A person has infinite value – just because he or she is created in the image of God. Yet toot your own horn and the notes will be flat. There are no positions of superiority or inferiority at the foot of the Cross – it’s all level ground below Jesus.
Father God, how great is the love You have bestowed on me that I should be called a child of Yours. And that is what I am (1 John 3:1). Your Word says: He who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17). I have placed myself in Jesus and have put my trust in Him (2 Corinthians 5:21). So Father, I am Your child and I confess Jesus as Lord over my spirit, soul and body this day and every day.
Father God, You chose me and appointed me to go and bear fruit (John 15:16). God Himself chose me! It is He alone who makes me worthy.
Lord God, according to Your Word, Your Spirit Himself testifies with my spirit that I am Your child. Now if I am Your child, then I am an heir — heir of Yours and co-heir with Christ Jesus, if indeed I share in His sufferings that I may also share in His glory (Romans 8:16-18). Help me to sincerely embrace the truth that any present sufferings I encounter are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in me. Father, continue to bring me along the path You have laid for me, so that I can learn to rejoice in my sufferings because sufferings produce perseverance (Romans 5:3).
Like the slow drip of a faucet that eventually fills a bucket, none of our choices are trivial – every one matters.
Lord God, You created me, and formed me. You told me: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name, you are Mine!” — I am Yours, When I pass through the waters [of depression] You will be with me. And when I pass through the rivers [of sorrow] they will not sweep over me [to drown me]. When I walk through the fires [of adversity] I will not be burned; for You are the Lord, my God, the Holy One of Israel, my Savior. And I am precious and honored in Your sight! (Isaiah 43:1-4).
Fate is what we are compelled to do. Destiny is what we are meant to do. You will give up on yourself before God will.
It pleased You, Lord, to make me one of Your people (1 Samuel 12:22). For You, Lord God, are good and ready to forgive and abundant in mercy to all who call upon You (Psalm 86:5). So I will indeed obey Your voice and keep Your covenant; then I will be a special treasure to You above all peoples (Exodus 19:5).
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” (Dr. Seuss) I need to accept that I am accepted in my total unacceptability.
I can say with a full heart that all of us together are Christ’s body, and I am a separate and necessary part of it (1 Corinthians 12:27).
Remember: To the world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the world. The Hero and the coward look alike until the battle begins.
Father God, You made my Savior’s life a guilt offering for me (Isaiah 53:10). His death was enough to handle every one of my sins, and all my guilt as well. I thank You exceedingly! Sin need never again be my master for now I am no longer tied to the law where sin enslaves me, but I am free under God’s favor and mercy (Romans 6:14). So now I am free from the power of sin and am a slave unto God [which is actually a blessing], and His benefits include holiness and everlasting life (Romans 6:27).
God forgets the past. Sacrilege is to feel guilt for sins forgiven. God has forgiven you – you’d be wise to do the same.
With You, O loving Lord, nothing is accidental, nothing is incidental, and no experience is wasted. Every trial You allow to happen is a platform on which You reveal Yourself, showing Your love and power both to me and to others looking on. Thank You that I can move into the future non-defensively, with hands outstretched, to whatever lies ahead. For You control the future, You hold my life-breath in Your hands (Daniel 5:23), and You will always be with me (Hebrews 13:5). Give me grace, Lord, to trust You in each of my trials, large or small — to accept each one and cooperate with You so I will grow through it.
Life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned to me by the Lord Jesus — the work of telling others the Good News about God’s mighty kindness and love (Acts 20:24 Phillips). But I must love myself before God’s love can shine past me to others. Lord, You lift up those who are bowed down (Psalm 146:8). So I will be of good courage because You strengthen my heart (Psalm 31:24). You have thoughts and plans for my welfare and peace (Jeremiah 29:11). I will keep my mind stayed on You (Isaiah 26:3), then I can stop allowing myself to be agitated and disturbed and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled (John 14:27 Amplified).
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