Conviction and determination

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. (James 4:4-8 ESV)

Such a powerful passage and with it comes both conviction and determination.  It's not a determination to try to "do better" of my own strength, but rather a determination to draw near to God, that He would draw near to me, and that He would give me clean hands, a pure heart, and give me the strength to fight the battle between the flesh and the spirit.