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<p>&quot;Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me<br />
        from this life that is dominated by sin?&quot; Romans 7:24<br />
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        No doubt you have <strong>your enemies</strong>—and so have we all.<br />
        <br />
        But I will tell you where you have an enemy—and a <br />
        greater enemy than ever you have found in others—<br />
        <strong>yourself!</strong> I have often felt that I could do myself more <br />
        harm in five minutes, than all my enemies could do me <br />
        in fifty years! I need not fear what <strong>others </strong>may do or <br />
        say—I fear <strong>myself</strong> more than them all—knowing what <br />
        I am as a sinner—the strength of sin—and the power <br />
        of temptation. <br />
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        Be sure of this—that <strong>YOU are the worst<br />
          enemy you ever had . . .<br />
          </strong>  your sin,<br />
        your lust,<br />
        your covetousness,<br />
        your pride,<br />
        your self-righteousness.<br />
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        God Himself will make you feel your enemy. <br />
        You shall see something of his accursed designs; <br />
        how sin has deceived you, betrayed you, brought <br />
        guilt upon your conscience, and made you a burden <br />
        to yourself. You shall be brought to feel, and say, <br />
        &quot;There is nothing I hate so much as my own vile <br />
        heart—my own dreadfully corrupt nature. O what <br />
        an enemy do I carry in my own bosom! Of all my <br />
        enemies, he is surely the worst! Of all my foes, <br />
        he is the most subtle and strong!&quot;<br />
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        Have you not sometimes felt as though you could <br />
        take your lusts by the neck and dash their heads <br />
        against a stone? Have you not felt you could take <br />
        out of your breast this vile, damnable heart, lay <br />
        it upon the ground, and stamp upon it? <br />
        And when tempted with . . .<br />
        pride,<br />
        or unbelief,<br />
        or infidelity,<br />
        or blasphemy,<br />
        or any hateful lust, <br />
        how you have cried out again and again with <br />
        anguish of spirit, &quot;O this heart of mine!&quot;<br />
        <br />
        We hate our sins, and would, if possible, have no <br />
        more to do with them, and would say to this <strong>lust</strong>, <br />
        <strong>idol</strong>, or <strong>temptation</strong>, &quot;<strong>O you filthy creature!</strong> What <br />
        an enemy you are to my soul! O that I could <br />
        forever be done with you!&quot;<br />
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        &quot;Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me<br />
        from this life that is dominated by sin? Thanks be to <br />
        God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.&quot; <br />
        Romans 7:24-25
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