What Jesus' Mission on the Cross Accomplished

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The things i sow to You produces a zest for living.  You gift me in Your own unique ways.  With Your blessings, i have developed skills.  i know You accept me now and i know i love You more than ever now.  i depend on You more than ever.  Because You fully accept me as Your beloved child, i am so joyful.  i can't wait to se what You have in store for me today.  Keep me ever mindful of constantly reprogramming my thinking.  Never mind my emotions and feelings as You know they've given me trouble in the past.  Keep me ever mindful of the world's mold and guide me away from getting poured into it.


I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. -[Romans 12: 1-2]

Abba Father, i am so far from being wise and mighty.  That's why i'm discovering about putting all my trust in You.  i need not be offended by others anymore, for that just opens the door for Satan and his schemes.  i don't need to focus on how i perceive people differently than what i had in the past; Besides, i much rather focus on Jesus and what His mission accomplished for me.  Now if i have  to set an example, that would be it; focus on what Jesus' mission on the Cross accomplished.  

With Jesus Christ in my life, He created me to be free from the past, free from the negative effects of what people have attempted to shackles me with.  Free from all shackles.  i'm not about to get hung up about being an idiot in the world's view.  So i may be discounted in the world.  i'm focused on how You, YAH, still count me, like You count every hair on my head.

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