Welcome to the Feminidavit Podcast. This is Nancy Wilson. Thanks for joining me today.

Last week, the topic was spiritual vitality. And this week I'm going to talk about just another aspect of this.

When we are spiritually healthy,

we can counsel ourselves because we know ourselves pretty well, and we are equipped in Christ to preach to ourselves. We are all subject to temptations, and it is far better to be spiritually

prepared to resist them or to react quickly in repentance

when we've fallen to them. This is like having a healthy immune system. It means be your own

best counselor. When you're spiritually healthy, you notice when your mind is wandered into a

crabby or discontented or grumbling attitude.

And when you notice this, you know how to redirect your thoughts by starting with confession.

Letting sin accumulate is like running a low fever that turns into a spiritual flu.

So identify your own pet sins and ask God to enable you to overcome them.

This is not going to just happen by itself any more than a garden will weed itself.

It requires spiritual attention and diligence on your part.

When we're spiritually alert and healthy, we can diagnose our own

problems, and by the grace of God, quickly turn in repentance and faith. This is a huge benefit.

The longer we walk with God and experience His grace, the better we become at keeping the reins on our

own heart and tongue. Besetting sins are those troublesome

sins that are rooted down in your habits, and they will take deliberate prayer to dislodge.

Ask God to reveal any sins you have. Ask God to reveal any sins you've been indulging, and ask him

to enable you by His grace to overcome them.

Read your Bible with an ear to application. Pray for spiritual discernment. God will bring things

to light and enable you to apply what you learn. Let's say you have a habit of feeling down in the

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