Dominion of Sin or Dominion of Grace--March 7, 2013

O God, you are enthroned forever;

your name endures to all generations.

I want to continue in your word;

but sin exercises dominion over me,

and I cannot control the way I go;

I walk but cannot direct my steps.

May the dominion of the grace of Christ

overcome in me the dominion of sin,

that I may truly be his disciple.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 27; 147:12-20; 126; 102

Jer. 10:11-24

Rom. 5:12-21

John 8:21-32

Selected Verses

Ps. 102:12

But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever;
          your name endures to all generations.

Jer. 10:23

 I know, O LORD, that the way of human beings is not in their control,
          that mortals as they walk cannot direct their steps.

Rom. 5:21

…so that, just as sin exercised dominion in death, so grace might also exercise dominion through justification leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

John 8:31

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples…