So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”--1 Peter 1:14-16 (NLT)
Heavenly Father,
By Your Spirit at work within me, keep me from slipping back into the ignorance of my old ways—when I was living my life for myself, rather than embracing the freedom and blessing of obedience to You.
It is only right that I
should strive to walk in obedience to You in all my ways—out of gratitude for
the grace that You have poured out on me, in order to set me apart from my sin.
I no longer have the
excuse that I don’t know any better, because Your Spirit continually shows me
the way I should go.
May Your holiness—Your
example of absolute moral perfection—be my only standard by which I judge my actions,
as I endeavor to be more like You.
Let everything I say and
do reflect that You have not only set me apart from sin, but set me
apart to Your service—as in obedience, I submit my will to Yours.
By Your Spirit at work within me, keep me from slipping back into the ignorance of my old ways—when I was living my life for myself, rather than embracing the freedom and blessing of obedience to You.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
Thank you Robert,
ReplyDeleteThis is just what my Spirit wanted me to be praying because when you read it in class my heart rejoiced to say a prayer such as that. I will print it so I may pray it daily to remind me why I am here and at what cost. I also pray that the Lord blesses you and Jesse in all ways holy.
In Christ, Yvette