Unrighteousness

Hello, unfortunately kjoosaurus rex could not write her post today because she has to study for her exam :(

So a mysterious writer has filled in for her! yay

This is my confession and prayer I want to share with you.

God, I come to you.

I am so sinful. I am not worthy of your love, not even to call you, my Lord.

How can I say that I follow Christ, when I do things that dishonor you?

My life is filled with sin!

Today, I did nothing that was righteous, and lost all self-control.

How can I claim to have fellowship with Christ when I walk in the darkness?

I am lying and do not live by the truth.

My heart is filled with unrighteousness and ignorance.

I thank you that you hide your plans from me,

for I would trample on it with my unrighteousness.

Why do you love a person like me?

I dishonor you daily. I break your commands and walk in the dark.

I think of selfish things and do things that the world loves to do.

I dance and sing foolishly to music that you hate.

Why do you love me?

I do not know you, for I am unrighteous.

How can I preach about Christ if I don't know Him?

Why do you place me in such trials?

Don't you know how unrighteous I am?

Am I so faithful that I could win against the evil one?

I am weak! Don't you know?

My heart condemns me because of the contradiction that I live.

I say I am your child and yet I continue to live in sin!

I worship you with my hands and praise you with my mouth.

And with the same hands and mouth, I use them to sin!

If I am born of God, how can I go on sinning?

Do I belong to the devil?

You say that your commands are not burdensome, for everyone

born of God overcomes the world.

But your commands are impossible for an unrighteous man like me!

Don't you hear me crying out for help?

Or have you given up on me?

You tell me not to be overcome by evil, but rather, overcome evil with good.

There is no good within me with which I can overcome evil!

But I have Jesus, my Lord and Savior, who overcame all evil

as an atoning sacrifice for man.

His grace covers me from judgment.

So bless the Lord, for he is good.

His love endures forever.

Have mercy on me, Lord.

Let me be righteous, as your Son is righteous.

Let all my heart, all my spirit, all my mind, and all my strength

give you glory always!

All glory be to you, Lord God Almighty,

forever and ever,

Amen.

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just

and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."

1 John 1:9

"God made him (Jesus) who had no sin to be sin for us,

so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

2 Corinthians 5:21

Song I listened to: Rescue by Desperation Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEO12GqfKPM