Might be best to try to conquer this sin on your own before God steps in to help because, sometimes a little spanking from up stairs can be very, very painful.
The Bible says to examine ourselves and to finish the good race.
M-Bob
I think you're wrong and that your advice is somewhat dangerous because we shouldn't try to do anything on our own strength. Even our obedience requires God's strength. We need to be utterly dependent upon God in all we do. God wants us to come as we are. He doesn't say, "sort out your life first then come to me." I cannot tell anyone that when you come to Jesus, all your problems, struggles will be over, I cannot tell them that. But I can say this most assuredly, that when you come to Jesus Christ in repentant and believing in Him, He will give you a purpose and meaning for life. I can tell you most assuredly, he will give you the power to overcome. The apostle Paul tells us as he writes to the Ephesians that when Christ comes into our life, the same power
(the Spirit of the Living God) that raised Jesus from the dead will come to dwell on the inside of our mortal body. Living in the power of the resurrection is far greater than all of the challenges that this life can throw at us.
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
When Satan presents us with temptations, we are often faced to respond with three choices. We can choose to fight it in our own strength, or fight it depending on the power of God, or we can choose to give in without putting up any fight. I personally don’t believe Satan can force us to sin. Most often, it is the case that we chose to give into sin willfully.
When the bible talks about self-control – the fruit of the Spirit (revealed in Galatians 5:22-23), it does not mean self-mastery, nor self-improvement, the Bible is talking about
self-surrender to the Holy Spirit. Self-control is being empowered by the Holy Spirit of God, but self-mastery is dependent entirely on one’s power and will. Self-control is what takes place in a person’s life out of the abundance that springs out of that person’s love for Jesus, but self-mastery is designed to make a person take control of their own destiny. Even at its best, anyone practising self-mastery if they are honest will admit that things are truly out of control when their soul is completely naked before God.
However, having said all that, I must also say that there’s no point praying to God to clear the cobwebs if you are not willing to accept that God wants you to deal with and let go of the spider. This is why Jesus said (using a figure of speech saying),
“If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away…” – Matthew 18.9. Jesus is not saying that we should literally destroy the precious eyes he gave us, but what He is really saying is that we should get rid of those things that cause us to stumble into sin (e.g. smartphones, toxic friends).
OP (
@MaryNabil), make this your prayer, let it bee the cry of your heart:
Lord Jesus, let every chain be broken from me, as I’m bound in Your grace, for Your yoke is easy Your burden is light. O Lord, may my heart always be set on your Kingdom. Break my heart for what breaks yours. Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Amen & Amen.
