That makes the Christian life an ongoing adventure with Christ. When I first became a Christian, I was thrilled with the fullness of walking with Christ. Yet it has gotten better. I had no clue what God would do with my life over the past 33 years of walking with Jesus. It just keeps getting better and better.
Defeat produces a cycle of more defeat.
This is the great thing about the Christian life. No matter how defeated a person has been in his life, Christ can change that life at any moment. The grace of God is greater than the worst of sin. The cycle can be changed. The believer in Christ has every resource needed to overcome the most terrible cycles in our lives.