Good morning people with an empowering God

Genesis 4:6-7 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”

Sin desires to have us, but we must master it. That sounds like a lot of hard work! I mean, why can’t someone just pray for me and then I can be perfect for the rest of my life?!

Here’s the deal: we are all tempted in various ways and we must learn to master temptation. How do we do this?

Firstly we must do it by being connected with and remaining in Christ. John 15 is a great passage which makes this abundantly clear. When we remain in God we will automatically start to develop the fruit of the spirit; that is, the very character and nature of God (Galatians 5:22-23). Without Him we can do nothing