Related to my last post:
At other times, we become comfortable in our chains. The children of Israel at least weren't starving in Egypt, and longed to return there when things became difficult in the desert. Likewise, our continued weakness in our area of former bondage to sin can seem attractive to us if we do not remind ourselves to renounce the lies in which it was rooted. This is why the five spiritual keys are as helpful for staying free as they are for being set free in the first place.
It is a lie that the positives of our sin are really what they appear to be. It is a lie that the moment of anger, the unkind word we want to speak, the feeling of superiority we indulge over others, or the pleasure we find in material things or sexual experiences are anything but empty promises that are meant to ensnare us.
I renounce these lies, and rely instead on Your perfect provision for all that I need, loving Father!
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