May my words fall silent
If my tongue wants to lie.
May my pride be exposed
If I become haughty in life.
May my jealousy be subdued
If I envy what isn’t mine.
May my anger be dissolved
If I seek revenge for a wrong.
May my greed be squandered
If I desire selfish pleasures.
May I remember the trials of Christ
If I forget to live and love this life.
May I not claim these as mine
For sins of the flesh are Satan’s demise.
Jessie Jeanine 
March 19, 2012 at 5:21 pm
Wow!!! Great poem Jessie! That movie scared me to death when I saw it the first time! hugs and love, Terri
March 19, 2012 at 6:10 pm
Thanks Terri and to be honest, I guess I didn’t connect the image with the movie (oops!) Be well friend!
March 6, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Really share this sense of determintation to push firmly away from the desires of my former self, the things the world uses to drag me from God. So hard sometimes, and I find myself often confusing my sin with my self, and instead of hating my sin I project that anger and hate inward. I know that there is nothing that suppresses God in our lives more than forgetting who we are in Christ :)
I’ll be praying for you, thanks for following my blog (I’ve done the same with yours) and thank you for sharing this with us!
In Christ,
Pete.
March 6, 2012 at 7:36 pm
It’s wonderful to meet you Pete and thanks for taking the time to visit. I think the idea of “hate the sin, but not the sinner” is one of mans greatest struggles, even as a Christian. Once we’re able to grasp the concept though, it makes things like forgiveness so much easier to live out. What helps me is the idea that I believe sin and evil come from Satan and I hate Satan therefore, I hate sin and evil too. But, people are ALL God’s creation, we are ALL His children and God is love, so I love ALL God’s children. This has to include myself as well and for that I also take from scripture that after He created us and the world, He said, “it is good.” Much easier to “say” all this though, I agree and it’s a constant battle. Many blessings to you as well!
March 6, 2012 at 8:31 pm
I always have to come back to the opening verses of Romans 8, where it says we have in Christ “fully met the righteous requirements of the law”. Basically God sees us as saints who sin, not sinners who occasionally creep into the throne room! God is pretty awesome, even when we are not :)
March 7, 2012 at 3:06 am
And what an awesome summary you show us through scripture here ~ thank you so much! Be blessed friend :)
March 5, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Beautiful words Jessie . . . thank you!
March 5, 2012 at 9:51 pm
Your so welcome and glad you enjoyed it :)
March 5, 2012 at 2:20 pm
God bless you
March 6, 2012 at 7:39 pm
And to you as well :)
March 4, 2012 at 2:17 pm
Our flesh just needs to take a seat, I find myself telling God to sit it down to shut it up and strip it away because the flesh wants what it wants when it want it and brings nothing but destruction to us.
March 5, 2012 at 10:02 pm
Agreed! It is a constant internal struggle and I’m so grateful God knows our hearts.
March 3, 2012 at 5:07 am
Thank you for this beautiful reminder, Jessie~Blessings and hugs to you this evening~ xx
March 3, 2012 at 11:28 pm
Hope you have a blessed weekend in the Lord, Lauren :)
March 5, 2012 at 2:19 pm
so amazing thank you God bless
March 5, 2012 at 9:52 pm
Thank you and its great to meet you :) Blessings!
March 2, 2012 at 6:17 pm
May each of these wishes also be mine this blessed second Friday of Lent, dear jessie! Praying for you and yours, as always!
March 2, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Keeping you in prayer as well my friend and thank you :)