I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. ¹⁸… I want to do what is right, but I can’t. ¹⁹I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. … ²⁴Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?

 Romans 7:15, 18-19, 24 NLT

Help, I’m Outa Control!

• Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now.
• Desires don’t determine who you become. Disciplines determine who you become.
• Willpower doesn’t work.

CRAZY TRAIN LIFE: WALK IN THE FLESH

• I’M BAD – TRY HARD -WILL WEAKENS – FAILURE -GUILT & SHAME -REPEAT
• Oh, what a miserable person I am! … Romans 7:24 NLT
• … Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? ²⁵Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. …Romans 7:24-25 NLT
• So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 NIV

peripateo—continuous regular action, habitual way of life

TENDED FIRE LIFE:

WALK IN SPIRIT

• I BELONG TO JESUS–
• DEPEND ON SPIRIT -BUILDS MY FAITH-RIGHT ACTIONS-
• ClOSER TO GOD-REPEAT
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control … Galatians 5:22-23