Have you ever quit doing something? Maybe you were going to quit drinking soda? Maybe you wanted to diet, so you quit eating carbs?

You are committed and excited. Then after a week or so someone offers you just a little bit of what you had stopped consuming and you say to yourself:

"Just a little every once in a while won't hurt."

And for the most part that is true. I mean seriously, what will one soda a week do to you? The problem is after that first time, because then there is a second, then a third, and before you know it you have stepped back into your old ways.

Have you been there with something? I have many times.

Here's the thing, sin is the same way. You have repented and committed to not doing sin or a certain sin any more. How many indulgences does it take? That's right, just one.

Here's the good news. With discipline, self-control and commitment coupled with the power of the Holy Spirit you can do it. The longer you abstain from that sin, the easier it gets to not do it anymore.

If you don't have self-control or self-discipline: What are the fruits of the Spirit? Aha! Isn't one of them self-control? Yes! Surrender power over to Him and He will set you free!