Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ everyday life.

In this week's connecting clip of the week, we'll hear a portion of Paul's conversation with Shelby Abbott on the latest episode of the connecting podcast.

In this clip, Shelby references the resurrecting power of the Holy Spirit and how that helps us actually change in our lives.

To hear more from Paul and Shelby, don't miss this entire episode on the Paul Tripp podcast episode 413.

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Now here's Paul and Shelby on this week's connecting clip of the week.

I think that a lot of people feel an inability to change. They feel a lot of hopelessness. They feel stuck in a valley that they can't get out of.

They feel depressed. They feel anxious. They feel lonely. And they are fearful. And they don't understand that if they're a believer,

they have the power to be able to get out of that valley

because it's the same power that raised Christ from the dead.

We're not accessing it.

We're living as if we're our old self.

The power lives inside of us, but we're not accessing it. And the access

to it is relinquishing this facade of control that we have over our life anyway. We think if we try

harder, we are the O Foolish Galatians. It's not made by that. It's made by the power of God. It's have mercy on me,

oh God. I am a sinner. Psalm 51. That's the key. It's not trying harder. It's actually letting go of the

fact that you're trying to try harder. It's letting go of that and letting God work and seeing him change.

I've sat with people. I've sat with students. I've sat with friends, even like people in my church

that are like, I just can't change. And I'm like, you're lying to yourself. You're believing a lie.

Anything is possible. Any change is possible in your life because,

not of you, but because of the power of God. Thanks for tuning in to the Paul Tripp podcast. If you've

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