A Million Bad Habits, a Few Good Habits—What Gives? May 3rd

In "Life Hurts God Heals" Chris creates moments of reflection on our relationship with Jesus.  In this episode Chris is digging deeper into the issue of why spiritual habits, or disciplines are so difficult to install in our daily life with God.  Most every Christian wants to live the transformed life of the new nature, but they are often confronted with the immense strength of old worldly habits and attitudes embedded in our former human nature.  This is so frustrating!  We can become discouraged when pastors talk about the “victorious Christian life” when inside of us we know we are going home filled with lousy attitude, a sailor’s mouth, or a heart filled with pride, lust, anxiety or resentment which we just can’t seem to shake.  Frankly, beating ourselves up each week with shame and guilt over our failures does little to help us become the individual God has in mind for us to be.  What can we do about this?  Let’s take a fresh look from the biblical scriptures and see if we can’t come up with a better understanding and approach to living a life that makes us smile because we know God is smiling at us.  Let’s correct the confusion and begin building our lives in the strength of God’s Spirit and the beauty of His grace.