Allah doesn't change a people until they change what's inside

Salam aleykum wa rahmatullahi wa ba rakatuh

I've been having trouble with a sin lately, a sin that I feel makes me entirely worthless as a human being because it promotes the absolute degeneracy of society.

I really dont think I can ever stop this sin myself. I question if I truly believe in Allah swt because of this. I pray for Allah to never take my shahada from me, and i beg him for the worst earthly punishment i can have if it means that I get to die upon my shahada, but i feel like my love for this sins makes me question to I truly believe in Allah azza wa jal. I feel like I'm unworthy to be able to make dua. I feel like I cant help but make dua for everyone but myself because i dont deserve it.

now please ignore all of the above, I just want yall to know where im coming from. This is my actual question:

I remember Allah tell's us in the Qu'ran, and I hope I'm getting the interpretation of the meaning correct, Allah doesn't change a people until they change what's inside.

What does this mean exactly? Let me give you an example:

When I was not Muslim, before that time I had the translation of a Qu'ran, and I tried reading it. It just did not stick. I felt like there was something special behind the meaning, but I honestly couldn't get past a single page or two. It's like I was reading blank ink. I never through the translation away.

Years later, I finally reach a point in my life where I sort of understood the message, I felt things to become clear to me, and I finally believed in God. People attempted to convert me to Christianity, and other weird spiritual ideas that don't make half as much sense as Islam.

I don't feel like any of that was my own though.

I'm not sure if that makes any sense.

Can anyone please just help me out with the meaning of that ayat

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