Northstar Church

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

Avoiding self-righteousness and rebellion

Seeking God by human effort brings death

The goodness of and my powerlessness to fulfill God's law

Rescued from serving my flesh or serving God in my flesh

Alert to the many ways I am prone to please myself

Rescued from using my effort to make myself holy or happy

Sin begins at the command to put God first rather than the desire for something else  

Shocked with the horror of seeking soul satisfaction in anything but God

Seeing when I treasure something above God

 Greatly delighting in God's perfect law

 Walking in a living relationship with God rather than just following his rules  

Asking for good things for more just my satisfaction

Loving or betraying God rather than doing or not doing what He says

Gladly giving myself over to the will of God

 Freedom from performance and rule keeping

Seeing the misery of soul that my sinful passions will lead to

Not even getting close to yielding my body to unrighteousness

Empowered to delight in God's law by relying on His power

Offering my flesh to God when it reacts to being told what to do

walking, joined with Jesus in a way that we bear much fruit

Life-giving power that comes from relying only on God

Rescued from a rule dominated life to be with Jesus