Getting Free from Besetting Sin

There are only two things you can do at any given time: obeyGod or disobey Him. Obeying God and confessing your sin when you disobey iscalled walking in the light: as soon as you get in the darkness, you confessyour sin and get back in the light.

My book How to Be Free: More Essays on Christian Livingis about how to be free from besetting sins and obey God. It covers differenttopics like depression, worry, anger, low self-esteem, guilt, gossip, lying, acritical spirit, complaining, etc. It also talks about how to walk in thelight. The book is available at ccmbooks.org/bookstore and Amazon.

Sins do not travel in singles. If you have unconfessed sin,it sets you up for more sin. If you get into the habit of confessing sin, youwill not have to go through the ins and outs of obedience and confession somuch. Take care of sin when it occurs. Do not wait.

It is possible to walk in the light, which makes it easy toobey God. When you are walking in the light, you can rejoice always, you can beanxious for nothing, and you can give thanks in everything. You do not have tobe addicted to sin.

The best preventative for sin is being in the Word daily andchoosing to do what it says. If you are not reading your Bible daily, Iencourage you to join the To the Word! Bible Reading Challenge. You can findall the details at TotheWord.com. Do not worry that the plan has alreadystarted – just jump in with today’s reading, and catch what you've missed when the plan starts up again in September.

How To Be Free From Bitterness and other essays on Christian relationships