ScriptureRomans 7:24-25a (NRSV)"Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!"ReflectionMost people think of themselves as good people. We work hard, care for our families, help our neighbors, and try to do the right thing. If we're honest, many of us hope that our goodness counts for something.Paul's journey in Romans 7 leads h...

ScriptureRomans 7:21-23 (NRSV)“So I find it to be a law that, when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.”ReflectionFew things are more discouraging than giving your best effort and still feeling like you'...

ScriptureRomans 7:15-19 (NRSV)"I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. But in fact it is no longer I who do it but sin that dwells within me. For I know that the good does not dwell within me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do the good lies close at hand, but not the abil...