Have you ever felt like your life is out of control? Have you ever felt the frustration of doing something even though you really don’t want to do it? On one hand you know you have to, but on the other hand, you don’t want to, and THAT leaves you resentful and frustrated and angry! IF ONLY YOU COULD GET YOUR LIFE UNDER CONTROL, THEN THINGS WOULD BE BETTER, RIGHT?

Romans 6 deals with control issues! The most unsettling times in anyone's life is feeling tugged in two directions at once. This is called internal conflict! There is the thing I WANT to do, and then there is the thing I feel COMPELLED to do, even against my will! You will no doubt determine to control yourself in the “dessert department” over the holidays. But then there will be yummy desserts and you will feel compelled to eat them against your will! Shame, frustration, and anger follow! Ugghhh.

But what about when these conflicts are emotional, moral, spiritual? Come and hear some super-duper “not so secret” insight from God about control and conflict, folly and freedom in the passage from Romans 6!