffee, showered, and got ready for work.

And then my Dad asked “Have you seen the cat?”

A little background story. My Dad and I, for the past six months have housed a mother and her kitten. One of her kittens disappeared and one was left, which quickly became “ours.” It stayed outdoors because my Mom is not a pet fan and for most of my life I have not been a fan of cats. But, like with any pet, I got attached.

While I was drying my hair, my Dad left to see if maybe the cat had wandered off into the neighborhood and when he came back, the next thing he said made my heart sink. “Look, when you go outside, don’t look at the road.”

I knew the inevitable had happened.  He was dead.

As I headed out the door, I saw his lifeless body lying on the gravel and gazing ahead, I saw a part of myself lying there too. When someone says, ”Die to self daily,” what does that mean to you? It didn’t resonate with me until that moment.

My cat in the last seconds of his life didn’t realize what was happening and he didn’t and couldn’t move quick enough to avoid the inevitable. Honestly, neither can we.

Dying to self is not optional for us.  

 Romans 6:8-10

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

It is imperative that we die to self to understand the purpose God has planned for our life. That is not possible if we are still attached to our old nature, our old way of life, and our sinful selves. When I saw my cat lying there in the middle of the road, I saw the part of my life that was still attached, the part of my life that I still haven’t let go.

Galatians 2:20

20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Dying to self is the realization that perfect security and peace can only be found in Christ.

Less of self, more of Christ.

There may be things about our old selves we are still attached to, things we are unable to let go of. Regardless of how strong we are in our faith, it doesn’t matter.  When we die to self, we literally die.

God has plans for our life, whether we believe it at times or not.  The irony, is sometimes we don’t realize our purpose until tragedy happens.  My cat died Monday and so did I.   Rest in Peace

When was the last time you “died”?

When is the last time you realized your purpose through death?

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Redemption from Reflection

Guest Post, Spiritual Growth | January 10th, 2012

 

Today’s post is written by Jason North.  Jason is a follower in Christ who seeks to spread the gospel through not only words, but action. Prior to turning his life to Christ, like many of us, Jason lived a life of rebellion, hypocrisy, and self-seeking pleasures.  However, through Christ he has been redeemed and transformed to a Man that not only follows Christ, but seeks to serve him in all areas of his life. Jason currently resides in Texas and in his spare time enjoys playing the drums, listening to music, and reading the Bible.

You can follow Jason on Twitter via @jasonbnorth.

 

Do you know your value? Do you see you for who and what you are?

 Do you recognize yourself in the scope of eternity?

 Are you resting your eyes and thoughts on what mankind has created?

 Buildings. Gadgets. Music. Worldly ideas and ‘wisdom’; what are they?

 We have created much, but what have you created within yourself?

 Are you aware of how you affect the world around you; your family and friends?

 Are you living for yourself, separated from what’s bigger than you?

 

Have you asked yourself these questions before?

If not, it’s time to ask these questions.

If you have, then you know there’s only one answer.

It’s interesting, isn’t it? This whole faith thing. This whole forgiveness thing. We try to describe it. We try to make it a concept that people can swallow and understand.

We try to tell people that they need to die to self, setting it aside so that they can be born anew and we try reflect in our deeds what’s rooted in our hearts.

We attempt to put into words what can only be experienced.

The unbeliever can strive for ‘salvation’, but doesn’t feel or experience anything different, even after years of searching…

… because the responsibility lies in the heart of the individual. And we are inherently broken and fallen things. To become renewed from that brokenness is to know Christ. To know Christ to be renewed.

This is the bottom line. The Big Kahuna.

Once the individual knows she’s been forgiven…

…that the old has become pure and new…

… that she didn’t have to work for it…

…that Jesus, by God, went the extra mile for humanity, that He provided the raw stuff needed for us to become all that God has called us to be from before time…

…that in the end all people from all religions, belief systems and philosophies, will bow at the feet of Jesus…

…then she can come from the pain and brokenness and transform to be in His likeness and to be co-creators with God himself, instruments of His creative power.

What else is needed? Nothing.

Have you known a person that was living in sin, but was saved by the knowledge of Christ?

I wish some of you could have known me before I re-dedicated my life to Christ a couple years ago.

If you’ve ever wanted to get mad at a perfect example of a hypocrite, I was him.

My self-serving ambitions were pale in comparison only by my rebellion; to my family, friends, and God foremost. Worst of all, I could still put on a lying front like I was squeaky-clean. But, everybody could see through it, except for me.

If you’ve ever had questions about your purpose; questions about what this “Jesus thing” is really about [without the mega-churches, judgment and shallow-mindedness], then ask questions to a Christ-follower that has a testimony.

Seek out the experience of someone that’s wholeheartedly surrendered to Jesus.

Ask him where he came from, where he’s going, and who he credits for propelling him there. His response should simply be – Jesus. Perhaps then you’ll know your real value in Christ’s eyes [the only ones that matter]. Perhaps then you’ll understand what Jesus did for you.

If you don’t know God, then start to pursue Him today. When you’re ready, after you’ve recognized how broken you are, how fallen you are in God’s eyes, but how much He expects of you, then surrender to Him.  Your life depends on it.

Titus 2:14

Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

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When Faith & Forgiveness Collide

Spiritual Growth | January 8th, 2012



Luke 17

“If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. 4 Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.”

5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

There is a lot that I can say about faith and there is a lot that can be said about forgiveness. Apart, both are separate and are fine on their own because they do different things in our lives.

 Together, when faith and forgiveness collide, it’s beautiful.

Seven months ago I began my journey with faith. I spent days and hours reading the Bible, listening to sermon after sermon and reading blog after blog, book after book trying to understand what it meant to have faith. I learned what it meant to deny ourselves and live purposely by the Spirit. However, even when I was growing in my knowledge and growing in faith, something still felt “off.” It was as if one part of me was so on fire for God’s Word and trying to understand what faith looked like and what it really meant, but there was still something missing.

As we grow in our faith, we begin to realize that there are things from our past that prevent us from moving forward and truly living by the Spirit. For me, there was no big moment or thing that happened, but it became apparent to me what was missing when I was contacted by someone from my past.

Then it hit me.

Even though I had faith, I was struggling internally with forgiveness.  It is only until we truly learn the power of forgiveness and what that word means in its entirety, that we can be set free and step into faith.

Some of us swear that our faith is enough and that it’s sufficient. However, faith is not sufficient and cannot truly sustain us when we are unable to let go of ourselves and learn to forgive.

Forgiveness means different things to us and it’s easier to say, a lot harder to do.  We’re human and we hold grudges. We become bitter and tainted by the lies we tell ourselves to make ourselves feel better. To make up for it, we hold on to our faith instead to sustain us and think that if we hold on tight enough, that we will somehow forget and that is what it means to forgive.  Forgiveness is more than forgetting. It’s more than “water under the bridge.”

Forgiveness is faith amplified.

When the person from my past contacted me I learned what it meant to forgive. The emotional and mental abuse by this person no longer mattered. This person’s hateful and rude remarks about me to people in my life close to me, didn’t matter. What mattered in that moment was knowing that God was working. He was working in my life. Allowing me to face my past and let go. The amazing thing about it is, I realized I already had. As I had grew in my faith and was confronted with my past in that single moment, I realized that I had inevitably “let go.”

That is when faith and forgiveness collided.

Apart, faith and forgiveness are fine on their own and they mean different things to each person. Depending on where we are in our faith resonates a lot with how we learn to forgive and what forgiveness means with our faith strong. Both are powerful words with different meaning. Together, faith and forgiveness are complete and so are we.

When was the last time faith and forgiveness collided in your life? 

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Progression, Process

Personal, Spiritual Growth | December 24th, 2011

 

Progression all around me

Hope of what might be

Progression in every facet of  life

A smile and a humbled heart

… in awe

Progression towards a new start

Love, Happiness

You freely gave

Life

A process that can only happen through

You.

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A Spirit Powered Life

Devotional, Spiritual Growth | November 29th, 2011

 

My soul was weak within me
I can’t run from this destiny,
Just give me your mercy
I go where the spirit leads me
Where the spirit rides.

In life, we have felt at times that we are never going to change. That’s the simple fact about who we are and how we think. When we feel like we are never going to change, the truth is we ARE going to change. The reason is because God has given us His Holy Spirit.

There are three reasons why we are going to change:

#1. We have a new nature, the Holy Spirit does that.

#2. We have a new Manager, the Holy Spirit is that.

#3.  We have a new Father, the Holy Spirit affirms that.

Today we will change because we have a new nature given to us by the Spirit.

Romans 8:4-7

In order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

We choose the source by which we live. We can choose to live by our sinful nature or by the spirit.  We can choose to live a self-controlled life or a God-controlled life.

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires The “according” to is our choice.  What do we live according to? The idea of “according to” is in what we are unified with.  We can choose to trust in what God has done or we can choose to trust in ourselves.

Not only do we choose our source but our choice determines the way we think.  The idea and thought that we are never going to change, a lot of that evolves around the way we think during the day. Sometimes our thoughts can lead us into actions of goodness and grace and sometimes (probably most of the time), our thoughts  are lead down paths of temptation and evil.

Our choice determines our thinking and the Bible tells us that our new nature can think differently. Those that live according to their sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires, but those who live in accordance with the spirit have their minds set on what is right.

We have the choice to trust in what God has done and when we do that, it determines the direction of our thoughts.   The self-powered life becomes a selfish life. We get out what we put in, it’s the natural result.  The God-dependent life results in a God-centered life and that’s the supernatural result. When we depend on ourselves we are more drawn to think about the one we are depending on; ourselves. When we depend on God, we are drawn to think more like Him.

Our choice determines the way we think.

Our way of thinking determines the direction our life is going and on our relationship with God.   When we live by the world’s perspective, the result is death and we feel that death in our life. Even if we feel like we are going to Heaven, there are some days when we feel dead inside, why? Because we are living by the wrong power.

 The mind set on self is hostile towards God, the mind set on the spirit is controlled by God and is following God. 

To think according to our sinful nature means we are thinking self-powered thoughts. When the Bible says we are no longer sinful and now spiritual we think that means we forget about money and personal fulfillment or that we are meant to think about God all day long. That’s not what it means. The life that God produces in us is a life where the leadership of our life has changed.Our gifts are used in a greater way and our genuine success comes into our lives because of who God is.

Think of an illustration of two sailboats going in opposite directions. How does that happen if the wind is blowing one direction? It’s how they have set their sails. You and I have the same choice. We can either trust in what God has done or we can choose our own power and go in the wrong direction away from God.

We can live a self-controlled life or a God-controlled life, which do you choose?

Prayer:

Lord,  I confess that I haven’t been thinking straight in the past few days and I have been allowing my thoughts to go to things that draw me away from You. I have drawn my life in the wrong direction, rather than a direction that is right. I can make a lot of excuses for that, and I can blame others, but I am not going to. Right here in this moment, I am going to choose to live according to Your Spirit power and not my self-powered and selfish power.  I was made to live according to Your Spirit power and to unified   with Your spirit. In this moment I connect to You and I ask that You give me the power and the strength to live out the direction You have for me today and everyday. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

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Victory Over Sin

Devotional, Spiritual Growth | November 18th, 2011

 

We can’t win in our battle of sin and in our desire to grow as a Christian if we try and make ourselves more than we are.

Satan is attacking us right now. He fears the result of our faith and we are under attack.  He attacks us not because we are so weak, but because we might become strong in our faith.  Satan hopes that by defeating us, he will be able to defeat many others.  In every moment sin is dominating our life and we feel defeated.

Romans 7:15

5 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.

In Romans Chapter 7 Verse 15, Paul is talking about that experience. The clash between flesh and spirit.  

What we want to do, we don’t do. What we don’t want to do, we do.  We all have this inner resistance to the right way of life. We wake up each day and say to ourselves, ”Today will be different,” and by the end of the day, nothing has changed. We don’t have to live with that gap, the gap of what we could be and what we are.

We all struggle with doing the right thing. The struggle wouldn’t be there if we didn’t agree somehow internally if what God says is the right thing to do, is inevitably the right thing to do.The problem isn’t God or the law, it’s us.

Sin lives in us and we don’t have the power to change on our own. The law of sin is like the law of gravity, it inevitably drags us down and if that is the only law we have in our life, we are going to be dragged down with it. If we have ever done something we didn’t want to do, now is the time to be honest to God about it.

What we don’t understand about ourselves is that we act one way and then act another. We do things we absolutely despise and we need something more. If our sins destroy our best intentions, then we need help.

We don’t have what it takes. We can will it, but we can’t do it.  Something has gone wrong inside us and gets the best of us each time and we shouldn’t want to live and stay there.

Romans 7:21-23

21 So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.

There is something broken in us. There is a battle between our inner being and what we actually do. This is not a division of our spirit, it’s a division of our will and our actions.

Evil is present, who will rescue us?

Romans 7:24-25

24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature[a] a slave to the law of sin.

We are in desperate need of help and need someone to save us. We can’t save ourselves but there is hope. The answer doesn’t come from trying harder, a new spiritual technique, seminar, or therapy. The rescue comes through a person; Jesus Christ.

We have victory when Christ comes into the picture and everything  in our life changes.

We have a new ruler and our battle is won. The key to victory is our personal surrender. The only way to defeat the enemy of sin is to surrender ourselves and heart to God. When we surrender to Him, we are  surrendering to someone who wants to fulfill us. We are surrendering not to the enemy, but to victory.

We will never rid ourselves of our old desires and sin as long we live in this world.  There is no magic formula for doing that. Romans 7 is not a one time experience we go through and then we become perfect Christians for the rest of our lives. We can’t lie to ourselves and say we don’t sin and don’t struggle with it. We can’t give up in our struggle and pretend we are perfect.  We don’t have to pretend we have it all together.

Jesus wants to take over every area in our life. To be free from sin, we have to be a slave to Him and there is victory in that.

Prayer:

Lord, in my heart I want to follow You, but in my mind sin still has a hold on me. I want to walk in Your ways and keep Your commandments. I am determined to do that, but my mind and body rebel. There is a war raging inside of me. Lead me to victory. In Jesus name I pray, Amen

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Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

Devotional, Spiritual Growth | November 10th, 2011



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Sinning is fun. If it wasn’t, we wouldn’t do it. Our minds, our logic, and our experiences tell us sinning is wrong, but we sin any way. There are two words that are the secret to changing our sinful nature: Death and Resurrection.

Jesus died to sin, He died for us.

For us to understand what it means to be “dead to sin” we have to understand when Jesus died, He broke the penalty and power of sin. That is what we place our faith in. We are dead to sin when we understand what Jesus did and that we have a new power to reject sin. Being dead to sin doesn’t mean we don’t respond to, have the temptation not to sin or the power to say no to sin, it means we have a new power from God  to change how we respond by recognizing a new spiritual reality about ourselves. You know why we can’t break our sinful patterns? Because we try too hard. The harder we try, the worse it gets.  We can’t break the power of sin with our own effort and our own will power. We died to sin and it starts with faith. It starts by trusting what Jesus has done for us. It starts by trusting what God has done, rather than trying to do it for Him.

God gave us a new life in Christ, and because of that we can begin to win the battle of sin. That doesn’t mean we become perfect in this world, because we can’t, but we can have victory in our daily lives. The truth is, if we want to live a life of faith, we have to deal with the reality of sin in our daily life.

Romans 6: 1-5

1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

Verses 3-5 tells us that if we are going to deal with sin in our daily life, we first have to understand the importance of our baptism. If we have been united with Christ in His death, we will also be united with Him in His resurrection. The first verses of Romans 6 focus on a spiritual baptism, they focus on the moment we start believing in Jesus. All of us were baptized into Christ, we were all baptized into His death.  A baptism means a complete immersion.  We were immersed into Christ and immersed in His death, and this is our spiritual reality. The moment we become a believer, something essential about who we are changes, we are a new believer in Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!

The old person has passed away, a new person has come and things aren’t the same any more. Too many Christians try to live between experiencing the forgiving power of the cross, but not living a new life in the ressurection of Christ, how discouraging! But, we don’t have to live that way. We need to realize that God wants to do something new when we become a new person in Christ. Once we are immersed in that moment something about our spirtiual nature changes, that doesn’t change the truth. The essential spiritual truth is that when we come to Christ and place our faith in Him, He changes our very nature, we become a new person in Him.

Some of us try and experience our new nature without making a commitment to Christ and want to live the reality and hype of the ressurection without turning our life over to Him. Self discipline alone is not enough to change us.  We can’t ignore our old nature and pretend we’re perfect. Deep down we know  we aren’t. We can’t ignore our temptations now that we are Christians, that’s dangerous. The battle of sin is a battle we have to fight. Our mistake comes when we try and fight with our own energy, our own effort. The harder we fight, the more sin clings to us. It’s like quicksand, the harder we kick, the further we sink.

Winning the battle of sin can’t be done by ignoring it or trying to win it with our own effort. The only way to win the battle of sin is by faith in what Jesus Christ has done for us.

We are dead to sin, our old nature and way of life is gone. We are made new, we are alive.

Prayer 

Lord,  I am a sinner.  I have done wrong things seflishly, pridefully, I need Your forgiveness. Forgive my sins. Past, present, and future. I want to start living my life in a new way. I am sorry I have tried making myself better by my own human effort and power to say no to sin. My power to reject sin comes from what You did on the cross. It comes from the new life You gave me when You died on the cross and were ressurrected from the dead. Right now in this moment, help me see myself in a new way, not in light of my past sins, not in light of my future intentions or pride. Help me see myself in light of what Jesus did for me. He died so I could live and I am grateful for that.  In Jesus name I pray, Amen

 

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