We Need To Choose Better

Good Morning!! As Christians, we have been freed from slavery to the old nature. No longer are we dominated by the past,...or controlled by the old way of living. We have been set free. Sin may be dormant in our lives, but it is no longer dominant. While sin may be a resident, it is never president. We don’t have to give in, or say yes to the demands and directions of the old life.

In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.—Romans 6:11 (NIV)

So, why do we still sin? Basically, we do it voluntarily. One man said the Christian sins because they have a deep, dignified, respectable love for sin. In other words, if a Christian sins, it is because he or she chooses to sin. So often, we do it with our eyes wide open, with our minds made up, and with choose to continue to live under the power of sin in our lives.

We’re should all be familiar with the war within,...because while we have a new nature in Jesus Christ and are dead to sin, Satan is not dead and there is still temptation.

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Holy Spirit, help us to know that we are free. When the spiritual wars rage within us from day to day,...we ask that You strength us, and give us the wisdom to choose a sin-free, righteous lifestyle. Help us in our choosing to live free of the shackles of sin. Amen.

" God is not only able to heal our hurts,...but the hurts we've caused."