Help Me To Look And Look Away

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 Abba Father, please watch over me and help me from clinging to my sins and make me aware that i can indeed erase my past and have new beginnings each and every morning.  Make me a child of God You can be proud of.  i want to be like a little child when it comes to entering into Heaven.  When i see tempting sights, help me to look and look away.  i know what trouble i'm capable of getting into, so i know You do as well.  Let the world know that Israel is home for all believers.  Help me to choose not to abuse the gift of choice.  If i choose You as my source then You will become my course.  Keep away those feelings of emptiness and insecurity so that i don't repeat my actions when i am tempted again and again.  Idleness is one of my downfalls, that's when i'm most vulnerable.  


You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters.  You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.  You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up mighty rivers.  The day is Yours; the night also is Yours; You have prepared the light and the sun. - [Psalm 74: 13-16]

As long as i seek to gain my significance and self-worth from anythiing other than God, i will be set up for temptations. For far too long, i was more attracted to the creation than to the Creator and that got me in a lot of trouble.  Abba Father, make me worthy to serve You because i know my life will be enriched.  Even if You were not even to bless me or lift me up into Heaven, i know i will have lived a richer life serving You.  A person's true worth is wrapped up in the creature/Creator relationship with God.  i must begin renewing my mind to the truth. 

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