It's gotta be the toughest thing in the world for me not to be silly.

Examples I am not proud of but shows the condition of my heart:

1. I know it gets my pastor when we eat at a Chinese restaurant and I open a fortune cookie at the end of the meal. I do to provoke him and if it makes him angry I try to make him laugh. It's an evil that I have to rid myself from.

2. The drinking thread made me think of the times where I know I might offend somebody who may not drink or think it's getting close to the edge of sin. Even if I ask them if I may, I've really already decided I am going to do it. That's not charitable.

That's two things but it gives an example of rebellion and selfishness in my heart that won't go away. God help me. I'd be a more productive man by not doing those things.

It's the little sins I cherish that make me me that I don't want to give up in being like Christ. Who will save me from this body of sin? Thank God through Jesus Christ my Lord!

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Bryan Wiley
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Reformed Baptist Church
Louisville, Kentucky