There are no small sins, according to Nancy Lee DeMoss.

Such a temptation when we're dealing with our flesh and sin in our lives to deal with the obvious things, the big things, the majority of things.

But to spare some of those little sins that are our pet sins, the one we enjoy doing.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Monday, October 20th, 2014.

Do you ever feel like your growth is at a standstill?

Like you can't change your attitudes or behavior?

Nancy has some good news for anyone who feels that way, as she continues in the series,

Lessons from the Life of Joshua Part 11, Waging and Winning Spiritual Battles. I got an email yesterday that really

has been weighing heavily on my heart. This gal said I'm a 21-year-old Bible college student.

I grew up in a good Christian home and know all the right answers, yet find myself a defeated,

frustrated, and exhausted Christian.

Over the past several weeks, I've fallen back into a lifestyle that torments me and that I know

God hates. It's a cycle I hate. I was doing well for a year and a half and saw certain behaviors

becoming more infrequent with longer periods of time between relapses. However, I found myself back at a point

where I once was wishing I could end life some days. I have fallen back into bulimic behaviors,

cutting, and a sinful, personal, moral habit. She goes on and our team will be reaching out to her

and trying to encourage her.

We're calling women to freedom, fullness, and fruitfulness in Christ.

I'm so glad she wrote, and I hope that we can be an encouragement to her and to others like her.

But, you know, what she described there, perhaps in a more extreme form, I think describes the way a lot of us live.

With up and down cycles,

roller coaster Christianity, sinful bondages that we can't get victory over. You may not be cutting or bulimic behaviors, though a lot more women are than what you may realize, but it may be

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