O God, you have smitten a heavy blow at our proud self; you have made us lie broken in pieces before you. You have set up another in the place of the false god that ruled us. We do not live for self, nor even for self-salvation. Jesus Christ has become the Lord and Master of our spirit, and he has delivered us from the dominion of self and sin, and helped us to be obedient to you.
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires. (Romans 6:12)
Amen.