Deliver Us From Evil

Like an inherited bad gene evil lurks in hearts that seem clean. An ugly ogre mean and green, it makes us act in ways obscene. Since the day our fore parents fell us humans have been doomed to hell. Cain rushed into evil pell-mell, his action was Abel’s death knell. Try as we might, we can’t escape evil enfolds us like a cape. Bending our poor souls out of shape desiring God’s image to rape. That’s why the Father sent His Son to defeat sin, and evil shun. The cross he bore, felt like a ton but when he rose, the fight was won. When Jesus taught his friends to pray, “Free us from evil” he did say. So even though we’re made of clay God’s help is promised us each day. His victory is ours to claim, we need no longer live in shame. Through divine power, in our frame, we conquer evil in his name.