S - Romans 7:13 - Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. 17 So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
O - My child whom I love, today I want to tell you . . . it is the flesh in you that continues to sin. I have conquered the flesh. Trust in me and I will help you flee the sin that you keep on doing that you hate. I have defeated sin and you do not need to be a slave to it any longer. You can rest in me and I will deliver you from that.
A - "Wretched man that I am!" That sort of speaks to where I am. The good that I want to do is not what I do. But it is the evil that I hate that I do not want to do that I keep on doing. I must turn the entire thing over to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He died so that I would no longer be a slave to sin. I can be free of it. I must trust him to delver me. Then I must continue to meet with him regularly and call on his strength to help me.
P - Heavenly Father, forgive me for continually falling back into sin. Forgive me for not relying on you more heavily. Help me to defeat the flesh and rest in you. Give me your strength when temptation comes and tries to draw me back into the old sinful habits.
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