"Lord, I don't want to sin against you..." "Lord, help me not sin against you..." These are not bad prayers. The grace of God was at work! But it was when I prayed "Lord, I will not sin against you", that the Lord strengthened my resolve. Compared to the earlier two, my third prayer had faith. I claimed 1 John 5:18 as though it were a promise. It also struck me that my will was involved; And I had aligned it with God's.