A little hole in the ship sinks it; a small breach in a sea-bank carries away all before it; a little stab at the heart kills a man; and a little sin, without a great deal of mercy, will damn a man.

Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan

In the arena

Sin doesn't need to be dramatic to be deadly. It just needs to go unconfessed.

Pick one sin you've been tolerating. Not the headline sin you already wrestle with. The small one. The cutting remark you keep making. The corner you keep cutting. The lie you tell yourself is too minor to bring before God. Confess it as specifically as you can. If it was toward another person, apologize to them, no matter how small you think it seems.

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