(36) What Makes Desire Go Bad? - James 1:13-15

There are limitations on how much you're able to accomplish in life, and one of the biggest ones is entirely in your control. It's simply this: how much pain or discomfort are you willing to endure? The number one things that prevents us from doing great things is our fear of discomfort.

Just think of the things you could accomplish if you could just reduce that? And not only could you accomplish things, but you would greatly increase your defenses against sin in your life.

When I became an adult, got married, and had kids, I realized part of being an adult is willingness to suffer. There are things I would have shied away from when I was a boy, but now I just have to take a deep breath, roll up my sleaves, and just be a man.

If we can learn to do that when we face temptation, our margin of victory would increase exponentially.