‘I know I can never be clean by myself. I had tried so hard to attain an acceptable purity based on works, but I kept failing and falling, again and again. And yet it is in the consciousness of my failings that I begin to behold the real beauty of Your sacrifice and Your redemption. I am so utterly helpless to save myself that I have no choice but to depend so totally on what You’ve done on the cross. And every time I fail to achieve my righteousness, the more I see the need to cling to You. It seems like a vicious cycle of me trying, me failing, my rediscovering my inner bankruptcy, and me crying up to You for redemption and cleansing.

Lord, I know I can never attain unto the acceptable standards without You, and I confess that I am but a filthy man whenever I try to achieve these standards without You. My only hope lies in total dependence on You and the work on the cross. There cannot be another hope for this wretched soul outside the great mercy of the Messiah. So I cling to You desperately and honestly and wholly. And therein only lies my safety. Hallelujah. Amen.’

‘I know I can never be clean by myself. I had tried so hard to attain an acceptable purity based on works, but I kept failing and falling, again and again. And yet it is in the consciousness of my failings that I begin to behold the real beauty of Your sacrifice and Your redemption. I am so utterly helpless to save myself that I have no choice but to depend so totally on what You’ve done on the cross. And every time I fail to achieve my righteousness, the more I see the need to cling to You. It seems like a vicious cycle of me trying, me failing, my rediscovering my inner bankruptcy, and me crying up to You for redemption and cleansing.

Lord, I know I can never attain unto the acceptable standards without You, and I confess that I am but a filthy man whenever I try to achieve these standards without You. My only hope lies in total dependence on You and the work on the cross. There cannot be another hope for this wretched soul outside the great mercy of the Messiah. So I cling to You desperately and honestly and wholly. And therein only lies my safety. Hallelujah. Amen.’