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I want to thank You Lord for knowing me. I must trust You like my children trust me to provide for them. They know that I will give them what they desire. I must have faith in You that You will do that for me. Your Word says this.
I want to relax in Your warmth while You work out the steps that I should take in my life. I need to only trust You. O Lord, let me continue to seek You. Bless me and my family. O Lord, let me not have a covetous heart but let me be content with what You give to me. Have mercy on me please.
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I want to thank You Lord for knowing me. I must trust You like my children trust me to provide for them. They know that I will give them what they desire. I must have faith in You that You will do that for me. Your Word says this. I want to relax in Your warmth while You work out the steps that I should take in my life. I need to only trust You.
O Lord, let me continue to seek You. Bless me and my family. O Lord, let me not have a covetous heart but let me be content with what You give to me. Have mercy on me please. O Lord, I have realized that I need structure around me to keep me going in the direction of Your Way. I have realized that if I don’t have the right structure, I will go astray. As I understand it now, the structure must be either a “thorn in the side” or, and environment where I can constantly be in association with other Christians.
The “thorn in the side” serves to keep me in check. Although my natural man is always grievous to the “thorn,” my spirit rejoices because of it. If my natural man had his way, the thorn would be removed immediately. The natural man rationalizes, thinking that I can be spiritual without the thorn. I now know better. This is pure deception. I know that if the thorn would be removed, I would succumb to the pressures of the world and the flesh. They try to keep me away from God. I also realize that if I am not in an environment where I am constantly associating with Christians, I will fall into the trap of being contaminated with worldly and fleshly behaviors. Because I realize this situation now, I need You, Lord, to keep me strong in handling the “thorn in the side” and to keep me in an environment with Christians. Thank You. Have mercy on me. I am continually learning how You work in my life. I am learning that if I continuously have a contrite heart with You, then You can work in shaping me to how You want me to be. The contrite heart allows me to be humble, in a condition of always being prepared to change if I have trespassed against You. The contrite heart allows me to examine myself continuously to determine if I have erred and, most of all, be willing to correct it. The contrite heart permits me to be sensitive to whatever I do, taking care that I am not doing anything that takes me away from Your Way. The contrite heart creates the desire not to commit any transgression against You; rather, it creates the desire to want to do Your will. As a result of having a contrite heart, I draw closer to You. That is my desire.
O Lord, let me, please, continue to have a contrite heart. |