Oct 15.98: Light For The Day - "Failure"

"My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my 
portion for ever."
-- Psalms 73:26 (RSV)

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"Failure"

God, I want to live my life for you,
But I just don't know what to do. 
I always fall flat on my face,
I'd never get up if it wasn't for your grace. 

Everytime I get back on my feet,
And I think I have the devil beat, 
He knocks me right on my butt,
And then I'm in another rut.

God, I know I always fail,
Then you always pay my bail.
Well, at least you know I try,
I'm glad I won't fail after I die. 

God help me to give you all my best,
It has to be better than the rest. 
I want to give you what belongs to you,
Yeah, that's what I want to do.

I know I'm always gonna fail,
But it is to you I hail.
With you I can do anything,
After all you are the King of Kings.

Just reach down your hand and touch my life,
Get rid of all my sin and strife.
God, I want to live for you,
This is what I long to do.

Serving you is what I choose.
God, help me become more like you.

-- Evan Edgett 
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"We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed;
perplexed, but not driven to despair;
persecuted, but not forsaken;
struck down, but not destroyed;
always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, 
so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested
in our bodies. 
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So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature
is wasting away, our inner nature is being
renewed every day."

-- 2 Corinthians 4:8-10,16 (RSV)