Don't Set Yourself Up!

Capture every thought.
2 Corinthians 10:5

If you're trying to overcome a particular habit, learn to recognise your"triggers." Become aware of what's going on around you and within you when you're tempted. Every action begins as a thought. Before you surrender in reality you first surrender in your mind. That's why Paul writes, "Capture every thought...make it give up and obey Christ."
If you struggle with alcohol, don't eat in a bar.
If you battle pornography, don't linger around newsstands or bring it into your home via the Internet.
If living habit-free is a serious commitment, plan your life around that commitment!

As long as you entertain the idea that you can break the habit in your own strength, nothing will change. If you could you'd have done it by now, right? Furthermore, as long as you're operating in will power alone,you won't experience God's power. It takes humility to acknowledge defeatthen turn to God. But unless you do you'll get nowhere. Jesus said, "As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine; neither can you, unless you abide in Me...for without Me you can do nothing" ( John 15:4-5 ).
You must come to the place where you make a conscious decision each day, and sometimes each hour, to turn your life and will over to God and pray, "Lord, I don't have the ability to overcome this, but I choose not to give in. Strengthen me now by Your Holy Spirit." That's a prayer God will answer! Why? Because He always empowers our choices when they line up with His will!