Struggle...

“Sanctification is God's job,

 but obedience

 is ours.

 Sin has a life cycle--

it either grows or withers depending in whether we

 feed or starve it.”  Shane Idleman

"No other decision will impact

 our lives more

 than who, 

or what,

 we choose to follow."

 - Shane Idleman

Recently my husband

 preached a sermon

defining struggle/temptation versus

 full blown sin.

So often, and especially in our youth, we

feel like the struggle between our flesh and the Spirit

is sinful and we live in condemnation,

when if we would only but realize that

temptation/struggle gives us an opportunity

to choose whose side we are going to be on!

After new birth in Christ,

He makes all things new.

This does not mean our sinful flesh

goes away to never bother us

again.

It does, however, mean we 

have power in His name to

live our lives His Way.

Praise the Lord for that!