God commands us to be holy, but He doesn’t leave us to figure it out alone or shout down at us in frustration, “Stop sinning! Be holy!” Instead, He lovingly invites us to come to Him with our struggles. When we confess, He listens to every word, reaches into our lives – directly into our messes – and lifts us out of the many waters.
Continue reading →When you think about some of the worst acts you’ve ever committed, can you recall how you got to that point? One wrong thought gave way to another, which led to an immoral choice, which gave birth to a lie. The lie led to another wrong thought, another immoral choice, another lie.
Continue reading →We have no hope of changing if we don’t change who or what we surrender ourselves to. Whether we’re yielding to peer pressure, fear of failure, rejection or the devil himself, we’ve got to do whatever is necessary to start loving God more than we love our sin.
Continue reading →Why do we feel compelled to present or hand over ourselves (physically or mentally) to behavior that will bring about negative consequences? What would happen if we asked God to remind us what our bad choices cost us the last time we offered our members (parts) of our bodies to sin?
Continue reading →As we discussed last week, God calls us to rise above the temptation to gossip when people make devastating choices that ruin their lives and relationships. It’s especially easy to fall into this trap when it involves someone we don’t particularly like. But when we choose to behave this way, we further the decay of our country, our community and even our churches.
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