Sin isn’t usually a popular topic, but God can teach us how to handle it and find freedom
The idea of control gives us the illusion that we can prevent, manage, and will our lives towards certain outcomes.
3 qualities we can develop that keep us looking for God’s influence in our lives.
When we aren’t actively resisting the forces of darkness, we become susceptible to letting our view of sin get rosy.
True repentance involves allowing God to transform you from the inside out, and change your life completely.
The Bible teaches how to build confidence in God, not self.
There was a time when you were close to God. Would do anything for Him and worked to be close to him. How do you get there again?
With secure confidence in the saving power of God, we tightly grip the “sword of the Spirit”, which is God’s Word, and then march forward in our fight to rescue others from the darkness.
Pray about your lack of trust in God. What areas of your life are you unwilling to trust God with, and how has this affected your desire to pray? How has it affected your desire to read your Bible?
Jesus's confidence was in God, so when people were fickle he remained faithful, which is why I think so many people found him attractive. We must read the scriptures with greater intensity to learn this confidence, so we continue to keep the dream of Jesus alive and build his kingdom, regardless of whether we are many or few, important or irrelevant, succeeding or failing, being criticized or praised.