Two Things Needed

God has to accomplish two things in us before he can deliver us from our besetting sins: First, God has to cause the sin-bound person to want to be free... He has to come to his wit’s end, where he sees he is being ruined by sin — helpless, wretched, empty, ensnared, laden down with guilt and totally deceived by sin. Second, God has to cause the sin-bound person to see the utter futility of his efforts to set himself free.

David Wilkerson, The New Covenant Unveiled, page 21