Moving Forward
by Michael Doyle

Living the world's way is often a loss
It is at best, a coin toss
To die and live again in our relationship
Moves beyond the wisdom of our worship

It's unshakeable in this accomplishment
Our lives are redeemed in their improvement
Walking our roads covered by providence
One by one, we find the goodness of our consequence

Our spiritual genetics were sadly fallen
Until we awoke to hear our savior calling
Rising up with the freedom to be alive
We awaken to take our place and thrive

Dying to sin, we live in it no longer
Living in Christ, we've become stronger
Certainly united to Christ in His resurrected death
We walk, freed from sin with each new breath

We are no longer under sin but live in grace
Justification, sanctification, and glory by trace
Remove the broken tendencies that hold us back
Through Christ's power, there is nothing that we lack

Embracing holiness, we escape sin's slavery
Through given grace, we are freed from this misery
In Christ, we are immersed in a state of reverence
As we take on the ways of true providence

Symbolically dying with Christ to our sin
We resurrect to renew ourselves again
Nails in the coffin, we die to the wrong
And become revived to where we belong

Sin may be inevitable, but it is no longer necessary
At the cross, Jesus has given us a new legacy
Learning to and adhering through God's good grace
This is how we live out our godly traces

On the fateful day that we repent from sin
We become free to truly live again
Finding the worst of life has come to an end
Our salvation's grace is left to comprehend

(c) March 16, 2025   Michael Doyle
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