Sin is Everywhere

Sin is everywhere and it can start innocently or even by accident. However, once it becomes part of our lives, it sinks deeper and deeper into the dark places of our soul. In the end, sin objectifies love and makes it small and meaningless. It poisons relationships and how we view and treat others.

 Based on hundreds of conversations with men seeking to get out of the trap of sin in their lives, my guess is we are not here on the prayer line to find out whether sin is a problem. You and I are here to get help to get rid of the problems in your life. As brother AJ said during his meditation, once we acknowledge the problem, we must see it for what it is and admit our sins. But admitting our sins is the first step and not the last.

 Repentance is an often-misunderstood concept. For many, repentance means admitting sin and saying we are sorry. However, there is much more to it than that. In Greek, the word means to turn away from sin. However, the Bible actually goes much deeper and talks about a complete change of mind that results in a change of attitude and behavior.

 Changing our actions means no longer practicing the all too familiar attitude of man-up games, saying to ourselves we can just suck it up while pretending we can exercise more self-control trying and failing time after time to manage our sinful temptations. Fellas, knock off the nonsense believing the lies that we can handle this, or it will go away on its own. It will not!!!

 Now is the time to stop kidding yourself. It's time for us to really start reading the Bible more, going to church more, and winning this battle. Repent from our sins, win the battle and become free from the bondage of sin.

 Let us pray -

 Jesus, please give your men the strength to trust you. Give us the courage to admit our sin, seek your Will, and do the hard work to change our minds resulting in a change of behavior and a deeper relationship with You. Help us discover the power that comes from putting You first in our lives and deliver us into freedom from our bondage of sin. Lord we love and trust you, we are not slaves to sin, we are men of Christ!!!

 Amen! Amen! Amen!

 Scripture
Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

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