That cry for help is the very prayer that heaven leans closest to hear. It is the starting point of grace. You are not alone in this struggle; every saint has known this battle.
Here is a poem and a prayer for the habitual sinner, which is all of us who are being made new.
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For the Habitual Sinner
This chain I cannot break alone, This sin I call my own. It wraps around my soul so tight, It steals my peace,it dims my light.
I am the one Paul spoke about— The good I want,I live without. The very thing I hate,I do. O Lord,I need Your grace anew.
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. (Romans 7:15)
Help a habitual sinner like me. Not with a frown,but mercy free. Not with a sigh of great dismay, But with the power of resurrection day.
Break not just the sin, but its thrill, Break the rebellious,stubborn will. Replace the want,the dark desire, With a consuming,holy fire.
For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. (Romans 7:18)
You are the help for which I plead, You are the sinner’s only creed. You are the strength when mine is gone, The hope to see the coming dawn.
Remind me that my identity Is not in sins that bind and keep, But in the wounds,so deep and wide, Of the Savior who for me has died.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1-2)
So when I fall—and fall I may— Let me not hide and turn away. But let me run straight to the cross, And count all other things as loss.
For Your grace is not for the strong and proud, But for the one who cries aloud— The one who knows they cannot win, But trusts the power that comes from within…
…The power of Your Spirit, strong and true, To make this habitual sinner new. Not in a moment,but day by day, Walking in Your victorious way.
Amen.
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