Where There's a Will, There's a Way // Eliminating Sin, Part 1

<p>Stubborn sin – the sort that just keeps coming back again and again, no matter how hard we try – is a fact of life for so many. And we have a choice – we can just accept it and its devastating consequences, or we can believe God’s Word that where there’s a will, there’s a way.</p> <h6> </h6> <h3><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>THE BIG CON</strong></span></h3> <p>Today we are kicking off a new series of programmes for the next four weeks. It’s called “Overcoming Stubborn Sin – Once and For All.” And God triggered in my heart, just the other day, when I was sitting talking to a man – but more about him later.</p> <p>Now let me ask you, have you ever had a pen in your pocket and it’s leaked? More common for men, I guess – we’ll put a pen in our shirt pocket or maybe on the inside pocket of our jacket and then, for one reason or another, the pen leaks and you end up with an ink stain all over your shirt or your jacket.</p> <p>Now that stain, it’s called a stubborn stain, isn’t it? At least that’s how we refer to it where I come from. And the reason we call it a stubborn stain is that, no matter what you wash it with or scrub it with – it doesn’t matter what you do to it – it just won’t come out.</p> <p>I remember when that happened to one of my favourite jackets, years ago now. I mean, I really liked this jacket; it was soft and comfortable and it looked great. I spent a fortune at the dry cleaners, but it doesn’t matter what they tried, the stain didn’t come out. And so I simply couldn’t wear it out any more. I mean, it would have looked ridiculous.</p> <p>But isn’t it funny, these days, when we have a stain like that on our characters, it seems we almost wear it out with pride, or at the very least, we just put up with it. After all, it’s a stubborn stain – nothing we can do about it. And that’s the attitude of that man that I was telling you about at the beginning of the programme.</p> <p>Here’s the thing: he rang the other day and wanted to catch up for a coffee. I agreed and as we sat down in the cafe,