FRESH START A NEW LIFE
A FRESH START—A NEW LIFE Galatians 5 17(T)he sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. ... Here are symptoms of the old self, known as acts of the sinful nature: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry (having another higher power in your life other than God: for some it’s their career, house, stocks, spouse, child, parent, hobby, sports, TV, a “cause,” nature, the Internet, the cult of “self”--anything or anyone to which God comes in second) and witchcraft (the occult, channeling, New Age magic, etc.); hatred, discord (not just external discord with others, but inner discord: anxiety, conflicted feelings, worry, self-doubt, fear, obsessions, confusion, the ongoing battle between where we want to be in life and in relationships, and where we continue to find ourselves), jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like (which includes the overindulgence of any appetite: for spending, acquiring, eating, …); conceit, provocation.