Coffee Shop Conversations\nWE ALL NEED HELP\nAugust 25, 2019\n\nBEFORE WE COME TO CHRIST\n\nGod Loves Sinners\n\nc.\tSO: He pours His \u201cgrace\u201d upon them.\n\nd.\t\u201cGRACE\u201d = \u201cthe divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life.\u201d \n \nCOMPARE: THE REAL DEAL\n\nd.\tACCEPT: All men are sinners.\n\ne.\tNEXT: You confess your sin.\n\nf.\tAND: God forgives your sin.\n\nBut if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing. 1 John 1:9 (GNT)\n\nThe Holy Spirit takes up residence.\n\nDon\u2019t you know that you are God\u2019s temple and God\u2019s Spirit lives in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 (CEB)\n\nFor we naturally love to do evil things that are just the opposite from the things that the Holy Spirit tells us to do; and the good things we want to do when the Spirit has his way with us are just the opposite of our natural desires. These two forces within us are constantly fighting each other to win control over us, and our wishes are never free from their pressures. Galatians 5:17 (TLB)\n\nHELP IS ON THE WAY\n\nFor our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become\u2026.the righteousness of God \u2026 approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness. 2 Corinthians 5:21 (AMPC)\n\nEven though you were once distant from him, living in the shadows of your evil thoughts and actions, he reconnected you back to himself. He released his supernatural peace to you through the sacrifice of his own body as the sin-payment on your behalf so that you would dwell in his presence. And now there is nothing between you and Father God, for he sees you as holy, flawless, and restored. Colossians 1:21-22 (TPT)