For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! Romans 7:19-25
These words from Scripture, as well as from the song, "How Deep The Father's Love For Us"
"...that He should give His only Son and make a wretch His treasure..." bring me to my knees.
A prayer on my heart daily: Thank you God for Your mercy and grace. I am so undeserving. Thankfully it's not my merits, but Your love. I pray that I can put away my old man and put on the new and live my life daily, hourly, minute by minute for You.
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Yes, this is my prayer too.
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