When the Holy Spirit reveals sin in our lives, Christians will deal with it in one of two ways:
1) We view our sin as disgust in God's eyes. We view our sin as a disappointment to God and our failures lead us to despair. We hate that feeling. So to avoid disappointing God AGAIN, we refuse to be failures in God's sight and carry on our struggle to stop sinning. We live as if we relate to God as an eternal parent who we hate to disappoint. In other words, we try to overcome sin because after we have sinned AGAIN we feel the pain of remorse of disappointing God.
2) The other way of dealing with sin is not so much in dealing with the aftermath of how we disappoint God, but rather, when the temptation to sin comes to us we remember what it cost Christ Jesus to pay for that sin. In other words, when we are reminded of the blessing of the atonement and of the blood shed to provide us with that blessing, out of gratitude, we reject the sin. This is one of the primary reasons to regularly observe the Lord's Supper. We deal with our sin because we are reminded of what it cost God to pay for it. The motive becomes not one of feeling we've disappointed God, but rather, our motivation not to sin comes from our love toward the One who died in our place and His enduring, eternal love for us.
I think the second of the two is the most important way to address sin.

As children of God we certainly do not want to disappoint our heavenly Father with our sin, but our love for Him and realizing His atoning work for us is a far greater incentive when it comes to conquering sin. My prayer for you and me this day is this: Lord, the next time we are tempted by our sin, remind us of what You had to pay so that we might be righteous in Your sight. We praise You for Your atoning work and love for us. Amen.

Reminds me of a stanza from one of our best loved hymns:
And when I think that God, His Son not sparing
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art

Walk with the King today and be a blessing.