From the Pulpit...

Victory tends to generate more victories, while failure tends to generate more failure. If you are on a generally victorious path, thank God profusely for His help. Keep watch for those temptations that inevitably will come. Engage the battle with the resources of the Word and the faithful God. Do not attempt victory by mere fleshly means! But if you are on a downward spiral right now, allowing yourself to fall to one temptation after another, then ask God to help you win a victory here, and one there, until those victories become a pattern. Get help from a friend. Get into the Word and replace time wasted in sin with time invested in the things of God.