Spiritual Drowning

Testimony★★★

It’s suffocating. Do you know how frustrating it was to know that something was harmful to me, mentally, spiritually, physically, emotionally, and to find myself falling into it over and over again.

Ahn, Johnny, “Abundant Abiding: From Fruitless Anxiety to Fruitful Peace in Residency” (AudioVerse teaching 30024).

The point

A personal testimony about the frustration of repeatedly falling into harmful behaviors despite knowing their damage to mind, spirit, body, and emotions.

Scripture

Romans 7:15-20

Audience

AdultsYouth

Tone

Convicting · Sobering

To tell aloud

under a minute · 32 words

Subjects

Struggle With Sin Addiction Repentance Frustration

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