{"id":348,"date":"2017-03-08T01:07:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T01:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoikonomist.com\/?p=348"},"modified":"2017-03-17T04:36:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T04:36:05","slug":"lent-week-1-mess-of-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoikonomist.com\/?p=348","title":{"rendered":"Lent:  Mess of Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Romans 7:15-20<\/strong> <strong>(NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.\u00a0For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do\u2014this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mess Of Me &#8211; Switchfoot<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-348-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theoikonomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/02_mess_of_me.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theoikonomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/02_mess_of_me.mp3\">http:\/\/www.theoikonomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/02_mess_of_me.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>I am my own affliction<br \/>\nI am my own disease<br \/>\nThere ain&#8217;t no drug that they could sell<br \/>\nAh there ain&#8217;t no drugs to make me well<\/p>\n<p>There ain&#8217;t no drug<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not enough<br \/>\nThere ain&#8217;t no drug<br \/>\nThe sickness is myself<\/p>\n<p>I made a mess of me I wanna get back the rest of me<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve made a mess of me I wanna get back the rest of me<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive<br \/>\nThe rest of my life alive!<\/p>\n<p>We lock our souls in cages<br \/>\nWe hide inside our shells<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s hard to free the ones you love<br \/>\nOh when you can&#8217;t forgive yourself<br \/>\nYeah forgive yourself!<\/p>\n<p>There ain&#8217;t no drug<br \/>\nThere ain&#8217;t no drug<br \/>\nThere ain&#8217;t no drug<br \/>\nThe sickness is myself<\/p>\n<p>I made a mess of me I wanna get back the rest of me<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve made a mess of me I wanna reverse this tragedy<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive<br \/>\nThe rest of my life alive!<\/p>\n<p>Ah! Right<\/p>\n<p>There ain&#8217;t no drug<br \/>\nThere ain&#8217;t no drug<br \/>\nThere ain&#8217;t no drug<br \/>\nNo drug to make me well<br \/>\nThere ain&#8217;t no drug<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not enough<br \/>\nI&#8217;m breaking up<br \/>\nThe sickness is myself<br \/>\nThe sickness is myself<\/p>\n<p>I made a mess of me I wanna get back the rest of me<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve made a mess of me I wanna reverse this tragedy<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive<br \/>\nThe rest of my life alive!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>God of compassion, <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>you hate nothing that you have made,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0forgive the sins of all those who are regretful and ashamed,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>and embrace your people who struggle to return to you with open arms.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Create and make in us new and contrite hearts<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>that we, worthily lamenting our sins<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>and acknowledge our wretchedness, <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>may receive from you perfect remission and forgiveness;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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