Down Again

You do not become perfect when you become a Christian. As a matter of fact, all of your impurities and imperfections rise to the top and are then scraped away gradually. When you have a true relationship with Christ you will allow Him to cleanse you. If you don't have a true relationship with Christ, you don't grow. You're the same person year in and year out. You go to church but as soon as you step outside you're ready to light up: your cigarette or the person who is leaning on your car. During the growth process of a Christian, even due to the lack of growth, you run the risk of 'falling'. Proverbs 16:18 says that "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." We think that we know the word, but the least mishap in our lives leads us to the silly little traps that the enemy sets for us. We become afraid if life doesn't happen our way, we want to fix it ourselves. We turn to religion instead of relationship to avoid hearing from God and doing His will. II Timothy 3:1-7 says "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves...having a form of godliness, but denying the power there-of: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins...ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." I could write a book on just these seven verses. When we become full of pride and religion instead of being full of humility and relationship we become easily drawn into sin and then left holding the bag. Down Again will help you recover.