Not sure who this answer was directed to, Jkeyreed, but my response is simply this. The Lord Jesus Christ does not simply call us to stop sinning, and when that is your focus you will get the cart before the horse and nothing is going to operate properly. He calls you to receive Him by grace, and then to abide in Him and give yourself increasingly to His service. I seeking to do these things, you will increasingly drive out sinful activities and replace them with godly ones. But even if sin persists, you keep drawing closer to God, not drift farther away because that is what you are focusing on. You focus on that which is of good report, and the fact that you are seeking Him through the word more, praying more for wisdom and for Him to teach you, going to services, and seeking to understand him by watching more sermons you like, or interacting with believers more. Just a simple thing like being brave enough to air your concerns like this on a Christian forum can be considered as seeking to find ways to please God more, and can count as well.
Seek to abide in Him through prayer, study, and worship. The only way to holiness is by abiding increasingly in the Holy Spirit. There is no way any human being can be "holy" on His own.
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