Temptations Of Sin

17-20But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can't keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don't have what it takes. I can will it, but I can't do it. I decide to do good, but I don't really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don't result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.

21-23It happens so regularly that it's predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God's commands, but it's pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.

24I've tried everything and nothing helps. I'm at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn't that the real question?

25The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different. Romans 7:17-25

This is the nature of sin. Sin is always there right when you feel strong enough to fight against it. Sin is that temptation that gets you down. I feel it all the time. I know sin can take over my life if I don't fight against it. The thing that I can fight sin with is Jesus Christ.

I need Jesus' strength to help me fight the temptation of sin. I need the Holy Spirit's power to overcome its temptation and to focus on God. I know that sin can be tricky and find its way into my life, so I need to be always attentive of sin and to grow stronger in the Lord.

Lord, thank you for your son Jesus Christ for dying on the cross for MY sins. I pray that you give me strength to keep from the temptations of sin and to focus and draw closer to you. Lord I thank you for your blessings and I thank you for that testimony from Kat of your healing. I know that you are the healer of miricles. I thank you and pray that this next week go smoothly.
Amen.