I am my biggest problem.
I am sinner turned to saint,
who still feels like he ain't.
Well…sometimes and that’s too
much!
O yes, on wings of eagles I
fly!
Then on valleys lows, I crawl.
With roars and growls I
fight myself with all my might.
It is to no avail; that dead
man still raises his ugly head everyday.
Yep, that dead one rises up
in the wink of an eye.
I know he’s been there when I
see his carnage; I see what he can do.
Who me?
Would sin dare prevail!
NO!
NOT in the life of a saint.
You may think, to yourself,
“Can this be true?”
Can a sinner turn into a
saint?
Can a saint turn and sin?
Do saints really sin?
Yeah they do and on a daily
basis.
Hypocrite! Hypocrite!
Hypocrite!
I call myself this everyday.
Ah! ah…
Screams turn sad, then I come up fighting, I’M MAD!
I rise up in prayer to kill
out the mayhem and madness of sin.
I commit to kill on bent knee, I hate that man that is me.
In tearful prayers I cried out, “Hosanna! Save me! Help me!”
And in sweet forgiveness,
Jesus is faithful and reminds me.
“It is finished!” Jesus spoke
these words once for all.
Sin met its’ match and died
once for all.
Jesus kindly faced that dead man in me for me.
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Perhaps you don’t know this?
Of course you do. I'll say it anyway.
Our physical flesh stinks.
No matter how we dress it up or clean it up, it will stink again and again. This comes
to no surprise. We take showers everyday, or that is for the most part. We do
our duty to the necessities of cleanliness. Yet, even with that we still end up
stinking again. We all end up with morning breath, body odor and the stench of
those other foul waste products I won't mention.
Hmm? Do you think God was
trying to tell us something, even with these little things in our physical
bodies? (This is not my original idea--Bob Coy mentioned it in a sermon. I thought it was so true!)
If all those nasty things are
true about our physical side of life, imagine how bad they are in our spiritual
side of life. Our foul activities, though accidental or even on purpose, still need daily washed
by the blood of Jesus. One pastor once said Jesus washing ones feet, while
being acts of service, is also an analogy of Jesus washing away our daily dust (sin).
Our daily outburst of flesh, our working contact with messed up world, our
strained relationships that just seem to hurt, are all in need of being washed
away by Jesus today.
Use the soap--1 John 1:9 look it up, if you don't know, you should! (Memorize please!)
Will you let Jesus wash your
feet today?
If you won’t, then you have
no part of Him.
I’m speaking to you Gordon!
And I speaking to you who ever you are, if you'll listen.
"Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”
Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”
“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”
Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.
When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them."
John 13:3-12 NIV
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