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Sign Guestbook \| View Guestbook Comments? Questions? [email protected]	Prayer topics Thoughts About Prayer - Your Way vs Our's Feeling Down, Confused, Helpless...Take It All Please, Lord ....And Your Incredible Reply! "I Can Do That" vs "Participating In Your Works" My Stupidity - And Your Amazing, Perfect Mercy Mercy - And Justice Thoughts About Prayer - Your Way vs Our's Date: April 27, 2006 When I was reading my journals, I came across times when I had read that if you really have faith for your prayers, you will prove it by setting a deadline and expecting God to fulfill it by that date, and even if you pray for a thing seven times, expecting it to be fulfilled, it will be (that sounds kind of wierd now, but the book I read it in obviously made it sound plausible). And so at the time I started to "name and claim" things the way those books said... and I didn't get the results I asked for. It used to be that I would be discouraged and wonder if you really care, or if my faith wasn't strong enough, or what. It seems like You don't answer prayer according to "pat formulas" although You seem to have given definite instructions: "do this, and that will result" -- have faith like a mustard seed and this mountain will move at your command; ask and it shall be given you; whatever you ask in My name, not doubting, you will receive; and so on. Maybe I don't have faith. But it seems more likely that since I have given you all my life over to Your control, and asked You to answer my prayers according to Your will, purpose, and glory, that is what You are doing. Because I do see You answering my prayers. Just not in the time, method, etc., that I would do. I want instant results, but You take time to make sure the results are deep and thorough and permanent, like in my prayers for my kids. No quick but potentially shallow changes. You are working in me thoroughly, slowly, dredging out the old man and filling in with Your Spirit -- so that I am not just getting a "quick fix" but You are moulding and making me into the very image and likeness of Your Son, Jesus Christ -- and in such depth and knowing, that I could never want to turn aside, or even be "tempted" to turn aside through persecution or other circumstances, even the treat of death (actually, that just gives me joy - thinking of going right into Your Presence!). And I believe that is what You are doing in the lives of my children, too. I think we take those scriptures about prayer out of context. The thing is, Lord Jesus, You always listened to Your Father and did what He wanted. Your will, Your whole being, was wrapped up in Him. You abided in each other - all Three of You, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And that is what we are called to. So, if we are really truly walking with You, we will seek and ask for only that which is Your will and purpose, and of course, You will do it. So, Lord, I pray, bring me ever increasingly into that place of abiding in You, and You in me, just as You prayed in John 17. We really need to be careful about what we read. When I was thinking about writing my "book on prayer" I was thinking about another "how-to" book, but that hasn't been Your will. You have just had me recording my conversations with You, with all their ups and downs, all my questions and doubts on the one hand, and my moments of being "surprised by joy" on the other hand - and my growing understandings, and my mistakes and rebellions - just as David and the other writers of the Psalms recorded their relationship and walk with You. Thank You! Lord God, I pray that You will use these writings to help and encourage others as they too seek to come to know You, follow You, walk and grow in relationship with You. thank You, Lord! Amen! Return to the top Feeling Down, Confused, Helpless...Take It All Please, Lord ...And Your Incredible Reply! Date: May 3, 2006 I am in a bad state, Lord. I do want to walk with You, walk constantly in Your Presence, but at the same time I just want to hide and sleep, block out the world (including my mom's dementia, which everytime I have a little memory slip or say or do something not quite "normal" or "together" I fear that I am getting like that. Oh Lord, I know that I told You I'd give You all of me, including my mind, to do with in whatever way You choose, even if it meant losing my mind - but oh, Lord, my human flesh hates and fears the thought of becoming like that. Oh Lord, help me to rest in You. Give me Your peace and joy, Lord. Help me not to worry any more about this. Help me to just let it go - and let You have all my mind to do with as You choose, just as I already said before. I recommit it to You. In Jesus' name. Thank You, Lord. Amen. I feel sick all the time. Maybe it's related to all these things in my life... mom's dementia, and my personal fears in that area; and Dad's worries about mom, plus his own aging; and my relationship to my husband; and the money we've been spending on things like camping supplies when probably we should have just paid down the charge card; and the unexpected car repair bills; and my husband's viewpoint on finances which is so different than mine; and wondering if I should try to find an extra job; and my concerns about my kids; and the gas prices being so high that we can't afford the trip we've been looking forward too; and the pressure to pack up the school library for the move to the new school... Oh, dear God, these aren't, any of them, "big things," but there are so many of them and they pile up, and they are the kinds of things I can't control, and because they are small and ongoing, and not something big and firm and easily identified, I guess I've just been stewing about each of them without really realizing it. And not turning them over to You, because maybe I really wasn't even seeing them that way. And some of them seem ridiculous to me (like worrying that I'm getting dementia, and feeling sick all the time and wondering if it's cancer or something when it's probably just stress and middle age and not getting the right exercise and good food -- the last two things which I really can do something about...) Anyway, Lord, there it is. When I sat down to talk to You about this, I just felt so confused and helpless and clueless, and wanted to hear from You. I think I wanted one of Your "words" to me, and I wanted to say "I'm sorry" about last night (and I did already, and I know You've forgiven me, though I was intentionally disobedient - and maybe I will have to face some consequences). But anyway, You have spoken to me, and let me see how I have gotten bogged down in all these little, ongoing things, and gotten my eyes off You. So Lord, please, here it all is -- please take it, please forgive me, please get me back on track with You, back walking in Your Presence, praying without ceasing, giving thanks in everything, being filled with Your Spirit on a continuing basis, and not quenching Your Spirit; loving and trusting and obeying and worshiping and serving You, My Lord, only and always. Thank You, Lord, Amen! So... do You have a Word for me? ***** Yes, My child, You know I do. You know I've just been waiting for you to slow down and pay attention and rest in My arms, lay your head on My chest, and listen, be My little lamb. Let the world go, My child. Rest in Me. I have great purposes for You, but you must realize that they are My purposes, and I will do the work, and I will give you all the strength and health and rest and joy and peace and comfort you need, when you need it. Yes, child, let all those "little things" go. Just let them evaporate in the sunlight of My love. Just watch them turn, like a puddle of water, into wisps of steam, and disappear before your very eyes, as the warmth of My Presence shines down upon them and wisps them right away. I am with you always, child. You are mine. I love you. I have a wonderful plan for your life. Your husband, your mom and dad, even your children are all in my control. I love them, too. Let it all go, Child. Trust in Me. Be as a little child. Let Me be truly, Your eternal and totally loving and caring Father. I love You. ** I love You, too, Abba Father. Thank You. Amen Return to the top "I Can Do That" vs "Participating In Your Works" Date: May 4, 2006 Dear Heavenly Father, Again I have been reading my journals and typing out things I have learned from You, and questions I have asked. One thing has kept puzzling me, and that is that all along the way I kept thinking You were telling me to do this or that, or leading me in a particular direction, or into a specific ministry or job or whatever. And I would get all pumped up about it and make big plans and preparations and "step out"... and then it would just dead-end. I don't doubt that You taught me valuable things along the way - knowledge of You, skills, character building, integrity, Your Word, relationship with You and others - but it has so often puzzled me as to why after all my effort and excitement - yes, even passion - and certainty that I was in Your will and purpose and plan, that the direction "You" were taking me fizzled! Well! I think the purpose and will remained, but the "details of the plan" went belly-up. So I wondered, did I really hear from You? Or was it me all the time? Or what? Then this morning I believe I heard from You, from Your Spirit to my spirit, about these questions I have had. I think the key thing is the will and purposes of God - and as I've already said, I see those being fulfilled anyway. Further, I think You have been teaching me to trust You without physically seeing the results of the plan, despite being disappointed when events conspired against my "hopes and plans" - trusting in Your wisdom and will and purpose no matter what happens! And of course, I have learned so much, and I know I have drawn closer in relationship to You, as well as gaining new wisdom and skills which You can use for even bigger, "God-sized" purposes down the line. And that's another thing! Pretty much every time I get excited about a job possibility or a "ministry" of some kind, or an educational opportunity, or whatever, I see that I have had the reaction, "Wow! Yes! I can do that!" And maybe You want me to get past that "in the box" level of thinking, and be willing to do whatever You want to use me for, things that are totally outside the "Norma-sized box", things that are truly God-sized, things that are truly outside my capability or possibility. I think You want me to learn, and walk in, the truth that "all things are possible with God," and that truly I must let You be in the pilot's seat. I think I have seen You as the "navigator," giving me a sense of direction, but I have still wanted, ultimately, to be the pilot, my hands on the steering-wheel, doing the actual, practical, hands-on driving. It isn't even necessarily that I want to be "in control" but maybe that I have just assumed that since I'm the "physical" one around here, and You the "spiritual" (disembodied!) One, I ultimately have to do the actual physical work! Of course, no doubt there still exists a certain amount of desire for control, and a certain amount of pride in my abilities - and I'm sure there are also other things You've been working on cutting out of me, by cutting me off from "my plans!" Return to the top My Stupidity - And Your Amazing Patient Mercy Date: May 11, 2006 I was reading in Numbers today, about the Israelites when they got to the edge of the Promised Land, and then forgot all Your miracles, and got scared to go in and wished they had died in the wilderness. Well, they got their wish. I was thinking to myself, "Come on you guys, how could you be so stupid?" But then I realize that I do stupid things like that myself. Stupid things that are wrong, and I know they are wrong before I even do them, and I still do them. How amazingly patient and merciful You are. How awful I am. Oh, Lord, I want to change. I want to be holy. Obedient. Loving You, worshiping You, trusting You, becoming like Jesus. Return to the top Mercy - And Justice Date: May 12, 2006 you have been teaching me, impressing upon me, so much the last few days in my Bible reading. Thank You, Lord! Thank You for Your holiness, and Your great mercy. But help me also remember that Your mercy is balanced, tempered by Your justice, and that You do demand and require holiness from Your children - form all mankind - as in the image of Your Son Jesus, who never sinned, but always abided in You. The reading in Number 15:30 is so clear about Your attitude toward presumptuous sin: it is a clear and deliberate reproach toward You, our God, Lord, Creator, King, Jaweh - and its wages are death (Romans) - being cut off utterly because we have despised Your Word. That sounds harsh, perhaps, but it cannot be ignored, for it is Your Word, based on Your attributes of holiness and justice. You are a merciful and loving God, but sin cannot dwell in Your presence. Yes, You have so mercifully and graciously extended salvation to us through the sacrificial atoning blood of Jesus - but still You call us to come out, to separate ourselves from the world of sin, and to live holy, upright, sanctified lives by the power and grace of Your great salvation and Your Holy Spirit of Christ dwelling within us. You have provided the way - but we must still choose to obey, to walk therein, to show our love and gratitude through obedience to You, through striving to live in all aspects of our lives as Jesus, Your Son, and our example, lived - a life of perfect holiness, of constant, unwavering devotion to and abiding in You! Sin is death and separation! Thank You for Your patience with our sins of ignorance, and for gently but firmly showing them to us so that we may repent and turn from them and be forgiven. But oh, dear God, help us to see how deadly serious sin is, especially those sins we commit presumptuously, purposefully, rebelliously, "in Your face," taking back from You the reign in our lives, and seating ourselves on the throne where only You have a right to dwell. Lord, it is in reading these scriptures that I find myself again questioning the "doctrine of eternal security." How often, Lord, can we throw Your mercy in Your face, how often can we turn our backs on Your great love and mercy, and patently disobey, reproach, despise You and Your great salvation, how often can we nail Christ over and over to the cross, and still glibly think we are on our way to heaven, washed in the blood of the Lamb, freely forgiven of all our sins -- and who cares what I do, how I behave, what attitudes I live my life under? I like the idea, Lord, of the "fringes" the children of Israel were commanded by You to wear, to remind them each time they looked on them, of Your commands and of Your absolute requirement to "be holy unto your God" (v 40). I guess that's why I like to wear a cross - to identify myself as Your child, and to constantly remind me of Your love and mercy to me, and of what My constant, never-ending, loving, holy response to You must always be! So often I willfully, presumptuously sin. Oh, Lord, I want to change that - now, this moment. Thank You for bringing it to my attention! Thank You, Lord! Please help me! In Jesus' name. Amen. Lord, I was also reading Romans 15 - all the "one anothers". Please help me, Lord, to love You actively, with all my heart, soul, mind, strength - and love my neighbour, my brother, all Your children, all Your creation, as I love myself (and even more - as You love them). And help me to "love myself" as You love me - help me to understand and accept myself as who I am in Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amazing grace, mercy beyond degree! And justice. Thank You, Lord, for bearing my debt of sin. Amen. Return to the top
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Sign Guestbook \| View Guestbook Comments? Questions? [email protected]	Prayer topics Thoughts About Prayer - Your Way vs Our's Feeling Down, Confused, Helpless...Take It All Please, Lord ....And Your Incredible Reply! "I Can Do That" vs "Participating In Your Works" My Stupidity - And Your Amazing, Perfect Mercy Mercy - And Justice Thoughts About Prayer - Your Way vs Our's Date: April 27, 2006 When I was reading my journals, I came across times when I had read that if you really have faith for your prayers, you will prove it by setting a deadline and expecting God to fulfill it by that date, and even if you pray for a thing seven times, expecting it to be fulfilled, it will be (that sounds kind of wierd now, but the book I read it in obviously made it sound plausible). And so at the time I started to "name and claim" things the way those books said... and I didn't get the results I asked for. It used to be that I would be discouraged and wonder if you really care, or if my faith wasn't strong enough, or what. It seems like You don't answer prayer according to "pat formulas" although You seem to have given definite instructions: "do this, and that will result" -- have faith like a mustard seed and this mountain will move at your command; ask and it shall be given you; whatever you ask in My name, not doubting, you will receive; and so on. Maybe I don't have faith. But it seems more likely that since I have given you all my life over to Your control, and asked You to answer my prayers according to Your will, purpose, and glory, that is what You are doing. Because I do see You answering my prayers. Just not in the time, method, etc., that I would do. I want instant results, but You take time to make sure the results are deep and thorough and permanent, like in my prayers for my kids. No quick but potentially shallow changes. You are working in me thoroughly, slowly, dredging out the old man and filling in with Your Spirit -- so that I am not just getting a "quick fix" but You are moulding and making me into the very image and likeness of Your Son, Jesus Christ -- and in such depth and knowing, that I could never want to turn aside, or even be "tempted" to turn aside through persecution or other circumstances, even the treat of death (actually, that just gives me joy - thinking of going right into Your Presence!). And I believe that is what You are doing in the lives of my children, too. I think we take those scriptures about prayer out of context. The thing is, Lord Jesus, You always listened to Your Father and did what He wanted. Your will, Your whole being, was wrapped up in Him. You abided in each other - all Three of You, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And that is what we are called to. So, if we are really truly walking with You, we will seek and ask for only that which is Your will and purpose, and of course, You will do it. So, Lord, I pray, bring me ever increasingly into that place of abiding in You, and You in me, just as You prayed in John 17. We really need to be careful about what we read. When I was thinking about writing my "book on prayer" I was thinking about another "how-to" book, but that hasn't been Your will. You have just had me recording my conversations with You, with all their ups and downs, all my questions and doubts on the one hand, and my moments of being "surprised by joy" on the other hand - and my growing understandings, and my mistakes and rebellions - just as David and the other writers of the Psalms recorded their relationship and walk with You. Thank You! Lord God, I pray that You will use these writings to help and encourage others as they too seek to come to know You, follow You, walk and grow in relationship with You. thank You, Lord! Amen! Return to the top Feeling Down, Confused, Helpless...Take It All Please, Lord ...And Your Incredible Reply! Date: May 3, 2006 I am in a bad state, Lord. I do want to walk with You, walk constantly in Your Presence, but at the same time I just want to hide and sleep, block out the world (including my mom's dementia, which everytime I have a little memory slip or say or do something not quite "normal" or "together" I fear that I am getting like that. Oh Lord, I know that I told You I'd give You all of me, including my mind, to do with in whatever way You choose, even if it meant losing my mind - but oh, Lord, my human flesh hates and fears the thought of becoming like that. Oh Lord, help me to rest in You. Give me Your peace and joy, Lord. Help me not to worry any more about this. Help me to just let it go - and let You have all my mind to do with as You choose, just as I already said before. I recommit it to You. In Jesus' name. Thank You, Lord. Amen. I feel sick all the time. Maybe it's related to all these things in my life... mom's dementia, and my personal fears in that area; and Dad's worries about mom, plus his own aging; and my relationship to my husband; and the money we've been spending on things like camping supplies when probably we should have just paid down the charge card; and the unexpected car repair bills; and my husband's viewpoint on finances which is so different than mine; and wondering if I should try to find an extra job; and my concerns about my kids; and the gas prices being so high that we can't afford the trip we've been looking forward too; and the pressure to pack up the school library for the move to the new school... Oh, dear God, these aren't, any of them, "big things," but there are so many of them and they pile up, and they are the kinds of things I can't control, and because they are small and ongoing, and not something big and firm and easily identified, I guess I've just been stewing about each of them without really realizing it. And not turning them over to You, because maybe I really wasn't even seeing them that way. And some of them seem ridiculous to me (like worrying that I'm getting dementia, and feeling sick all the time and wondering if it's cancer or something when it's probably just stress and middle age and not getting the right exercise and good food -- the last two things which I really can do something about...) Anyway, Lord, there it is. When I sat down to talk to You about this, I just felt so confused and helpless and clueless, and wanted to hear from You. I think I wanted one of Your "words" to me, and I wanted to say "I'm sorry" about last night (and I did already, and I know You've forgiven me, though I was intentionally disobedient - and maybe I will have to face some consequences). But anyway, You have spoken to me, and let me see how I have gotten bogged down in all these little, ongoing things, and gotten my eyes off You. So Lord, please, here it all is -- please take it, please forgive me, please get me back on track with You, back walking in Your Presence, praying without ceasing, giving thanks in everything, being filled with Your Spirit on a continuing basis, and not quenching Your Spirit; loving and trusting and obeying and worshiping and serving You, My Lord, only and always. Thank You, Lord, Amen! So... do You have a Word for me? ***** Yes, My child, You know I do. You know I've just been waiting for you to slow down and pay attention and rest in My arms, lay your head on My chest, and listen, be My little lamb. Let the world go, My child. Rest in Me. I have great purposes for You, but you must realize that they are My purposes, and I will do the work, and I will give you all the strength and health and rest and joy and peace and comfort you need, when you need it. Yes, child, let all those "little things" go. Just let them evaporate in the sunlight of My love. Just watch them turn, like a puddle of water, into wisps of steam, and disappear before your very eyes, as the warmth of My Presence shines down upon them and wisps them right away. I am with you always, child. You are mine. I love you. I have a wonderful plan for your life. Your husband, your mom and dad, even your children are all in my control. I love them, too. Let it all go, Child. Trust in Me. Be as a little child. Let Me be truly, Your eternal and totally loving and caring Father. I love You. ** I love You, too, Abba Father. Thank You. Amen Return to the top "I Can Do That" vs "Participating In Your Works" Date: May 4, 2006 Dear Heavenly Father, Again I have been reading my journals and typing out things I have learned from You, and questions I have asked. One thing has kept puzzling me, and that is that all along the way I kept thinking You were telling me to do this or that, or leading me in a particular direction, or into a specific ministry or job or whatever. And I would get all pumped up about it and make big plans and preparations and "step out"... and then it would just dead-end. I don't doubt that You taught me valuable things along the way - knowledge of You, skills, character building, integrity, Your Word, relationship with You and others - but it has so often puzzled me as to why after all my effort and excitement - yes, even passion - and certainty that I was in Your will and purpose and plan, that the direction "You" were taking me fizzled! Well! I think the purpose and will remained, but the "details of the plan" went belly-up. So I wondered, did I really hear from You? Or was it me all the time? Or what? Then this morning I believe I heard from You, from Your Spirit to my spirit, about these questions I have had. I think the key thing is the will and purposes of God - and as I've already said, I see those being fulfilled anyway. Further, I think You have been teaching me to trust You without physically seeing the results of the plan, despite being disappointed when events conspired against my "hopes and plans" - trusting in Your wisdom and will and purpose no matter what happens! And of course, I have learned so much, and I know I have drawn closer in relationship to You, as well as gaining new wisdom and skills which You can use for even bigger, "God-sized" purposes down the line. And that's another thing! Pretty much every time I get excited about a job possibility or a "ministry" of some kind, or an educational opportunity, or whatever, I see that I have had the reaction, "Wow! Yes! I can do that!" And maybe You want me to get past that "in the box" level of thinking, and be willing to do whatever You want to use me for, things that are totally outside the "Norma-sized box", things that are truly God-sized, things that are truly outside my capability or possibility. I think You want me to learn, and walk in, the truth that "all things are possible with God," and that truly I must let You be in the pilot's seat. I think I have seen You as the "navigator," giving me a sense of direction, but I have still wanted, ultimately, to be the pilot, my hands on the steering-wheel, doing the actual, practical, hands-on driving. It isn't even necessarily that I want to be "in control" but maybe that I have just assumed that since I'm the "physical" one around here, and You the "spiritual" (disembodied!) One, I ultimately have to do the actual physical work! Of course, no doubt there still exists a certain amount of desire for control, and a certain amount of pride in my abilities - and I'm sure there are also other things You've been working on cutting out of me, by cutting me off from "my plans!" Return to the top My Stupidity - And Your Amazing Patient Mercy Date: May 11, 2006 I was reading in Numbers today, about the Israelites when they got to the edge of the Promised Land, and then forgot all Your miracles, and got scared to go in and wished they had died in the wilderness. Well, they got their wish. I was thinking to myself, "Come on you guys, how could you be so stupid?" But then I realize that I do stupid things like that myself. Stupid things that are wrong, and I know they are wrong before I even do them, and I still do them. How amazingly patient and merciful You are. How awful I am. Oh, Lord, I want to change. I want to be holy. Obedient. Loving You, worshiping You, trusting You, becoming like Jesus. Return to the top Mercy - And Justice Date: May 12, 2006 you have been teaching me, impressing upon me, so much the last few days in my Bible reading. Thank You, Lord! Thank You for Your holiness, and Your great mercy. But help me also remember that Your mercy is balanced, tempered by Your justice, and that You do demand and require holiness from Your children - form all mankind - as in the image of Your Son Jesus, who never sinned, but always abided in You. The reading in Number 15:30 is so clear about Your attitude toward presumptuous sin: it is a clear and deliberate reproach toward You, our God, Lord, Creator, King, Jaweh - and its wages are death (Romans) - being cut off utterly because we have despised Your Word. That sounds harsh, perhaps, but it cannot be ignored, for it is Your Word, based on Your attributes of holiness and justice. You are a merciful and loving God, but sin cannot dwell in Your presence. Yes, You have so mercifully and graciously extended salvation to us through the sacrificial atoning blood of Jesus - but still You call us to come out, to separate ourselves from the world of sin, and to live holy, upright, sanctified lives by the power and grace of Your great salvation and Your Holy Spirit of Christ dwelling within us. You have provided the way - but we must still choose to obey, to walk therein, to show our love and gratitude through obedience to You, through striving to live in all aspects of our lives as Jesus, Your Son, and our example, lived - a life of perfect holiness, of constant, unwavering devotion to and abiding in You! Sin is death and separation! Thank You for Your patience with our sins of ignorance, and for gently but firmly showing them to us so that we may repent and turn from them and be forgiven. But oh, dear God, help us to see how deadly serious sin is, especially those sins we commit presumptuously, purposefully, rebelliously, "in Your face," taking back from You the reign in our lives, and seating ourselves on the throne where only You have a right to dwell. Lord, it is in reading these scriptures that I find myself again questioning the "doctrine of eternal security." How often, Lord, can we throw Your mercy in Your face, how often can we turn our backs on Your great love and mercy, and patently disobey, reproach, despise You and Your great salvation, how often can we nail Christ over and over to the cross, and still glibly think we are on our way to heaven, washed in the blood of the Lamb, freely forgiven of all our sins -- and who cares what I do, how I behave, what attitudes I live my life under? I like the idea, Lord, of the "fringes" the children of Israel were commanded by You to wear, to remind them each time they looked on them, of Your commands and of Your absolute requirement to "be holy unto your God" (v 40). I guess that's why I like to wear a cross - to identify myself as Your child, and to constantly remind me of Your love and mercy to me, and of what My constant, never-ending, loving, holy response to You must always be! So often I willfully, presumptuously sin. Oh, Lord, I want to change that - now, this moment. Thank You for bringing it to my attention! Thank You, Lord! Please help me! In Jesus' name. Amen. Lord, I was also reading Romans 15 - all the "one anothers". Please help me, Lord, to love You actively, with all my heart, soul, mind, strength - and love my neighbour, my brother, all Your children, all Your creation, as I love myself (and even more - as You love them). And help me to "love myself" as You love me - help me to understand and accept myself as who I am in Jesus Christ, Your Son. Amazing grace, mercy beyond degree! And justice. Thank You, Lord, for bearing my debt of sin. Amen. Return to the top
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