My enemies are threefold, I know this to be true, For I struggle with them daily, As I’m sure, my friend, do you.

The systems of this world Would have us think their way, Conforming to its image All we think and do and say.

The flesh is such a traitor With its passions and desires. Our very lives, it would consume, In its never quenching fire.

The devil is a deceiver; The father of every lie: ‘Go, do as you please’, he says, ‘For you shall not surely die’.

Praise be to God, we have a champion, Who triumphed over all: The God-man, Jesus Christ, our Savior, Has redeemed us from the fall.

So let us then begin each day, Submitting to Him on bended knee, Then rise to face the world, And walk in true humility.

Conrad J. Beattie 23 May 1996