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Genesis 4:7

If you act rightly, you will be accepted; but if not, sin lies in wait at the door: its urge is for you, yet you can rule over it.

Ever ask a child why they did something wrong and get the response "I couldn't help it"? Maybe you remember giving that answer yourself. You may have even said something like that the last time you went to reconciliation and found yourself confessing the same sin for the thousandth time. It's easy to tell ourselves that we are powerless over our desires. But the truth is we have power over sin. We all have little areas of our life where we continually choose sin over grace. Some are battling bigger areas of sin like addiction or anger. The next time you come face to face with the decision to succumb to temptation remember that God has already given you the power to rule over sin.