We cannot transform ourselves into anything pleasing to God through discipline, attitude adjustment and hard work.

Discipline, attitude and hard work have benefits but not spiritual ones. They are sort of like working out at the gym, there are benefits but they don’t last and are not spiritual.

Only Jesus is personally able and willing to transform the Christian. If he is not doing that in us it may be because we are trying to do it ourselves. Or because we are looking for someone else to do it.

Try harder doesn’t work and never will.

Jesus works from within, Look to him, let him break you, trash your ambitions and explode your dreams. It may be painful/ disappointing but it is the way of Jesus.

Then watch in awe what he rebuilds.