So you want to change.<\/p>\n
“Yes, I’d like to, but I’m not sure that it’s possible. I keep trying, but then find myself going back to my old ways again and again.”<\/p>\n
You are a Christian?<\/p>\n
“Yes. I believe that Christ died for my sins and rose again from the dead.”<\/p>\n
Well, then, there’s every reason for you to expect to be able to change. Jesus is deeply concerned about helping believers change. Listen to this:<\/p>\n
. . . as the One Who called you is holy, you yourselves must become holy in all of your behavior
1 Peter 1:15<\/p>\n
He is holy—set apart from sin and to righteousness—and wants you to be like Himself. He asks a believer to do nothing that He doesn’t supply the wisdom and the ability to do. He will help you. Listen to Philippians 2:13<\/p>\n
. . . Since it is God Who is producing in you both the willingness and the ability to do the things that please Him.<\/p>\n
If you truly desire to change in order to please Him, He’s already beginning to fulfill the first promise in that verse.<\/p>\n
“It would be great, but I don’t see how. I try not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So you want to change. “Yes, I’d like to, but I’m not sure that it’s possible. I keep trying, but then find myself going back to my old ways again and again.” You are a Christian? “Yes. I believe that Christ died for my sins and rose again from the dead.” Well, then, there’s every …
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