Praying-Pauls-Letters.qxp
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P R AY I N G PAU L’ S L E T T E R S
Lord, I know the Law is holy, And the Ten Commands are good and just. Does that mean that something that was good Was responsible for my death? Absolutely not! But sin is treacherous and deceitful, It used something good for evil purposes, Thus sin exercised all its lustful powers over me. Lord, I know the Law is spiritual But I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I cannot understand my reaction to things; What I am supposed to do, I don’t do. What I hate to do, I continually go back to do it. When I act against what I want to do, That means the Law is good. When I rebel against the Law, It is not me that’s doing it, But sin that dwells in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, It’s my sinful nature that controls my life. I have a desire to do good things, but I cannot carry it out. When I try not to do wrong things, I do them anyway. So when I do the things I don’t want to do, Then it is not my true self doing them; Sin still controls my life. Lord, I’ve discovered a new law in me, Every time I want to do good, I do wrong, intentionally.
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