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Removing Sin 

Paul says that we must all, preachers and other people alike, "appear before the judgment seat of Christ" (see 2 Corinthians 5:10). But if you will learn here and now to live under the scrutiny of Christ’s pure light, your final judgment will bring you only delight in seeing the work God has done in you. Live constantly reminding yourself of the judgment seat of Christ, and walk in the knowledge of the holiness He has given you. It is not only God who punishes for sin, but sin establishes itself in the sinner and takes its toll. No struggling or praying will enable you to stop doing certain things, and the penalty of sin is that you gradually get used to it, until you finally come to the place where you no longer even realize that it is sin. No power, except the power that comes from being filled with the Holy Spirit, can change or prevent the inherent consequences of sin.
Oswald Chambers -- My Utmost for His Highest

Here are five steps you can take toward removing sin from your life and your relationships:

1. Recognize what you are dealing with as sin...and repent. - Get alone with God and seriously repent of your sins until you feel a peace in your heart. Call your sins and disobediences by name when you repent. Specific prayers get specific answers. Remember, when you repent, you are always forgiven, so refuse to accept condemnation. - Romans 8:1

2. Quote and memorize scriptures. - Spend time digging in the Word, meditating, praying, and in uplifting Christian fellowship. You've spent years daydreaming and culminating in the wrong directions, now it's going to take good time management to counteract the effects of that wasted time. Print out the Helpful Scriptures (see below) and carry them around with you. Say them out loud (even if at a whisper) several times a day. These are truths and promises from God that can provide mental, spiritual, moral, and emotional healing. Read over these verses at least two or three times a day until they become a part of you.

3. Remove every "fuse-shortener" in your life without hesitation or compromise. To continue to play around with even one will slowly eat away at you and block total genuine victory in this area. Remember, small compromises lead to big troubles. In one brief moment of compromise, you can undo what God has worked on for a long period of time. 

The Principle of Fuse-Shorteners
A fuse-shortener can be any one of three "P's". Those "P's" are a; person, place or pattern that triggers areas of compromise in your life. There may be nothing wrong with this fuse-shortener in and of itself. The problem lies in what it leads to!

4. Get an accountability partner. - Find a brother/sister in Christ (same gender as you), and say "I've made a commitment in the area of <whatever> and would like you to support me in this. I would really appreciate it if you could just pray for me and call to check on me, to make sure I'm dong alright.

5. If times of failure come, stay down only long enough to repent! - The biggest lie the devil will tell you is that "God doesn't want to hear from you anymore." Forgiveness isn't based on whether or not you deserve it. If that were the case, none of us would be saved in the first place.

  • After repenting, (whether you feel forgiven or not), get back up, dust yourself off, and keep going.
  • Refuse to accept guilt.
  • Figure out why you fell.
  • Keep spending time in prayer, in the Word, and in Christian fellowship.

Helpful Scriptures

This is just a list of a few verses you can use to get started. Remember that praying Scriptures to the Lord is very powerful. Try to choose one a day and start memorizing it...roll it over in your mind (meditate)...say it aloud...visualize these verses moving and working in your life...etc.

  • I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil. 4:13 - NKJV

  • But remember that the temptations that come into your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can’t stand up against it. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you will not give into it. 1 Cor. 10:13 - NLT

  • And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." 2 Cor. 12:9 - NKJV

  • I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free. Ps. 119:32 - NIV

  • For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 1 John 5:4 - NIV

  • So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 - NLT

  • The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. Rom. 16:20 - NLT

  • You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4 - NKJV

  • And I am sure that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back again. Phil. 1:6 - NLT

  • If I say, "My foot slips," Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up. Ps. 94:18 - NKJV

  • And now, all glory to God, who is able to keep you from stumbling, and who will bring you into His glorious presence innocent of sin and with great joy. Jude 24 - NLT

  • Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand will save me. The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever. Ps. 138:7,8 - NKJV

  • Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. James 1:12 - NIV

  • This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for He faced all of the same temptations we do, yet He did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it. Heb. 4:15,16 - NLT

  • He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. Is. 40:29-31 - NKJV

  • If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 - NIV

  • Use every piece of God’s armor to resist the enemy in the time of evil, so that after the battle you will still be standing firm. Eph. 6:13 - NLT

  • Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Is. 41:10 - NKJV

  • For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey Him and the power to do what pleases Him. Phil. 2:13 - NLT

  • For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. 8:38,39 - NIV

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