Me: How is it?

Prodigal: It’s as dry as the heart of a haystack.

Me: Hopefully it will rain soon.

This is from the book Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges

As we seek to walk by the Spirit, we will, over time, see the Spirit working in us and through us to cleanse us from the remaining power of sin in our lives. We will never reach perfection in this life, but we will see progress. It will be incremental progress, to be sure, and sometimes it will appear to be no progress at all. But if we sincerely want to address the subtle sins in our lives, we may be sure the Holy Spirit is at work in us and through us to help us. And we have His promise that “he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6). The Holy Spirit will not abandon the work He has begun in us.

Proverbs 16:3

Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org