I Accept the Heritage As One of Your Servants

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 Abba, thank You for being patient with me as i attempt to be and do as a good follower of Jesus.  i know You'll protect me against persecution and marginalization, as others soon will attempt to diminish my voice in the world that hates Him, so who am i not to be hated?  As You say in Isaiah 54:17, no weapon formed against me shall prosper.  i accept the heritage as one of Your servants.  Any present suffering will be followed by future glory.  i will do my best to avoid observing and complaining about the lack of morality in this world; after all, it's just life.  A lot of Christians do that, i've noticed.

And even among us Christians there is the cult of self.  Keep me from that idolatry Abba.  In Jesus' name.  Amen  

Help me to walk in the Spirit so that i will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.  For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that i do not do the things that i wish.  Though i may have this snow on my roof, am i really older and wiser?  Or just older.  Maybe just as energetic as i was when i was younger.  i find that as i'm paying more attention to Scripture i'm able to put the foolishness of my past in perspective.

Folks who have known me before while i was living foolishly and making wrong choices know the man who is now dead.    The author who wrote strange books of lust and idolatry has passed away.  He was a man who turned away from God and was creating his own gospel.  That man who really, really sinned and everybody hated and was criticized for his lifestyle isn't here anymore. Instead, is the man everybody hates because he follows Christ.  So how may i serve You today, my King? 

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