Recently as I was lying awake talking to God in the early morning hours, I was feeling pretty discouraged. I had been working to establish better eating habits, and had REALLY blown it the night before. When I awoke I not only felt bloated, but felt like giving up completely. Father God, why is it that it is SOOO easy for me to fall back into my old eating habits? Father, you've promised you have the power to heal this in me. What is wrong?
That still small voice came back to me saying, "Daughter, this is a new day. Choose again." Two verses immediately came to mind (my paraphrase):
It's really very simple - though not always easy. Make a new choice. Choose THIS day whom I will serve. (Joshua 24:15).
Father, It's so hard for me to fathom your loving kindness, your mercy, your willingness to forgive! I can get so frustrated with myself and so discouraged when I find myself doing things I do not want to do (like Paul talked about in Romans chapter 7). When I feel my own discouragement, it can be really hard to believe that you won't give up on me! Thank you for your promises to me and for your unfailing love that renews EVERY morning! Thank you that Jesus overcame the things of this world and that you are working IN ME to destroy the power that sin holds over me. I see this sort of as a cancer, eating away at me causing things in my life that I DO NOT WANT. I am so grateful that you as the Great Physician are performing the necessary surgery and any necessary accompanying treatment (chemo? radiation?) to totally remove that insidious contagion from my life! Thank you for the promises you've given - that I am a NEW CREATURE in Christ and that your love and mercy are new every morning. Father, once again this day I choose to serve YOU!!! Please work in me to bring my will and actions into alignment with your will for me. I love you, Father!
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- 2 Corinthians 5:17 - If anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW creature.
- Lamentations 3:22-23 - God's love and mercy is renewed for us every morning.
It's really very simple - though not always easy. Make a new choice. Choose THIS day whom I will serve. (Joshua 24:15).
Father, It's so hard for me to fathom your loving kindness, your mercy, your willingness to forgive! I can get so frustrated with myself and so discouraged when I find myself doing things I do not want to do (like Paul talked about in Romans chapter 7). When I feel my own discouragement, it can be really hard to believe that you won't give up on me! Thank you for your promises to me and for your unfailing love that renews EVERY morning! Thank you that Jesus overcame the things of this world and that you are working IN ME to destroy the power that sin holds over me. I see this sort of as a cancer, eating away at me causing things in my life that I DO NOT WANT. I am so grateful that you as the Great Physician are performing the necessary surgery and any necessary accompanying treatment (chemo? radiation?) to totally remove that insidious contagion from my life! Thank you for the promises you've given - that I am a NEW CREATURE in Christ and that your love and mercy are new every morning. Father, once again this day I choose to serve YOU!!! Please work in me to bring my will and actions into alignment with your will for me. I love you, Father!
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As usual, you can read more about how I created this page on my papercrafting blog here.
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