PRAYER

O Lord, help me.
I have been saved to be a
vessel of your glory and not
my own. Yet, I feel my flesh
demand attention and crave
after glory! Help me turn my
gaze toward Jesus. Help me
turn away from my self focused
and self-centered living and
instead live for Christ alone.

Lord, I beg of you, I cry out
to you to help me truly believe
the gospel. I want to believe
 the gospel in such a way that it
helps me lose myself so that I
can become fully who I have
been created to be in Christ!
I want to believe the gospel
in such a way that it impacts
how I live each and every
moment of each and every
day as well as how I react
toward others.

I want my life to be distinctively
gospel driven. I want you to do
for me what you did for Peter
and for Paul. I plead with you to
help me see myself and my sin
and to see Jesus and His sacrifice
so that I have a clear understanding
of what you have done for me in
Christ. Even as a believer, I can
barely comprehend it.

Abba Father, have mercy
upon me. Help me live for Jesus
just as He did for me. Help me
be willing to die to myself so
that Christ would live in me.
In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


In His hands for His glory,

Laurie

Thistlebend Devotion 7/17/2018

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