The War Within

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The War Within

• (Rom 719-25 NIV) For what I do is not the good
  I want to do no, the evil I do not want to
  do--this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I
  do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it,
  but it is sin living in me that does it. 21 So
  I find this law at work When I want to do good,
  evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner
  being I delight in God's law24 What a wretched
  man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of
  death? 25 Thanks be to God--through Jesus
  Christ our Lord!...

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\What/Who is controlling you?

• (Eph 518 NIV) Do not get drunk on wine, which
  leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the
  Spirit.

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What the sinful nature produces

• Immorality
• Occult involvement
• Relational problems
• Dissatisfaction with life
• Addictions

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Free from sins power!

• (Rom 66 NIV) For we know that our old self was
  crucified with him so that the body of sin might
  be done away with, that we should no longer be
  slaves to sin
• (Rom 614 NIV) For sin shall not be your master,
  because you are not under law, but under grace.

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The Process of Spiritual Victory

• Realize Im forgiven Overcoming guilt
  (Colossians 213-14)
• Gods love and grace for me as His child are
  unconditional!
• I will always struggle with sin, but Im forgiven
  as I grow.
• Realize Im made new Overcoming helplessness
  (Galatians 524)
• I have a new nature that desires to grow and
  please God.
• I have a new source of power the Holy Spirit.
• Choose to do right Taking responsibility
  (Galatians 516, 18, 25)
• I can make choices that please God as I
  continually depend on the Spirits power within
  me.