Absent From the Body: Present With the Lord

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 YAH, may i always be aware of the opportunities to let Your miraculous power to shine through in my life.  To be divinely warned of things not yet seen.  To go out, even when i don't know exactly where i'm going...like Abraham. i praise You because i know You have my best interest in mind.  May i, too, be able to continue to speak to others even when i no longer am physically here.  If that means having a legacy, then let it be.  Only through You could that be possible.  May they hear me and always say, "He was a work in progress when it came to repentance.  I mean, his Facebook account clearly illustrated how he made a complete 180 degree turn in his life."    


i know You can read my heart, Abba Father, so You now know that i'm not merely going through the motions.  And if You feel You still have to put me through Your tests, then may i improve to be even better. Keep me unstuck because i know You'll be there to pull me out of the muck.  Loving others can only mean being empowered by the Holy Spirit to take up this challenge.  i can't do it without the Spirit.

 Before i can love as Jesus loves, i must receive His love for me first.  Then i can mirror it to those around me and point them to the One who cares more deeply and abundantly.  As His beloved children, the Lord empowers us to be imitators of God.  My manipulating and changing things--i want to run out of my own possibilities, ones that i only can cook up.  YAH, You are the only one i can go to.  You are the only one that i would want to manipulate and change me. Keep my eyes upon You.  

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