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Why is it, that the vilest of temptations seek to violate my mind, during moments… of weakness, solitude and prayer time? Is it not enough that my inner person has been consumed with the filth of my flesh? How much longer must I wait for the body of incorruption that will suit me in eternity? Though I can’t seem to stop sinning, is it wrong to want to curb its unwanted flow? These temptations appeal to my carnality, but I find their continuing stream tiresome. Spiritual perfection is an ideal, that cannot… be achieved in today’s earthly journey. And yet, to utterly give up and intentionally sin, will never be an improvement of my fallen condition. How much training is required to reject ungodliness? O, Lord, please strengthen my spirit to capture and discard these thought contaminations… by making my flesh permanently dead to their allure and by always drawing me ever closer to You! Author Notes: Loosely based on: Rom 3:23; *** 2:11-14; Col 3:1-11 Learn more about me and my poetry at: http://www.squidoo.com/book-isbn-1419650513/ By Joseph J. Breunig 3rd, © 2012, All rights reserved.
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Sep 19, 2013
Sep 19, 2013 at 10:57 AM UTC
Poem: Temptations
Why is it, that the vilest of temptations seek to violate my mind, during moments… of weakness, solitude and prayer time? Is it not enough that my inner person has been consumed with the filth of my flesh? How much longer must I wait for the body of incorruption that will suit me in eternity? Though I can’t seem to stop sinning, is it wrong to want to curb its unwanted flow? These temptations appeal to my carnality, but I find their continuing stream tiresome. Spiritual perfection is an ideal, that cannot… be achieved in today’s earthly journey. And yet, to utterly give up and intentionally sin, will never be an improvement of my fallen condition. How much training is required to reject ungodliness? O, Lord, please strengthen my spirit to capture and discard these thought contaminations… by making my flesh permanently dead to their allure and by always drawing me ever closer to You! Author Notes: Loosely based on: Rom 3:23; *** 2:11-14; Col 3:1-11 Learn more about me and my poetry at: http://www.squidoo.com/book-isbn-1419650513/ By Joseph J. Breunig 3rd, © 2012, All rights reserved.
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Sep 19, 2013
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