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PART III: The Strategy That Works

Move Your Repentance Earlier In Time

This step alone will have a tremendous effect on your future success. After committing a sin, a true born-again Christian should and usually does feel deep guilt. Deep guilt is followed by repentance for the behavior. This step simply moves that moment of realization forward in time up to the next moment you get tempted to sin. The next time temptation comes, remember the feeling of guilt and repentance you feel after you sin. Ask yourself, do I want to feel the deep guilt and need for repentance again? Is that why I sin? It probably is not. Most likely, you do not want to experience those feelings of guilt and deep repentance after you realize the consequence of your sin. All this step does is move that realization forward in time for you to consider at the moment the next temptation comes.

Step 9:
Realize the guilt and deep repentance you will experience if you give in to the temptation.

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