Dear some one you said it was the last time.
Then it happened again.
Nobody accidentally falls into the same sin 100 times.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧.
The sin is often the fruit.
𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐓.
For example:
Lust may not be your biggest problem. 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 might be.
Anger may not be your
𝐁𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐌.
Unhealed wounds might be.
People pleasing may not be your biggest problem.
The fear of 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 might be.
Constant comparison may not be your biggest problem.
𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐁𝐄.
Many Christians spend years cutting off fruit.
WHILE IGNORING THE ROOT.
Jesus never just dealt with behavior.
He dealt with hearts.
Because transformed roots produce transformed fruit.
Ask yourself:
"What keeps leading me here?"
"What am trying to satisfy?"
"What am running from?"
"What wound am refusing to address?"
Sometimes the breakthrough isn'tfound in stronger willpower.
Sometimes it's found in letting God heal what is beneath the sin.
God help us!
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