13. "I often come to the point of deciding for Christ, then I draw back because I am afraid I cannot, hold out.”
If it were a matter of your own ability to hold out, you might well fear. You have no power in yourself that will enable you to hold out. But the moment you fully trust the Lord Jesus you are born again. Then the Holy Spirit comes in to dwell in your heart and to be the power of the new life. He will enable you to resist temptation and to live to the glory of God. "It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." Do not count on self at all. Let Him have His way. He will lead you on in triumph as you surrender to Him.
“Safe in the Lord, without a doubt,
By virtue of the blood:
For nothing can destroy the life
That's hid with Christ in God!”
