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Beautifully Placed Scripture That Caused a Thirst for Restoration in the Midst of Shame

    I’m going to be honest here.  I typically my life in conscious, constant, habitual sin. It's not too often when I deliberately decide to use prayer and God's Word to defeat temptations. The other day, I watched a video by one of my favorite YouTubers (kirbyisaboss) on putting shame to death, and while I was very connected to the topic, I found myself empty by the end. Empty and yearning for more. Because this girl had such a fire for Christ and mine seemed to go in flares. I realized immediately that the reason my fire for Christ was barely a glowing ember was because of my state of sin, and the way I was embracing idolatry over Christ.     So, as I unzipped my Bible with thirst rather than obligation for the first time in weeks, I prayed to God in a desperate, broken manner, for my shame was crushing me.  I wanted to learn and to dig and write about my discoveries with a long-lasting flurry of passion for sharing Jesus. I fli...