Killed by our Pride – v2

our deceit, our defiance,
our claiming authority, autonomy,
putting ourselves in the place of God,
killed by our pride, our sin,
longing for control, to win…
 
killed by our pride, our rebellion,
denying God His rightful place, His power,
losing our lives, aware we are naked,
lost in our guilt, our shame,
carrying the wages of sin…
 
taking God’s place, His power,
claiming our pride, our autonomy,
placing ourselves on the throne
as if we are immortal, forever,
killed by our pride, our self-deception…
 
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Edited July 2, 2025
Killed by our Pride – v2
 
Based on #1Peter5:5-7
Based on #Romans8:7
Based on Isaiah14:12-14
Based on #Genesis3:4-5
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 2,
“The Problem of Pride”
July 2, 2025
I have failed greatly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/i-have-failed-greatly.html
Based on #Romans8:24-25 – wretched man, saved by Christ
Based on #Genesis3:7 – Adam and Eve knew they were naked
Based on Genesis 3:9-11
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 1,
“Agree with God”
July 2, 2025
Oh Lord, You know me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/oh-lord-you-know-me.html
Based on #1John1:7-9
Based on #James5:16
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Overview
July 2, 2025
More than 50 years in the desert
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/more-than-50-years-in-desert.html
Based on #Philippians3:7-8
Based on #Galatians2:20
Based on #Act9 (conversion of Saul/Paul)
My baptism in 2018/2019 Military Street Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 5,
“Buried and Raised with Christ”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Romans 7, Genesis 3, sin, confession, humility, pride, selfish, control,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #humility #pride #selfish #control

I have failed greatly – v2

I have sinned, I am broken,
I have hurt others greatly,
I confess to You, God,
that I am naked, exposed,
that I need Your protection,
I need Your healing, Your mercy,
I have failed greatly, I have fallen,
trying to do life on my own…
 
I have broken Your commandments,
Your laws, Your holy precepts,
I have walked away from You, Lord,
covered in the blood of my sin,
I have rebelled against You, Father,
against Your love, Your nature,
I have failed greatly, I have fallen,
trying to do life on my own…
 
==============
Edited July 5, 2025
I have failed greatly – v2
 
Based on #Romans8:24-25 – wretched man, saved by Christ
Based on #Genesis3:7 – Adam and Eve knew they were naked
Based on Genesis 3:9-11
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 1,
“Agree with God”
July 2, 2025
Oh Lord, You know me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/oh-lord-you-know-me.html
Based on #1John1:7-9
Based on #James5:16
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Overview
July 2, 2025
More than 50 years in the desert
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/more-than-50-years-in-desert.html
Based on #Philippians3:7-8
Based on #Galatians2:20
Based on #Act9 (conversion of Saul/Paul)
My baptism in 2018/2019 Military Street Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 5,
“Buried and Raised with Christ”
July 2, 2025
May I die to my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/may-i-die-to-my-sin.html
Based on #Matthew28:19
Based on #Galatians3:26-28
Based on #Romans6:3-7
My baptism in 2018/2019 Military Street Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 5,
“Buried and Raised with Christ”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Romans 7, Genesis 3, sin, confession, naked, transparent, honest, trust,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #naked #honest #transparent #trust

Killed by our Pride

our rebellion, our defiance,
our claiming authority,
putting ourselves in the place of God,
killed by our pride, our sin,
longing for control, to win…
 
killed by our pride, our rebellion,
denying God His rightful place,
losing our lives, aware we are naked,
lost in our guilt, our shame,
the wages of sin…
 
taking God’s place, His power,
claiming our pride, our will,
placing ourselves on the throne
as if we are immortal, forever,
killed by our pride, our self-deception…
 
==============
July 2, 2025
Killed by our Pride
 
Based on #1Peter5:5-7
Based on #Romans8:7
Based on Isaiah14:12-14
Based on #Genesis3:4-5
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 2,
“The Problem of Pride”
July 2, 2025
I have failed greatly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/i-have-failed-greatly.html
Based on #Romans8:24-25 – wretched man, saved by Christ
Based on #Genesis3:7 – Adam and Eve knew they were naked
Based on Genesis 3:9-11
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 1,
“Agree with God”
July 2, 2025
Oh Lord, You know me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/oh-lord-you-know-me.html
Based on #1John1:7-9
Based on #James5:16
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Overview
July 2, 2025
More than 50 years in the desert
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/more-than-50-years-in-desert.html
Based on #Philippians3:7-8
Based on #Galatians2:20
Based on #Act9 (conversion of Saul/Paul)
My baptism in 2018/2019 Military Street Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 5,
“Buried and Raised with Christ”
July 2, 2025
May I die to my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/may-i-die-to-my-sin.html
Based on #Matthew28:19
Based on #Galatians3:26-28
Based on #Romans6:3-7
My baptism in 2018/2019 Military Street Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 5,
“Buried and Raised with Christ”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Romans 7, Genesis 3, sin, confession, humility, pride, selfish, control,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #humility #pride #selfish #control

I have failed greatly

I have sinned, I have fallen,
I have greatly hurt others,
I confess to You, God,
that I am naked, exposed,
that I need Your protection,
I need Your healing, Your mercy,
I have failed greatly, fallen,
trying to do life on my own…
 
I have broken Your commandments,
Your laws, Your holy precepts,
I have walked away,
covered in the blood of my sin,
I have rebelled against You,
against Your love, Your nature,
I have failed greatly, trying
to do life on my own…
 
==============
July 2, 2025
I have failed greatly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/i-have-failed-greatly.html
Based on #Romans8:24-25 – wretched man, saved by Christ
Based on #Genesis3:7 – Adam and Eve knew they were naked
Based on Genesis 3:9-11
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 1,
“Agree with God”
July 2, 2025
Oh Lord, You know me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/oh-lord-you-know-me.html
Based on #1John1:7-9
Based on #James5:16
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Overview
July 2, 2025
More than 50 years in the desert
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/more-than-50-years-in-desert.html
Based on #Philippians3:7-8
Based on #Galatians2:20
Based on #Act9 (conversion of Saul/Paul)
My baptism in 2018/2019 Military Street Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 5,
“Buried and Raised with Christ”
July 2, 2025
May I die to my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/may-i-die-to-my-sin.html
Based on #Matthew28:19
Based on #Galatians3:26-28
Based on #Romans6:3-7
My baptism in 2018/2019 Military Street Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 5,
“Buried and Raised with Christ”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Romans 7, Genesis 3, sin, confession, naked, transparent, honest, trust,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #naked #honest #transparent #trust

I have failed greatly

I have sinned, I have fallen,
I have greatly hurt others,
I confess to You, God,
that I am naked, exposed,
that I need Your protection,
I need Your healing, Your mercy,
I have failed greatly, fallen,
trying to do life on my own…
 
I have broken Your commandments,
Your laws, Your holy precepts,
I have walked away,
covered in the blood of my sin,
I have rebelled against You,
against Your love, Your nature,
I have failed greatly, trying
to do life on my own…
 
==============
July 2, 2025
I have failed greatly
 
Based on #Romans8:24-25 – wretched man, saved by Christ
Based on #Genesis3:7 – Adam and Eve knew they were naked
Based on Genesis 3:9-11
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 1,
“Agree with God”
July 2, 2025
Oh Lord, You know me
 
Based on #1John1:7-9
Based on #James5:16
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Overview
July 2, 2025
More than 50 years in the desert
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/more-than-50-years-in-desert.html
Based on #Philippians3:7-8
Based on #Galatians2:20
Based on #Act9 (conversion of Saul/Paul)
My baptism in 2018/2019 Military Street Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 5,
“Buried and Raised with Christ”
July 2, 2025
May I die to my sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/may-i-die-to-my-sin.html
Based on #Matthew28:19
Based on #Galatians3:26-28
Based on #Romans6:3-7
My baptism in 2018/2019 Military Street Baptist Church
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 5,
“Buried and Raised with Christ”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Romans 7, Genesis 3, sin, confession, naked, transparent, honest, trust,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #naked #honest #transparent #trust

I don’t know what to believe

I don’t know what to believe
Truth has become elusive,
How I long to be at peace
within my soul, my spirit…
 
I have been stripped raw, naked,
They have taken too much from me
I don’t know what to believe
Truth has become elusive
behind a mask of lies…
 
I long to know fully, completely,
what Truth is, honest, transparent,
but I don’t know what to believe
and that gnaws at my soul…
 
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June 29, 2025
I don’t know what to believe
 
Based on #Romans 7:15-23
Based on #Proverbs14:12
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
Edited June 29, 2025
Ruts, neural pathways – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/ruts-neural-pathways-v2.html
Based on #Romans 7:15-23
Based on #Proverbs14:12
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
well-worn ruts
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/well-worn-ruts.html
Based on #Romans 7:15-23
Based on #Proverbs14:12
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
I do the very thing I hate
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-do-very-thing-i-hate.html
Based on #Romans7:15
Based on Romans 7:15-23
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
even if I am stuck in my ruts
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/even-if-i-am-stuck-in-my-ruts.html
Based on #Romans7:15, 18-19, 21-23
Based on Romans 7:15-23
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Romans 7, sin, confession, neural pathways, pain, brain, amygdala hijack, synapses,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #neural #BrainScience #NeuralPathways #MentalHealth #pain #brain #amydgalahijack #fear #fight #flight #synapses

ruts, #neuralpathways – v2 #brain #brainscience

We are victims of our patterns
steps repeated, often,
like ant scent trails,
ruts, neural pathways,
deeply ingrained, practiced,
Synaptic connections firing,
When we experience spiritual pain…
 
Our instinct overcomes reason,
an amygdala hijack, a crisis,
not thinking rationally, truly,
falling into the same patterns,
harmful strategies rooted deeply
Our snake brain deep inside us
When we experience spiritual pain…
 
We don’t want to address root causes,
just medicating our symptoms,
Band-Aids on gaping, open wounds,
Some carried for decades
buried in our reptilian brains,
firing out of control, without reason,
When we experience spiritual pain…
 
We need to break the cycle, the pattern,
to create new pathways, new thinking,
to quarry the root causes,
Our fears, our pains buried,
the well-worn ruts of our history,
synaptic connections firing instinctively,
When we experience spiritual pain…
 
Only when we are honest, transparent,
digging down deeply, seeking,
then can we achieve healing,
breaking the cycle within us,
only in creating a new pattern,
step out of time, responding differently
When we experience spiritual pain…
 
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Edited June 29, 2025
Ruts, neural pathways – v2
 
Based on #Romans 7:15-23
Based on #Proverbs14:12
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
well-worn ruts
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/well-worn-ruts.html
Based on #Romans 7:15-23
Based on #Proverbs14:12
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
I do the very thing I hate
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-do-very-thing-i-hate.html
Based on #Romans7:15
Based on Romans 7:15-23
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
even if I am stuck in my ruts
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/even-if-i-am-stuck-in-my-ruts.html
Based on #Romans7:15, 18-19, 21-23
Based on Romans 7:15-23
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Romans 7, sin, confession, neural pathways, pain, brain, amygdala hijack, synapses,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #neural #BrainScience #NeuralPathways #MentalHealth #pain #brain #amydgalahijack #fear #fight #flight #synapses

ruts, #neuralpathways #brain

we are victims of our patterns
steps repeated, often,
ruts, neural pathways,
synaptic connections firing
When we experience spiritual pain…
 
instinct overcomes reason,
falling into the same patterns,
harmful strategies rooted deeply
The snake brain deep inside us
When we experience spiritual pain…
 
not addressing root causes,
just medicating our symptoms,
bandaids on gaping, open wounds
some carried for decades
When we experience spiritual pain…
 
needing break the cycle, the pattern,
to quarry the root causes,
the well-worn ruts of history,
the synaptic connections firing
When we experience spiritual pain…
 
only then can we achieve healing,
breaking the cycle within us,
only in creating a new pattern,
step out of time, responding differently
When we experience spiritual pain…
 
==============
June 29, 2025
Ruts, neural pathways
 
Based on #Romans 7:15-23
Based on #Proverbs14:12
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
well-worn ruts
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/well-worn-ruts.html
Based on #Romans 7:15-23
Based on #Proverbs14:12
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
I do the very thing I hate
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-do-very-thing-i-hate.html
Based on #Romans7:15
Based on Romans 7:15-23
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
even if I am stuck in my ruts
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/even-if-i-am-stuck-in-my-ruts.html
Based on #Romans7:15, 18-19, 21-23
Based on Romans 7:15-23
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Romans 7, sin, confession, neural pathways, pain,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #sin #confession #neural #BrainScience #NeuralPathways #MentalHealth #pain

well-worn ruts

we use coping mechanisms, drugs,
idols, well-worn ruts, patterns,
all the ways we medicate,
to mitigate our pain,
often making our way harder
separating us from our neighbors,
separating us from God…
 
we are damaged, broken,
bearing the sins we carry
lost in the world, walking
in the well-worn ruts, in patterns,
slouching our way forward
leading us away from God,
The source of our strength…
 
we turn toward God, repentant,
we must renounce our sin, confessing,
all the ways we struggle
on the well-worn path, the ruts,
our go-to medications
that simply mask our pain
when we long to be healed…
 
==============
June 29, 2025
well-worn ruts
 
Based on #Romans 7:15-23
Based on #Proverbs14:12
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
I do the very thing I hate
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-do-very-thing-i-hate.html
Based on #Romans7:15
Based on Romans 7:15-23
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
even if I am stuck in my ruts
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/even-if-i-am-stuck-in-my-ruts.html
Based on #Romans7:15, 18-19, 21-23
Based on Romans 7:15-23
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
God’s love is greater
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/gods-love-is-greater.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
June 29, 2025
They led me to my destruction
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/they-led-me-to-my-destruction.html
Based on #Matthew22:37-40
Based on #John8:34-35
Based on #James1:13-15
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
June 29, 2025
I am responsible for my responses
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-am-responsible-for-my-responses.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
June 29, 2025
I have been selfish
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-have-been-selfish.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
Edited June 28, 2025
May we not wither – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/may-we-not-wither-v2.html
Based on #Psalm1:1-6
Based on #Jeremiah17:5-8
Edited June 29, 2025
no longer the center – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/no-longer-center-v2.html
Based on the prayer of Paul in #Romans15:5-7
Based on Jeremiah 17:5-8
Sermon, “Fear, Faith, and Social Skills”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWefYFnWns
June 26, 2025
I confess, Lord, to You
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-confess-lord-to-you.html
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
and re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, regeneration, Romans 7, sin, prayer, confession,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #sin #confession

I do the very thing I hate

I know my actions are evil
that my sin separates me from You,
How I long to be faithful,
How I want to be Your Servant,
but I do the very thing I hate,
I damaged my relationship with You,
My Creator, my Savior, my God…
 
Lift me from my pit to walk with You,
raise me onto the waters,
Please help me break the patterns
My Brokenness in my walk
so that I might be blameless,
that I might be a witness,
to You alone, my Father,
My Creator, my Savior, my God…
 
==============
June 29, 2025
I do the very thing I hate
 
Based on #Romans7:15
Based on Romans 7:15-23
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
even if I am stuck in my ruts
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/even-if-i-am-stuck-in-my-ruts.html
Based on #Romans7:15, 18-19, 21-23
Based on Romans 7:15-23
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 2,
“Patterns of the World”
June 29, 2025
God has walked with me
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/god-has-walked-with-me.html
Based on #Romans8:31-35, 37-39
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
June 29, 2025
God’s love is greater
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/gods-love-is-greater.html
Based on #Romans8:31-35, 37-39
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
June 29, 2025
They led me to my destruction
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/they-led-me-to-my-destruction.html
Based on #Matthew22:37-40
Based on #John8:34-35
Based on #James1:13-15
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
June 29, 2025
I am responsible for my responses
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-am-responsible-for-my-responses.html
Based on #Matthew22:37-40
Based on #John8:34-35
Based on #James1:13-15
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
June 29, 2025
I have been selfish
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-have-been-selfish.html
re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
Edited June 28, 2025
May we not wither – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/may-we-not-wither-v2.html
Based on #Psalm1:1-6
Based on #Jeremiah17:5-8
Saturday morning Men’s Group
Edited June 29, 2025
we confess we are sheep – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/we-confess-we-are-sheep-v2.html
Based on Psalm 119:176
Based on #Psalm119:169-176
Men’s Thursday Night Bible Study
Edited June 29, 2025
no longer the center – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/no-longer-center-v2.html
Based on the prayer of Paul in #Romans15:5-7
Based on Jeremiah 17:5-8
Sermon, “Fear, Faith, and Social Skills”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWefYFnWns
June 26, 2025
I confess, Lord, to You
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/i-confess-lord-to-you.html
Based on #Psalm51:3 (David)
Based on #1John1:7-9
re:generation, Step 5, Confession, Week 1, large group meeting
and re:generation, Step 4, Inventory, Week 6, Day 1
 
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