“O God, I have not produced a single righteous moment in my entire life. I have overrated my virtue and underestimated the depth and power of my sinfulness. I am deeply corrupt. O holy Christ, be all my righteousness! Cover all my sins with your merit. And then work your holiness deep down into the secret recesses of my soul, where I cannot put it, where no therapist can put it, where no drug can put it, but where it must penetrate if I am to be the holy person I ought to be, was made to be and long to be. In your holy name. Amen.”
- Raymond C. Ortlund, Jr. , "A Passion for God: Prayers and Meditations on the Book of Romans" Wheaton, Illinois . Crossway Books, 1994, pg. 102
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