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Hey guys, time for some coffee and the Bible. Today's reading comes from Romans 8 verses

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12 and 13. The Bible says, Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation

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to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. For if you live by its dictates, you will

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die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful

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nature, you will live. See, there's good news here. Really, it's great news because what

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Paul's telling us here is we don't have to keep chained up in bondage as slaves to our

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sinful nature. Change, it can happen. We can break free. You see, it comes down to a simple

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choice that either we can live by God's ways, doing what Jesus has told us to do, or living

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by giving into those temptations and giving into what the world says. Basically, jumping

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onto that highway to hell. Keep in mind though, the price of living in sin is death. The Bible

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tells us this. It makes this very, very clear. See, the great thing about this is if we go

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to the Father with prayer, supplication, we exercise self-control, then we can overcome

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the sinful nature within us, this constant draw that we have to keep going back to bondage.

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It comes through routine, discipline, and caution, and leaning into the Lord and accepting

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His help. It doesn't mean things won't be hard. It doesn't mean we won't be tempted.

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It doesn't mean it's going to be instant. What it does mean though is that through God's

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grace and God's mercy and our obedience to Him, we can overcome whatever we need to deal

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with. Isn't that wonderful?