Mar 01, 2005 17:21
The subject title speaks to me just as much as it speaks to you. I have found myself time after time, falling into the same traps that Satan has always lured me into. Like a mouse, I was always falling for the cheese in the mouse trap. Like Eve, I was tempted by the serpent and grabbed the forbidden apple. But then I realize, God doesn't want us to walk in defeat because we have already won the war. He doesn't want to see us caught in a vicious cycle, the cycle of "fall into sin, feel worthless for three days, feel good about not falling into the same sin" and then allow it to happen time and time again. I have been guilty of the same thing. But God showed me an amazing verse that is changing my life, it is pulling me out of this repetitive cycle.
"You belong to God, my dear children. You have already won your fight with these false prophets, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than
the spirit who lives in the world."
-1 John 4:4
Through Christ, we have overcome the world. That is the reason for the cross.
Mighty is the power of the cross.
Lay down your burdens at His feet.. He will trade your ashes for beauty.