Sin & Love

Sin diminishes my capacity to love God. It separates me from Him. So the more I sin, the more separated from God I become, the less I am able to love or respond to God --- and perhaps worst of all --- the less I am able to hear God and the less likely it is that He will listen to me! So if I want my prayers answered, I must remember that sin cloud's God's ability to hear me.

Sin also diminishes my capacity to love others. All sin has an element of selfishness. The more the sin is played out, the more my selfishness is played out. Sin turns my focus onto me - away from God and away from others God has placed in my life. so it is that I cannot truly love God or anyone else if I think only of myself and indulge my sinful nature.