i know and love jesus. why do i sin?

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to god be the glory!

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"Lord, fix our eyes to see sin’s the sickest lie/
It’s not your blessings, You’re the richest prize/
Fix our eyes at times they’re hypnotized/
By our wickedness and its disguise/
If we can’t see your beauty fix our eyes/
You’re glory shines but it’s eclipsed by pride/
When I listen then your lips reply/
“The Word of God is your sufficient guide”/
It simplifies who Jesus is/
A man who can sympathize with our weaknesses/
So He insists we pray to find belief/
‘Cause we’ll receive grace in our time of need/
Plus He’s the eternal reigning Master/
Who created mass and made the space for NASA/
So if He can change this cat into a praising rapper/
He’s able to save you from great disaster/
If He already provided the grace that will save/
Then He’ll surely provide a way of escape/
From the longest temptation with the strongest sensation/
He’ll help you endure with the calmest of patience/
He’ll take you from a former porno addict/
Who was born with habits to perform this wackness/
But I’m not longer torn to havoc/
‘Cause I’m much more satisfied by the Lord of Sabbath/
(C’mon) And now I abhor the practice/
Of crawling back into my own corpse and casket/
Plus I’m no longer conformed to Havoc/
I’m being transformed more and more with gladness.

Look to Jesus and fix your eyes on Him/
He endured the cross and died for sin/
Look to Jesus and fix your eyes on Him/
We too were crucified to die to sin/
Look to Jesus and fix your eyes on Him/
He died only to rise again to Joy/
Look to Jesus and fix your eyes on Him/
Abide in His Word let His word abide within

This is for my peers who get weary whenever/
You’re fighting sin-you need a superior pleasure/
So drink of Christ your soul will get thirsty/
Though you’re worthy of wrath, you’ll only get mercy/
He hasn’t restrained His loving faithfulness/
His blood erased our sins, be glad and amazed/
He lavished his grace from his patient lips/
So come and take a sip, be happy with praise/
Jehovah is gracious that should motivate us/
To put off our sin until our souls are blameless/
And though we won’t reach this perfection/
‘Til we’re seated in Heaven, keep eagerly pressing/
Rejoice He’s patient/
Next time you’re tempted to sin consider the choice you’re faced with/
Choose sin which makes war, destroys the soul/
Or choose Him who’s way more enjoyable/
Christ is doper infinitely/
But you only know this if you know Him intimately/
Here goes some dope advice/
Consider everything trash in comparison to knowing Christ/
Though sin’s truly an abomination to me/
I’ll take Christ the personification of beauty/
So don’t fret but rest in Him who’s sovereign/
The night I wrote this song He rescued me from falling.

He’s the awesome reflection of His Father’s perfection/
He’s worthy of our highest thoughts and affections/
So banish all low thoughts of Him/
Without Him we’re astronauts with no oxygen/
Stay focused saints on Jehovah’s face/
He knows your aches, come boldly to His throne of grace/
‘Cause He’s resurrected and He’s risen/
So we intercede and we’re seen as acceptable and forgiven/
You look stressed but put to death/
Your crooked flesh, follow in Christ footsteps/
All His servants rehearse His story/
First we died ourself than its eternal glory/
Since He endured the cross, let’s endure the race/
So at the pearly gates we seek His worthy face/
And we’ll surely say BOY HE’S GORGEOUS/
Now let’s bear our cross for this joy before us"
{timothy brindle}