Are You Sick of Being Stuck?
January 7, 2024

Are You Sick of Being Stuck?

I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it… Romans 7:15a NLT

I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God’s law with all my heart. But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am!… Romans 7:19-24a NLT

Real change isn’t

modification.
Real change is transformation.

Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord… Romans 7:24b-25a NLT

God,

me
God, me
God, me

For I am the least of all the apostles. In fact, I’m not even worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God’s church. But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out His special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by His grace. 1 Corinthians 15:9-10 NLT

The

is God’s for you.

The

is God’s _power_through you.

If you

the behavior, but change the heart the behavior will .

Each time He said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NLT