You have charged us
to keep your commandments carefully.
Oh, that my actions would consistently
reflect your decrees!—Psalm 119:4-5 (NLT)
Heavenly Father,
Help me to carefully keep Your commandments, so that the life I live out before You would be a consistent reflection my obedience to Your decrees!
LORD, out of Your
great love for me, You have charged me with this great and awesome
responsibility—to keep Your commandments carefully.
In order to do this, I
must take the time to discover and seek to understand Your commandments—by
reading, studying and being taught the instructions that are found in Your
Word.
This also means I must
meditate on Your Word at all times—so the Truth of Your Word will permeate my
thoughts and, in turn, will produce in me the godly actions that would bring
You glory, honor, and praise.
I must totally surrender
control over my heart to Your Spirit—so that You can empower me not to do those things I shouldn’t do,
but also, to do those things I that I
should.
Because of Your great and
unending love for me, You have given me Your commandments—so that, to the extent that I am faithful to follow
them, I can walk in the freedom, peace, protection, provision, and joy that
they provide.
Help me to carefully keep Your commandments, so that the life I live out before You would be a consistent reflection my obedience to Your decrees!
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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