a different place to start

When we think we have lost the fight and we have admitted defeat... Mercy says no.

A broken man once said that, "satan asked God if he could sift me, God granted him permission and I failed Him". You know what, in that statement stands grace defined. When we've fought all the fight we can, Mercy says no; when we have failed Him, Mercy says no; when we don't deserve it, Mercy says no; even when we didn't know to ask, Mercy says no. He will never let our sin take control of our soul.

Can you grasp that? Just think about the magnitude of it all. I have been where I have and done things that deserved death but, Mercy said no. God stepped in on my behalf a long time ago when He loved me enough to let Jesus be a sacrifice in my place. I can't even get a grip on words enough to describe the miricle that is me and the miricle in you.

God doesn't pick and choose, He gives us grace because He loves us. We have to pick and choose Him constantly. With every single decision it is a battle of life and death. Sounds like overkill doesn't it? It's not my friend, our battle is black and white, life and death, and each decision we make either takes us closer to Jesus or farther away.

Will we take steps oppsite Jesus? Yes, but that is where Mercy says no, He will never let sin steal you heart away.
So if you feel like sin is who you are or you think you will never be okay... whatever binds your heart or forms that ball in your throat that is growing too large to swallow, whatever habit overtakes you... mercy says no. All you have to do is ask, listen, focus and react out of God's love for you.
Is this a recipe for instant sucess? No. It is just a different place to start.