Why do I do the things I don’t want to do?

Romans 7:15-16  I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 

How many of us have said the same things? I want to do what is right but I keep doing what I don't want to do. In order for you to change your behavior, you must change your heart for lasting change. What does this entail? It takes work and time; it takes being connected with other people; being in a safe environment to share your issues with those people; and it takes accountability. 

How do you begin, then, to change your destructive behaviors? First, acknowledge that you need help. Second, seek out help with someone you trust to take you through an emotional healing process. For some of you, this may be a challenge because you may have trust issues. Yes, we are hurt in relationships, but we are also healed in them. 

It never ceases to amaze me that when an individual makes the commitment to change the things about themselves they know is harmful to themselves and their family, Jesus meets them and heals those wounds that created the destructive behavior patterns (or coping behaviors). Those coping behaviors arose out of two things: one, the individual believed something to be true that was a lie; and two, it served to protect them from ever being hurt again.

The lies that created the coping behavior are lies that keep us from ever knowing the truth about ourselves, our identity in Christ, and who Christ is to us. We work on helping men and women identify the lies, learn the origin of those lies, and help them see and know the truth through the Word of God, which brings healing. 

The mission of True You Ministries is to help every person who wants healing to experience it in a safe environment with others on the same journey. We guarantee that once you start the journey you will never be the same. That is the power of Jesus: the One who came to give us life and to give it abundantly!