Is there anyone who fights with themselves just to do the right thing? Or you beat yourself up when you did something you regretted later, swearing that you'll never do it again, only to do the same thing repeatedly?
I have read more than one post or thread concerning people who were unable to stop doing things they knew were wrong.
Drinking, smoking, nail biting, watching porn, over eating, specific fears or phobias, and the like?
I had several things I was unable to stop myself, knowing that I was doing wrong, but doing it anyway. Only, I would see something bad happen to my family or myself within 3 days of committing some sins, without fail. This I also knew to be God's judgment for the sin.
Even though it bothered me, I was not strong enough to stop on my own with my own strength. This went on for years until God told me something that changed all that. And it was something so small and simple.
It's funny how you can read something over and over again and never see some things in the bible that were right there in front of you the whole time.
I knew that it was the truth that makes us free, but that wasn't enough to actually make me free.
Knowing is not enough to do anything, and yet, without knowing, then next thing won't work either.
Believe it or not, simply speaking the word of God, in particular, the promises of God that pertain to the area of weakness was the answer.
What most don't know is that the old nature/man of sin has an evil spirit within it, which happens to be within the mind.
After the new birth, you receive a new/fresh spirit from God with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost in it, making it like the spirits within it, or righteous. This too is within the mind, hence, the battle, struggle, and conflict within, along with the battle with the flesh.
I use to struggle and fight, only to fall, every time. This went on for years, until God told me what to do.
When Paul said, "when I am weak, then am I strong", he was talking about the end of the struggling and the beginning of resting. We are weak, but He is strong. How do we get God's strength to be ours?
It is done simply by speaking His word with your mouth our loud or verbally. Like I said, it was so small and simple, yet I missed it for years.
My thoughts, feelings, desires, urges, intention, and the like all changed and went away, simply by speaking the word of God out loud against the weakness saying, 'it is written', and it works, every time. But you must know His word is truth and that God will perform His spoken word.
I know this is very brief, and if there are any who would like a more detailed explanation, you have only to ask.
I know there are others out there who are having similar problems that I had, as I just read one, and instead of saying, 'I'll pray for you', with no results, with the right and correct info, one can get delivered themselves. God is no respecter of persons, if He does it for me every time, He will do the same for you.
I have read more than one post or thread concerning people who were unable to stop doing things they knew were wrong.
Drinking, smoking, nail biting, watching porn, over eating, specific fears or phobias, and the like?
I had several things I was unable to stop myself, knowing that I was doing wrong, but doing it anyway. Only, I would see something bad happen to my family or myself within 3 days of committing some sins, without fail. This I also knew to be God's judgment for the sin.
Even though it bothered me, I was not strong enough to stop on my own with my own strength. This went on for years until God told me something that changed all that. And it was something so small and simple.
It's funny how you can read something over and over again and never see some things in the bible that were right there in front of you the whole time.
I knew that it was the truth that makes us free, but that wasn't enough to actually make me free.
Knowing is not enough to do anything, and yet, without knowing, then next thing won't work either.
Believe it or not, simply speaking the word of God, in particular, the promises of God that pertain to the area of weakness was the answer.
What most don't know is that the old nature/man of sin has an evil spirit within it, which happens to be within the mind.
After the new birth, you receive a new/fresh spirit from God with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost in it, making it like the spirits within it, or righteous. This too is within the mind, hence, the battle, struggle, and conflict within, along with the battle with the flesh.
I use to struggle and fight, only to fall, every time. This went on for years, until God told me what to do.
When Paul said, "when I am weak, then am I strong", he was talking about the end of the struggling and the beginning of resting. We are weak, but He is strong. How do we get God's strength to be ours?
It is done simply by speaking His word with your mouth our loud or verbally. Like I said, it was so small and simple, yet I missed it for years.
My thoughts, feelings, desires, urges, intention, and the like all changed and went away, simply by speaking the word of God out loud against the weakness saying, 'it is written', and it works, every time. But you must know His word is truth and that God will perform His spoken word.
I know this is very brief, and if there are any who would like a more detailed explanation, you have only to ask.
I know there are others out there who are having similar problems that I had, as I just read one, and instead of saying, 'I'll pray for you', with no results, with the right and correct info, one can get delivered themselves. God is no respecter of persons, if He does it for me every time, He will do the same for you.
/ What life-giving words!! The grace and power and miraculous love of Jesus Christ, the power to save us. 
