I’M FILING FOR DIVORCE
GALATIONS 5:16-17, 19-21
16: THIS I SAY THEN, WALK IN THE SPIRIT, AND YE SHALL NOT FULFIL THE LUST OF FLESH.
17: FOR THE FLESH LUSTETH AGAINST THE SPIRIT, AND THE SPIRIT AGAINST THE FLESH: AND THESE ARE CONTRARY THE ONE TO THE OTHER: SO THAT YE CANNOT DO THE THINGS THAT YE WOULD.
19: NOW THE WORKS OF THE FLESH ARE MANIFEST, WHICH ARE THESE; ADULTERY, FORNIFICATION, UNCLEANNESS, LASCIVIOUSNESS,
20: IDOLATRY, WITCHCRAFT, HATRED, VARIANCE, EMULATIONS, WRATH, STRIFE, SEDITIONS, HERESIES,
21: ENVYINGS, MURDERS, DRUNKENESS, REVILLINGS, AND SUCH LIKE: OF THE WHICH I TELL YOU BEFORE, AS I HAVE ALSO TOLD YOU IN THE TIME PAST, THAT THEY WHICH DO SUCH THINGS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD. (PAUSE)
AS OUTLINED IN THE TEXT, THE ACTS OF THE SINFUL NATURE ARE OBVIOUS…
WE FIND HERE THAT PAUL HAS TAKEN SOMEWHAT OF A MORE SERIOUS TONE WITH THE GALATIANS THAN HE HAS WITH THE OTHER CHURCHES, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BEGAN TO REGRESS INTO WHAT THEY WERE, AFTER ALL HIS TEACHINGS AND PREACHING.
AND, I WANT TO PUT YOU ON NOTICE THAT THOSE WHO LIVE BY THE STANDARDS OUTLINED IN THE TEXT WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD, SO I STOPPED BY THIS MORNING TO INFORM YOU THAT, I’M FILING FOR DIVORCE.
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT DIVORCE IN THE SECULAR SENSE, BUT RATHER THE SPIRITUAL, FOR IN THIS 21ST CENTURY WE HAVE TAKEN ON THE IDEOLOGY OF OUR FOREFATHERS AND WE HAVE BEGUN TO EQUIVOCATE, VACILLATE, AND HESITATE WHEN IT COMES TO GOD’S LAW AS SET FORTH IN THE BEGINNING, FOR WE HAVE CONFORMED TO THE CARES OF THIS WORLD
I WANT TO FOCUS THIS MORNING, IF YOU WILL, ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LIKE CHRIST, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME THAT WE ARE MADE IN HIS IMAGE AND AFTER HIS LIKENESS SO THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN US THAT RESEMBLES HIM TO LET OTHERS KNOW WE ARE HIS CHILDREN AND THAT HE ABIDES IN US, OR THAT HE AT LEAST DROPS BY EVERY NOWAND THEN.
AND THAT’S A GOOD THING, BUT I HAVE DISCOVERED, THAT THE MAJOR PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN BEING LIKE CHRIST IS THAT THING, THE KING JAMES VERSION CALLS THE FLESH,
THAT SELF,
THAT SINFUL NATURE THAT KEEPS ON GETTING IN THE WAY
JESUS SAID IF ANY MAN WOULD COME AFTER ME…MEANING IF ANY MAN WANTS TO BE A DISCIPLE OF MINE, LET HIM FIRST DENY HIMSELF
MEANING HIS FLESH, THAT SINFUL NATURE, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS AND FOLLOW ME.
SO WHAT IS THIS FLESH?
WE MISTAKENLY BELIEVE THE FLESH HAS TO DO WITH OUR FLESH AND BONES, BUT THAT’S NOT REALLY WHAT THE FLESH IS. THE FLESH IS THAT SINFUL NATURE
THE BIBLE CALLS IT THAT CARNAL MIND OR THE CARNAL MAN, THE WORLDLY MAN
IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR FLESH, OR YOUR SINFUL NATURE IS WHO YOU WERE BEFORE YOU GOT SAVED
NATURE, SIMPLY MEANS WHO YOU ARE, AND WHAT YOU WOULD DO OUTSIDE THE INFLUENCE OF GOD OR SATAN…IN OTHER WORDS, IF SATAN DIDN’T BOTHER YOU AND IF GOD DIDN’T BOTHER YOU – YOU HAVE A NATURE –
A NATURAL TENDENCY THAT RISES TO THE SURFACE WHEN NO ONE IS AROUND OR INFLUENCING YOU…IT’S WHAT YOU WOULD DO ANYHOW.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO TEACH A DOG HOW TO BARK, DOGS BARK BY NATURE.
PIGS LIKE SLOP BY NATURE
BIRDS FLY BY NATURE. IT’S JUST INNATE IN THEM.
SO THE FLESH IS YOUR SINFUL NATURE, AND YOU ARE BORN WITH IT AND NO MATTER HOW PERFECT YOU THINK YOU ARE, THE WORD SAYS WE ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD
NOBODY HAS TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SIN BECAUSE IT COMES NATURAL.
YOUR KIDS DIDN’T GO TO KINDERGARTEN WHERE THEY WERE TAUGHT HOW TO LIE, STEAL AND DISOBEY YOU; IT’S IN THEIR NATURE. TO BORROW A CLICHE, THEY’RE JUST NAUGHTY BY NATURE.
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS IN ROMANS 7:18-20…FOR I KNOW THAT IN ME, (THAT’S IN MY FLESH), DWELLS NO GOOD THING: FOR TO WILL IS PRESENT WITH ME; BUT HOW TO PERFORM WHAT IS GOOD I DON’T FIND.
FOR THE GOOD THAT I WILL TO DO, I DON’T DO; BUT THE EVIL WHICH I WOULD NOT, THAT I DO.
NOW IF I DO WHAT I WILL NOT TO DO, IT IS NO LONGER I WHO DO IT, BUT SIN THAT DWELLS IN ME.
AND THAT TELLS ME THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MORALLY GOOD PERSON FOR WHEN I LOOK AT ME THROUGH THE EYES OF CHRIST I COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IN MY FLESH DWELLS NO GOOD THING.
AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THE FLESH IS CRAZY. MAYBE NOT YOUR’S BUT MINE IS.
THE FLESH WILL DRINK ALL NIGHT LONG
MAKE YOUACT A COMPLETE FOOL
THROW UP AND BE SICK AS A DOG
CAUSE YOU TO LIE DOWN ON THE FLOOR IN THE BATHROOM AND WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND THE TOILET, AND BE READY TO PUT YOUR FACE IN A PLACE IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO GO
MAKE YOU PROMISE GOD THAT IF HE WILL ALLOW YOU TO GET OVER THIS, YOU’LL NEVER TAKE ANOTHER DRINK AS LONG AS YOU LIVE, AND THE NEXT WEEKEND YOU DO THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN.
THE FLESH WILL HAVE YOU TO ATTEND AN AIDS SEMINAR OR WATCH SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY DIE OF AIDS, AND YOU’LL TURN AROUND AND STILL HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX BECAUSE YOU IN LOVE
THE FLESH IS CRAZY.
THE FLESH WILL HAVE YOU AT THE GAMBLING TABLE WITH YOUR WHOLE PAYCHECK,
WITH YOUR POWER BILL MONEY AND GAS MONEY,
CHILDREN AT HOME FREEZING,
DON’T KNOW WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM,
AND YOU’RE STRUGGLING
AND YOU’RE CRYING
AND YOU’RE HURTING,
AND 2 WEEKS LATER YOU GET PAID AND THE FLESH WILL HAVE YOU RIGHT BACK AT THE CASINO AGAIN.
FOR THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE FLESH DO MIND THE THINGS OF THE FLESH,
I’M TIRED OF YOU TREATING ME THIS WAY AND I’M PUTTING YOU ON NOTICE, THIS DAY, I’M FILING FOR A DIVORCE BECAUSE THE FLESH IS CRAZY.
THE FLESH WILL HAVE YOU IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP, GETTING BEAT UP
CUSSED OUT
ROLLED OVER
KICKED TO THE CURB
YOUR SELF-ESTEEM GONE
AND WHEN YOU FINALLY GET OUT OF THAT RELATIONSHIP IT WILL ATTRACT YOU TO THE SAME KIND OF MAN OR WOMAN YOU HAD BEFORE AND YOU’LL FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THEY’RE AN ABUSER…THE FLESH IS CRAZY!
THE FLESH WILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LUNG CANCER SMOKING CIGARETTES OUT OF THEIR TRACHEA
IT WILL HAVE YOU SMOKING CRACK, YOUR TEETH FALLING OUT AND YOU LOOK A MESS
AND YOU’LL GO TO THE REHAB AND GET YOURSELF TOGETHER AND YOU’RE FEELING GOOD AND WONDERFUL AND FLESH WILL KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND GET YOU RIGHT BACK IN THE CRACK HOUSE WHERE YOU WERE…THE FLESH IS CRAZY!
THE FLESH, WHEN IT’S OUT OF CONTROL IS NEVER SATISFIED AND YOU CAN EAT UNTIL YOU’RE FULL AND STILL EAT SOME MORE.
HAVE YOU UP EATING ALL NIGHT BECAUSE IT’S NEVER SATISFIED.
YOU START OUT WITH NORMAL SEX
THEN YOU GO TO FREAKY SEX
THEN YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE PORNOGRAPHY WITH YOUR SEX
THEN YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE PORNOGRAPHY, SEX AND SEX TOYS
THEN YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU’RE PLAYING BOTH SIDES, YOU’RE BATTING FROM BOTH ENDS
AND THEN IT GOES TO DOGS AND CHILDREN BECAUSE THE FLESH IS NEVER SATISFIED.
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT NOBODY NOW. I’M JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.
AND WHEN THE FLESH IS OUT OF CONTROL, IT’S PROGRESSIVE.
THAT’S WHY YOU STOPPED DRINKING FORTIES AND SMOKING WEED
AFTER A WHILE THAT DIDN’T GET YOU HIGH, SO YOU HAD TO GO TO THE PILLS
AND AFTER A WHILE THAT DIDN’T WORK SO YOU HAD TO GO TO CRACK
AND AFTER WHILE THAT DIDN’T WORK, SO YOU TOOK OUT
THE NEEDLE AND WENT INTRAVENOUSLY BECAUSE THE FLESH IS NEVER SATISFIED, IT’S CRAZY.
THE BIBLE SAYS IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE LAW OF CHRIST NEITHER INDEED CAN BE
YOUR FLESH CAN’T ACT RIGHT…THE BIBLE SAYS IT CANNOT BE...OH YOU MIGHT HAVE SELF CONTROL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT IF YOU LIVE IN THE FLESH
IF YOU LIVE IN YOUR SINFUL NATURE, THE WORD TELLS ME IT…CANNOT…BE…SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF CHRIST, CAN’T BE.
YOU SEE, IT’S YOUR SPIRIT MAN THAT WAS BORN AGAIN INTO THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WANTS TO BE LIKE CHRIST
MY SPIRIT WANTS TO BE LIKE CHRIST BUT MY SIN NATURE CAN NEVER BE LIKE CHRIST AND SO THE BIBLE SAYS IN OUR TEXT:
THE SINFUL NATURE DESIRES WHAT IS CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT AND THE SPIRIT DESIRES WHAT IS CONTRARY TO THE SINFUL NATURE,
THESE TWO ENTITIES IN ONE BODY, LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE, ARE IN CONSTANT CONFLICT WITH ONE ANOTHER
YOU WANT TO WATCH T.V.
I WANT TO PRAY
YOU WANT TO RUN THE STREETS
I WANT TO RAISE A FAMILY
YOU WANT TO SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY
I WANT TO HAVE A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
YOU WANT TO SMOKE AND DRINK
I WANT TO SING AND PRAISE
YOU WANT TO COMMIT ADULTERY
I WANT TO STAY FAITHFUL TO ONE WOMAN
YOU WANT TO BE A HOMOSEXUAL
I WANT TO BE ANNOINTED IN CHRIST
YOU WANT
I WANT, WE’RE CONTRARY
WE’RE ALWAYS FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER IN THE SAME BODY
IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU’RE BEING TORN APART INSIDE ONE BODY
DON’T SIT THERE LOOKING AT ME ALL PROUD, LIKE I’M THE ONLY ONE IN HERE WHO KNOWS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. DON’T MAKE ME GO THERE!
I DON’T WANT TO BE OVERWEIGHT, BUT I WANT TO EAT SO BAD
I DON’T WANT TO BE AN ADDICT, BUT I NEED A FIX SO BAD
I DON’T WANT TO BE A WHORE, BUT I’VE GOT TO MAKE ENDS MEET SOME HOW
I DON’T WANT TO BE A PLAYER, BUT THERE’S A CONFLICT GOING ON IN MY BODY AND I JUST CAN’T SEEM TO HELP MYSELF
IT’S PULLING YOU BACK AND FORTH, AND AS LONG AS THEY ARE LIVING TOGETHER IN THE SAME HOUSE, WHICH IS YOUR BODY; YOU WILL NEVER BE LIKE CHRIST.
SO, IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO GO…TODAY, I’M FILING FOR A DIVORCE!
THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT HAVE IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES, AND THAT’S THE BASIS IN THIS STATE FOR A DIVORCE.
THE SPIRT CAN’T LIVE WRONG, AND THE FLESH CAN’T LIVE RIGHT, SO TODAY, I’M FILING FOR A DIVORCE.
BUT FIRST, I NEED TO HAVE A TALK WITH MY FLESH, BECAUSE THAT’S REQUIRED WHEN YOU FILE FOR A DIVORCE. THOSE OF YOU, WHO HAVE BEEN DIVORCED, REMEMBER THAT TALK YOU HAD TO HAVE WITH EACH OTHER WHEN YOU FILED FOR YOUR DIVORCE.
WELL, I’M ABOUT TO HAVE A TALK WITH MY FLESH.
PULL UP A CHAIR FLESH. I’M DIVORCING YOU
I’VE GOT THE PAPERS RIGHT HERE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT: IT SAYS SPIRIT FILLED BENITEZ VS. FLESHLY BENITEZ
DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS, FILED THIS 17TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2006, IN THE HEAVENLY COURT ROOM WITH JURISDICTION IN THE EARTHLY REALM
WHEREAS SPIRIT FILLED BENITEZ AND FLESHLY BENITEZ HAVE IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES, SPIRIT FILLED BENITEZ HEREBY PETITIONS THE COURT FOR LEGAL DISSOLUTION OF THEIR MARRIAGE
WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH YOU, YOU CAN’T DIVORCE ME.
REMEMBER HOW YOU TRIED TO LEAVE ME BEFORE, BUT YOU ALWAYS CAME BACK
YOU LIKE THE WAY I MAKE YOU FEEL
YOU LIKE THE MARIJUANA MELLOW I GIVE YOU
THAT SMOOTH DRAG OF YOUR FAVORITE CIGARETTE
THAT ADRENALINE RUSH YOU GET WHEN YOU’RE DOING SOMETHING YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS DOING
YOU LIKE THE BUZZ YOU GET WHEN YOU DRINK OF THAT FORBIDDEN FRUIT
YOU LIKE BEING SEDUCED AND BEING SEDUCTIVE
YOU LIKE THE GAME, PLAYER
DON’T HATE ME, HATE THE GAME
YOU SEE I THRILL YOU
I SATISFY YOUR CRAVINGS
YOU DON’T HAVE TO FIGHT WHEN I’M IN CONTROL
YOU LOVE RELAXING IN THE LUST WHEN YOU’RE IN THE BEDROOM
YOU LOVE THE GREED IN THE CASINO
THE PROFANITY WHEN YOU’RE ANGRY
ALL YOUR LITTLE HABITS WHEN YOU’RE STRESSED AND FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I’M YOUR EASY WAY OUT
I’VE GIVEN YOU THE RIDE OF A LIFETIME
YOU LIKE ME
YOU CAN’T LEAVE ME
I’M RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR HIGH’S
YOUR JACKPOTS
YOUR FUN
YOUR ENTERTAINMENT AND YOUR ORGASMS
YOU CAN’T DIVORCE ME.
WELL FLESH YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING
YOU HAVE BEEN THE RIDE OF MY LIFE, AND I DO ENJOY PARTS OF YOU VERY MUCH
BUT YOU’RE WRONG ABOUT THIS
I CAN AND I WILL LEAVE YOU
I THOUGHT THE DAY WOULD NEVER COME, WHEN I WOULD TELL YOU THAT I’M RUNNING BACK TO MY SAVIOR AND I’M MAKING A CLEAN SWEEP OF MY LIFE
EVEN IN MY HELL RAISING YEARS, WHEN YOU HAD ME STRUNG OUT THERE, HE TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD NEVER LEAVE ME NOR FORSAKE ME
HE TOLD ME THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU MADE ME DO, ALL I HAD TO DO WAS FORGET THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND ME AND PRESS ON TOWARDS THE MARK OF A HIGHER CALLING, I’M DIVORCING YOU.
AND THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS OF OUR DIVORCE.
I’M KEEPING THE HOUSE
I LOOKED IN THE LAW BOOKS IN I CORINTHIANS 6:19 AND IT SAYS MY BODY, WHERE WE’RE LIVING TOGETHER, IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO’S IN ME
THE BOOK OF ROMANS 12:1 SAID WHEN I STAND BEFORE THE BAR OF JUSTICE I AM TO PRESENT MY BODY A LIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY, AND ACCEPTABLE UNTO GOD WHICH IS JUST MY REASONABLE SERVICE, AND YOU CAN’T BE HOLY, AND THAT’S WHY YOU’VE GOT TO GO.
YOU CAN SEE, I’VE BEEN STUDYING THE WORD, ROMANS 6:12 SAYS, LET NOT SIN – THAT’S YOU- REIGN IN YOUR MORTAL BODY SO THAT YOU OBEY LUST AND ITS EVIL DESIRES.
DON’T OFFER THE PARTS OF YOUR BODY TO SIN AS INSTRUMENTS OF WICKEDNESS, BUT RATHER OFFER YOURSELF TO GOD AND OFFER THE PARTS OF YOUR BODY TO HIM AS INSTRUMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
IVE GOT ONE MORE FOR YOU. I CORINTHIANS 3:16 SAYS, THIS IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD, AND IF ANYONE DEFILES THE TEMPLE OF GOD, HIM GOD WILL DESTROY, FOR THE TEMPLE OF GOD IS HOLY, WHOSE TEMPLE THIS IS…I’M KEEPING… THE HOUSE!
YOU CAN HAVE CUSTODY OF YOUR KIDS, BUT I’M KEEPING THE HOUSE.
THEY WERE SOME BAD KIDS, AND THEY BELONG TO YOU. THEY WERE NEVER MY KIDS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I’VE GOT THEM ALL LISTED HERE FOR YOU SO THERE WON’T BE ANY PROBLEMS WITH WHO I’M TALKING ABOUT.
SEXUAL IMMORALITY…THAT INCLUDES THEM TWINS, FORNICATION AND ADULTERY ALONG WITH ALL THEIR SIBLINGS
IMPURITY… YOU KNOW YOU HAD ME DOING SOME NASTY STUFF AND THAT KID NASTINESS HAS GOT TO GO WITH HIS BROTHER UNCLEANLINESS
THEN THERE’S DEBAUCHERY, THE ONE YOU NICK NAMED LASCIVIOUSNESS. THAT KID HAS NO SELF CONTROL. HE JUST DOES WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO. HE’S INDECENT AND SENSUAL AND SEDUCTIVE…OH YEA, HE’S GOT TO GO.
IDOLATRY…YOU HAD ME WORSHIPPING EVERYTHING BUT GOD
THE CAR
THE HOUSE
THE MONEY AND EVEN YOU
DEBAUCHERY HAS TO GO.
WITCHCRAFT AND SORCERY…THOSE KIDS HAVE GOT TO GO. TELL THEM TO TAKE THEIR WEEGEE BOARDS, THEIR ASTROLOGY BOOKS, THOSE 900 PYSCHIC CONNECTION NUMBERS, AND TAKE ALL THAT ZODIAC AND HOROSCOPE MESS WITH THEM. ALL THAT HAS TO GO
HATRED…OH YES, BECAUSE I’M TIRED OF HATRED
YOU HATE EVERYBODY
YOU HATE ANYBODY THAT DON’T LOOK LIKE YOU
YOU HATE ANYBODY THAT LOOKS FUNNY AT YOU
YOU DON’T LIKE CERTAIN KINDS OF PEOPLE
HATRED HAS GOT TO GO
DISCORD AND STRIFE…YOU KNOW THEY’VE RUINED EVERY RELATIONSHIP THAT I’VE HAD.
ANYTIME SOMEBODY GOOD COMES IN MY LIFE FLESH, YOU SEND THAT CHILD DISCORD TO MESS IT ALL UP, SO YEA, DISCORD HAS TO GO
JEALOUSY…CAN’T EVEN LOOK AT PEOPLE
CAN’T EVEN BE HAPPY FOR NOBODY
BECAUSE OF JEALOUSY LIVING IN OUR HOUSE
AND THOSE FITS OF RAGE AND ANGER
I’M TIRED OF WAKING UP ANGRY, DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT I’M ANGRY ABOUT
EVERYTIME SOMETHING HAPPENS I JUST GO OFF AND I’M NOT ABLE TO SPEAK, ANGER IS GETTING UP OUT OF THIS HOUSE
LET US NOT FORGET ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE SON DISSENTION… EVERY PLACE YOU GO HE STARTS TROUBLE AND TURMOIL,
IT DON’T MATTER IF IT’S IN CHURCH, OR ON YOUR JOB, AND I’M NOT GOING TO LIVE THIS WAY NO MORE
DRUNKEDNESS…I’M TIRED OF BEING DRUNK
I WANT TO BE SOBER
I WANT TO KNOW WHERE I AM AT NIGHT
I WANT TO KNOW WHO’S SLEEPING IN MY BED
DRUNKEDNESS, I DON’T CARE WHERE YOU GO BUT YOU’VE GOT TO LEAVE HERE
AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING FLESH, WHEN I GET SOME MORE CHILDREN THEY’LL BE BIRTHED IN THE SPIRIT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO’S BEEN MOVING IN, IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T NOTICED AND SINCE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MOVING IN YOU GOTTA GO.
AND WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES ME SOME CHILDREN, I’VE GOT NAMES FOR THEM ALREADY
THEIR NAMES WILL BE LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS AND SELF CONTROL
SO YOU CAN TAKE THOSE RUFFIANS OF YOURS AND THERE WILL BE NO ALIMONY OR CHILD SUPPORT BECAUSE THE LAW ALSO SAYS I AM NOT INDEBTED TO YOU. (PAUSE)
WAIT A MINUTE BABY, HOW IS ME AND THE KIDS SUPPOSED TO LIVE?
HOW ARE WE GOING TO EAT?
I DON’T WANT YOU TO LIVE
I DON’T WANT YOU TO EAT
I WANT YOU TO STARVE, UNTIL YOU’RE TO WEAK TO MOVE
UNTIL YOU’RE TO WEAK TO BOTHER ME
SO YOU CAN’T KNOCK ON MY DOOR
SO YOU CAN’T DISTRACT ME OR MESS UP MY NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOLY GHOST
AND THEN I WANT YOU TO DIE.
I’M THROUGH FEEDING YOU AS OF TODAY
I’M NOT GIVING ANYTHING TO YOU AND I DON’T WANT ANYTHING FROM YOU OTHER THAN A DIVORCE.
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS TOLD ME I HAVE THE RIGHT CHANGE MY NAME
WITH YOU MY NAME WAS SORROWFUL, I’M CHANGING IT TO JOYFUL
I’M GOING TO CHANGE IT FROM WHORISH TO HOLY
FROM ADDICTED TO ANNOINTED
FROM UNSTABLE TO ESTABLISHED
FROM HATEFUL TO HAPPY
FROM GREEDY TO GRATEFUL
FROM CONDEMNATION TO EXALTATION
I JUST WANT THE RIGHT TO CHANGE MY NAME
FROM POOR TO PROSPEROUS
FROM PRIDEFUL TO HUMBLE
FROM FEARFUL TO FAITHFUL
FROM MISERABLE TO WONDERFUL
I WANT THE RIGHT TO CHANGE MY NAME
FROM HORRIBLE TO HONORABLE
FROM INSECURE TO INSEPERABLE
FROM BROKE TO BLESSED
FROM FRUSTRATED TO GRADUATED
I JUST WANT THE RIGHT…
FROM PLAYER TO PRIEST, PROTECTOR AND PROVIDER
FROM STRUGGLING TO SURPASSING
FROM POUTER TO PRAISER
FROM WORRIER TO WORSHIPPER
WHEN I GET THROUGH WITH THIS DIVORCE, I JUST WANT THE RIGHT TO CHANGE MY NAME
TODAY IS THE BEGINNING OF THE REST OF MY LIFE AND I STOPPED BY HERE TO TELL YOU, THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE LIKE CHRIST
YOU’VE GOT TO DIVORCE YOUR FLESH
INSTEAD OF COMING TO THE ALTAR, GO TO THE CLERK’S OFFICE AND TELL THE CLERK, YOU CAME TO FILE YOUR PAPERS
YOU DON’T WORRY ABOUT GOING IT ALONE, BECAUSE THEY
HAVE COUNSELORS IN THERE
JUST TELL THEM, I’M TIRED OF BEING TIRED,
I’M TIRED OF BEING USED AND ABUSED
I’M TIRED OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
I’M TIRED OF TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
WE HAVE IRRECONSILABLE DIFFERENCES, AND, I’M FILING FOR A…
