Northstar Church

Good works for love rather than approval

 becoming the kind of person that does the Sermon on the mount

Working wholeheartedly enough that people see God's beauty in my heart

Never adjusting the truth out of fear of persecution

The life of Jesus manifested in me through trials

Speaking well of and asking God to prosper those who trouble me

A response to difficult people that leads to a testimony

 Joyfully, loving and praying for those who harassed me

People drawn to God when I rejoice in insults

Different from the world in a more satisfying way

Drawing others to taste and see that the Lord is good

Instructed by grace to deny my worldly desires

 In Christ, free from condemnation

Overcoming by the power of The Spirit the sin in my flesh

The power of Christ through my weakness to the flesh to overcome it

Thankful for Jesus who gives victory over sin

The grace from Jesus to present myself as a slave to righteousness

Freed only by Jesus

Exclusion from the favor and presence of God

No amount of trying or training will keep me close to Jesus

Unable to work out the habitual sins that reside in our body

seeing the true misery brought by my unchecked desires

The lie that my mind has the power to release me from slavery to sin in my body

Fighting against my body's attack on what my mind knows is good

A spiritual strategy that fights sin in my body

Fully rejoicing in the perfect goodness of God's law

Supremely satisfied in the beauty of God's law

Pleasing God despite the inclination toward doing harm that is in me

Fighting to overcome or to remove the sin that dwells in me

Overcoming the powerful force of sin within me

The desire and power to do what is good when I'm tempted to do evil

Spiritual self-control to do what God and I want me to do

Evicting the sin that dwells in me

The power of sin over my willpower

Agreeing that the law is good and wanting to follow it, is not enough to change

The practices that will prepare me to do what God has prepared for me to do

Considering what I want that I'm not getting

The insufficiency of human willpower

Comprehending why I do what I hate

Wanting to practice the law of God

Spiritual power to break free from bondage

Relying on God and His resources to be holy, righteous and good

Resisting sin, pushing me towards ravenous rebellion or self-reliant righteousness

Easily following God's pleasant commands

Gladly conforming my actions to the Commandments that reflect God's character

 In awe of God's commands above all others

Nothing in my flesh that can overcome sin apart from Jesus