 If you're under the control of your sin nature, then at best you'll be able to hear it, but you won't be able to apply it into your life. So let me encourage you to make sure that you are filled with the Holy Spirit. How do you do that? Well, if you have any known sin in your life, then obviously God's Holy Spirit is quenched and grieved, and the ability to receive divine inspiration from the scriptures you're going to hear today will be nullified.