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b'I just keep sinning even though I know Jesus\\u2014I\\u2019ll never get it!\\n\\n\\n\\nHave you ever been frustrated with yourself for sinning? Have you felt like you should be able to get it right, but you just can\\u2019t? Lots of us feel this way. Here\\u2019s the good news: as Christians, we don\\u2019t have to \\u201cget\\u201d anything. Jesus already did. He got\\neverything right\\u2014He never sinned. He is the only One, and He died for our sins so that we could be totally cleansed from sin. If we\\u2019ve put our trust in Jesus, we will continue to struggle with sin\\u2014but our sins cannot define us anymore. Because we\\nare in Christ Jesus, we are forever forgiven. God sees us as His blameless children, and He has compassion on us when we stumble.\\n\\n\\n\\nIt may be helpful at this point to think of a toddler who is just learning to walk. At first, they fall all the time. Actually, at first they can\\u2019t even stand! But when they lose their balance and fall flat on the ground, everyone who loves them will run to help and cheer them on toward their first step\\u2026and the many more steps that will follow. It\\u2019s a one-step-at-a-time process that we have to go through in order to learn how to walk.\\n\\n\\n\\nKnowing Jesus is a walk too\\u2014one where we fall down a lot. But He\\u2019ll always forgive us and help us get back up. None of us will be able to walk perfectly, at least, not until we see Him face-to-face someday. But, little by little, He\\u2019s helping us learn to say no to sin and walk more closely with Him.\\n\\n\\n\\nSo we walk forward in hope, knowing that Jesus is walking right beside us, helping us grow to become more and more like Him. We can trust Him, one step at a time, looking forward to the day when He\\u2019ll finish the work He\\u2019s started in all of us, and\\nour struggle with sin will finally be over. \\u2022 A. W. Smith\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2022 Once we\\u2019ve put our trust in Jesus, we can know that He\\u2019ll always be at our side, ready to forgive us and help us\\nup when we fall. Consider taking a moment to talk to Jesus about any sins that come to mind, confessing them\\nand thanking Him for His forgiveness. \\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2022 When you\\u2019re struggling with sin, who are trusted Christians in your life you can be honest with? How could you\\nsupport each other through prayer, encouragement, and reminding each other of God\\u2019s great love, unending\\nforgiveness, and steady power inside us through His Spirit?\\n\\n\\n\\nBeing confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 (NIV)\\n\\n\\n\\nREAD: PHILIPPIANS 3:12-14'