Transformational Grace

One of the Lenten journeys I am on this year is with my 5th-6th grade Sunday School class.  We are learning the first steps of activating the Spirit in our lives to experience a heart change through Transformational Grace.  We have each identified something in our lives that we know is a sinful act we do and when we catch ourselves doing those actions, we say a simple prayer, "Lord, help me."  On Sunday, when I asked my students how they were doing with this, and if any of them had noticed that they were doing their said action less, several of them said, yes.  They also said they were using the quick prayer when it happened to help stop the action.  They were very pumped about the fact that they were recognizing and experiencing the Spirit's work in their own lives.  This is what gets me most excited about Kingdom work, watching others experience the work of the Spirit in their lives.  These kids are trusting God do the heart transformation they know they need.  It is our Lenten goal as a Sunday School class.  My action has been decreasing as well, along with even the thought to do the action.  Transformational Grace is a real thing people.  Just trust God to make you the better person  you wish you were. Your new you is in there, but you need the Spirit to make the changes needed.  Don't try harder, pray more.