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Hey everybody, time for a coffee break with Christ.

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Today's reading comes from Romans, chapter 6, verse 12.

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The Bible says, do not let sin control the way you live, do not give in to sinful desires.

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Very nice way of saying don't let sin reign in your body, which is subject to death.

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Other translations may even say, something a little bit lengthier, saying don't let

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sin control your life here on earth so that you do whatever your sinful self wants to do.

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Basically, what it's saying though is, we have a choice to make.

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We know sins are in our life, we all sin, we've all fallen short.

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But the choice is, do we give in to our sinful nature?

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Do we give in and do those things that we know we shouldn't?

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Do we follow what everyone else in the world does?

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Or, do we exercise some self control?

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And control ourselves to do only what God wants us to do instead.

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See, this is a choice that's been given by our Father.

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The decision to follow Him or to give in to our sinful nature, is ours to pick.

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By making that choice, we decide, are we going to follow Him or are we going to go to the depths of hell?

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See, in picking Him, it's not always as easy as we like to think it is.

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Sometimes we just can't do it alone.

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So we have to ask Him for help in controlling these things, these thoughts, these actions,

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these sins that we're called towards.

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But nevertheless, He will help us overcome, we just have to lead in to Him.