Romans 7 is NOT your current Christian struggle—it’s your PAST under the law. Many read “the good I want to do, I don’t do… the evil I don’t want to do, this I keep doing” and think, “See? Even Paul struggled like me—so ongoing defeat is normal.” But context changes everything. In Romans 7:1–6 Paul says: - You died to the law through Christ’s body. - You’re now married to another—Jesus. - “When we were in the flesh” sinful passions were aroused by the law… but now we’ve been delivered to serve in the newness of the Spirit. The famous “wretched man” struggle in verses 14–25? Paul is using prosopopoeia—giving voice to a dead person (the old self under law). He’s dramatizing what life was like before grace, not describing his (or your) current reality as a believer. You’re dead to the law. Sin only has strength when we try to live under it (1 Cor 15:56). Trying to obey the law now is like cheating on Jesus with a corpse. Bottom line: Romans 7 isn’t permission to stay stuck—it’s proof you don’t have to be. Watch the full video in the course to see how Romans 6–8 together set you gloriously free. What part of Romans 7 used to “con” you into thinking struggle was normal? Drop it below—I’d love to hear. Check out the course here

Over Christmas we typically spend time with family and often this can be a difficult and frustrating time. We see all the things that we struggle with, but I want to give you a practical way to truly honor your parents and turn relational frustrations into deep joy and gratitude. Because both honor and dishonor are like download buttons, and we only want to download into our lives the things God has put in our parents, and nothing else.