What if I told you that there are two kinds of Christians sitting in every church pew on Sunday mornings,

and only one of them is actually being changed. Both pray, both read their Bibles, both feel

plenty guilty after they sin, but only one has discovered the doorway for real transformation.

Stay with me for the next couple of minutes, and by the end of this

episode, you're going to know exactly which path leads to freedom and which one leads to

burnout, disappointment, frustration, and failure. And if you haven't hit the subscribe button yet,

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We all know the feeling. You

trip and fall into sin. You fail. You disappoint yourself. You know you're disappointing God.

The guilt sets in. And so you make a plan. Tomorrow, I'm not going to do that again.

Tomorrow I'll do better better tomorrow I'll be more

disciplined tomorrow I'll try harder and it and it and it and it and it feels right it

looks so spiritual it sounds heroic like Vince Lombardi just gave you the pep

talk in the locker room but at its core it's a declaration of self-rescue. This is the person who says,

I messed up, but I got this. I know what I did, and I can fix it. I will conquer this bad habit

with enough effort. They mean well, they're sincere, but sincerity doesn't save anyone.

Because think about it. If you and I could save ourselves, Jesus would never have needed to come.

When sin exposes us and the desires of our hearts, there are two prayers

people pray. The first prayer rises naturally. It's almost instinctive. I will do better. That was

bad. I'll do good next time. It's the prayer of self-confidence. I got this.

I can fix this.

I will climb out of the pit.

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