If I treat the rich better than the poor, evil thoughts dwell in my heart;
I’ve unjustly judged someone Jesus loves, discrimination I’m not to impart.
Doing to others as I’d like done unto me, to live life without a flaw;
Loving Jesus always with every part of me, in obedience to all God’s law.
So open your heart to that stranger, even if blind, crippled, or lame;
You may entertain an angel, not self-, but Jesus-centered our aim.
When angry with another don’t let it slide, resentment breeding, growing inside;
This affecting all my relationships, bitterness born, with nowhere to hide.
To choose to forgive, however I feel, is self control and Jesus’ way;
Don’t wait till you’ve punished them enough for your pain, just do it without delay.
Are hopes bound up in that person or clique? dissatisfied with all I see;
I must trust the Lord with all my heart, from my limited understanding set free.
Do I envy others for what they have? Is a jealous heart burning at my core?
If I do right will I not be accepted? Or is sin near, crouching at my door.
This sin it desires to have us, with Jesus’ help we’re able to master;
Without Him sin will entangle, will enslave us, leading to certain disaster.
God gave us His Word to live by, by His Son we can overcome;
Any evil that’s thrown against us, our enemy to be delivered from.