Help Me To Remember

Forgive me when the flesh cries out in me.
Help me to remember: It is the death of the flesh which gives me life in You.

Help me to remember: I am BLESSED when people insult me or falsely say evil things about me because of You…I am BLESSED…because great is my reward in Heaven and great is the company I keep.

Help me to remember:  To submit to Your hand in my life, whether it is discipline and correction; injustice or weakness; whether it seems fair or not; whether it feels good or bad.

Help me to remember: The people who have gone before me – whose faith may have faltered momentarily – becaue you worked their circumstances out for Your Glory and their good and the good of the people around them.

Help me to remember:  When my faith is weak – at that very moment – your grace is sufficient because your power is made perfect in my weakness.

Help me to remember: The vows I take with people, are vows I’ve taken with You.

Help me to remember:  In order for you to fight for me, I need to be still.

Forgive me when I have held injustices against the people around me.
Help me to remember:  You forget mine.

Forgive me when I’ve found my ways as righteous.
Help me to remember: I am a sinner saved by grace.

Forgive me for the mean things I’ve said.
Help me to remember:  I have the power to build up and the power to tear down.

Help me to remember: My battle is not with people but with rulers and authorities and principalities of this dark world.

Forgive me when the good I’ve done has been self-serving.
Help me to remember: In serving others, I am an ambassador for You and You alone.

Forgive me when I have felt sorry for myself.
Help me to remember:  Your Son went through much more than I ever will.

Help me to stay the course.

To be still.

To be faithful.

To love because You first loved me.