Madi Prewett Troutt

But I think what's so interesting is when it talks about in scripture, like when we've truly experienced the grace of God

we will not want to run towards sin.

We will want to run as far away from it as possible.

We won't be asking how close to the line can I get, but we will be asking how close to God can I get?

How can I glorify God with my life, with my thoughts, with my decisions, with my heart posture, with my relationships?

And that I think as Christians should be our goal.

And you talked actually a lot about this in your testimony.

You know, like I think a lot of times we can judge our holiness based off of the world standards instead of off of God's standards.

It's like, oh, well, I'm a little bit better and holier than my friends.

Like I'm not doing what they're doing.

So it's fine.

I'm good.

You know, but the Lord has a very clear, you know, picture of what it looks like to live a life of purity and holiness.

And it says in Titus 2 verses 12, that the grace of God teaches us to say no to ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age while we wait for the blessed hope.

And I think that for me has been such a beautiful reminder of when we have truly encountered God's grace, like we do not want to partake in anything that causes us to be separated from a good God because we know that he is where the true joy and peace is found.

And I, for me, it was realizing that it's these small sins that were left unconfessed that were robbing me from living a life of true holiness.

And so I've started practicing now, like even to this day of just anytime I even have like a sinful thought, a thought of comparison or jealousy or insecurity or anger, or maybe I like speak in an ugly tone to my husband, or I have just like a, a, a,

yucky heart posture about something.

Having those friends that I'm confessing to and that I'm repenting, I'm repenting and confessing to God.

And then I'm confessing to those friends and asking them to hold me accountable in those areas has really helped me be on the proactive side when it comes to sin instead of the reactive side of now I've fallen into this place where I'm like, how did I get here?