You are sinning against God

Let me explain —

There was a season where I knew God.
but I didn’t feel super close to Him…

For some time I kept asking God to change my life.

BUT I didn’t want to change everything.

I kept praying for freedom to escape my BIG sins. Lust. Laziness. The obvious ones for me.

But I was still holding onto the things
that were keeping me attached to sin.

I wasn’t trying to walk away from God.
I was just trying to keep parts of my old life alive.

It showed up in the “small things” first:

• The music I was listening to

• The way I talked

• What I let into my mind daily

What I kept calling “not that big of a deal”
was slowly shaping who I was becoming.

I was trying to stop the BIG sin,
without changing what was feeding it.

I didn’t even realize it at first.

But those “small” things started shaping what I wanted.

Pulling me closer to the sins I was praying to escape.

The same cycles.
The same frustration.
The same feeling of going in circles.

Unfortunately, we all fall into sin.
But every time we sin, it gets easier to sin again.

However, when we walk in His presence,
everything starts to line back up:

• Our purpose

• Our direction

• Our God-given peace

This is reality.

God doesn’t see me as someone trying to be better. He sees me as someone who already died with Christ and now lives through Him.

You still have a choice every day

Are you feeding your flesh?
Or are you feeding your spirit?

Scripture says our old self was crucified with Jesus, so we would no longer be slaves to our sin.

But I’ve learned freedom still requires intention.

Jesus said we have to “deny ourselves daily.” Not once. Not twice. Daily.

And when I fail, I’m learning not to run.
That’s exactly what the enemy wants.

I use it as an opportunity to move closer to God, not further away!

Conviction doesn’t crush me anymore.
It brings me home — straight to God!

Fear keeps us involved with sin.
Comfort makes it feel normal.

Comfort is dangerous.

You have to move

In order to kill the old you, you must take action. Start in the things that keep leading you back into sin.

The more I focused on removing worldly music, fixing the way I spoke to people/myself, and guarding what I let into my mind… everything started to change.

The life we’ve been given was created to be lived close to Christ. To walk in His purpose and to stay connected to Him.

Jesus said if we remain in Him, we will live.
And I’m starting to see how life begins there.

This has been stirring something in me about prayer.

Not casual prayer. Intentional prayer.

Because when I started praying with intention, everything shifted.

I’ll write next week about intentional prayer.
How to pray intentionally.
And how my life changed when I did.

What This Meant to You

Before you click off or move on…
I want to hear from you.

When you read this, what stood out?

• Was it realizing how the “small things” were shaping you?

• The way they slowly feed the bigger sin cycles?

• Or noticing where you’ve been trying to change the sin, without changing what’s feeding it?

Reply to this email and tell me anything God is highlighting for you right now.

No perfect answer.
No long response necessary.

I read every reply.
And I respond.

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Connor
Founder, Faith Drives