JOHN PIPER LAYS IT OUT!

S T U M B L E

I need HIS help.

Without HIM, I fall.

Lately, I've been feeling like I can do it myself. I'm a big kid now. I don't need anyone or anything. I'm in control.

But how quickly God pulls me back down and says, "NO!" The Holy Spirit is screaming in my head, yet somehow I let the desires of my flesh take over.
I know what I ought to do. But it feels so good to...not.
It's like an arm-wrestling competition. I'm fighting...I'm fighting...my arm starts shaking as the pressure builds...my opponent is strong...i'm quivering..muscle spasms...my hand hits the table..flat.
Muscle gave up.
I lost.
Guilt is taking over.

"We are no longer slaves to sin. We are no longer bound to it. Jesus Christ broke those chains with his blood.
We have entered into a saving RELATIONSHIP with Jesus Christ,
but we still have affairs with sin." — Tim Chaddick
Reality: Los Angeles

I don't want to have affairs anymore.