The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 29:1 (HCSB)
1 One who becomes stiff-necked, after many reprimands will be shattered instantly— beyond recovery.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 122:1 (HCSB)
1 I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."
The Word of God for encouragement:
1 John 3:4-11 (HCSB)
4 Everyone who commits sin also breaks the law; sin is the breaking of law.
5 You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins, and there is no sin in Him.
6 Everyone who remains in Him does not sin; everyone who sins has not seen Him or known Him.
7 Little children, let no one deceive you! The one who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous.
8 The one who commits sin is of the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the Devil's works.
9 Everyone who has been born of God does not sin, because His seed remains in him; he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.
10 This is how God's children—and the Devil's children—are made evident. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.
11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another,
My observation:
The problem with sin in the life of a believer is that it is out of character. A genuine believer has within the divine nature of God. You have a new nature that is Christ in you. That new nature cannot sin. It's the old nature that is the problem.
Galatians 2:20 (KJV)
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
God gives the believer in Jesus a new nature, but he does not remove the old nature. We may sometimes stumble, but we have an advocate with the Father.
1 John 3:6 (ESV)
6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.
1 John 3:9 (ESV)
9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I am so grateful that you are a God who has the power to save, and the power to keep those that you save. Father, I am relying upon your power to keep me abiding in you. In Jesus name, Amen.
Jude 1:24-25 (ESV)
24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,
25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
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5 I wait for Yahweh; I wait and put my hope in His word.
6 I ⌊wait⌋ for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning— more than watchmen for the morning.
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