Labels - 2 - I AM ACCEPTED
2 - I AM ACCEPTED
Dear Lord,
To think that you accept me as you accept Christ sometimes feels too good to be true. But it is true because you have said so. Today, I rest in this great reality. I bring my self-rejection to the foot of the Cross. I leave it there. I bring my performance anxieties, drives to achieve, obsessions over how I look, talk, act, and sound – Father, I lay them down at the Cross.
I lay my guilt and shame there too.
Lord, teach me to live with nothing left to prove.
I rest my soul in your perfect acceptance of me in Christ. I move into your embrace. I look for my worth to my Savior – he is all I need.
As often as the voices of accusation rise up in my head, O Lord, silence them with the voice of your Word.
As often as feelings of condemnation well up in my heart, O Lord, transform them by the power of your love.
When nobody accepts me, I know you accept me still. This is all the confidence I need to face my day.
Please create in me compassion for every fellow-pilgrim I encounter today.
By your grace, and for your glory,
Amen.
To think that you accept me as you accept Christ sometimes feels too good to be true. But it is true because you have said so. Today, I rest in this great reality. I bring my self-rejection to the foot of the Cross. I leave it there. I bring my performance anxieties, drives to achieve, obsessions over how I look, talk, act, and sound – Father, I lay them down at the Cross.
I lay my guilt and shame there too.
Lord, teach me to live with nothing left to prove.
I rest my soul in your perfect acceptance of me in Christ. I move into your embrace. I look for my worth to my Savior – he is all I need.
As often as the voices of accusation rise up in my head, O Lord, silence them with the voice of your Word.
As often as feelings of condemnation well up in my heart, O Lord, transform them by the power of your love.
When nobody accepts me, I know you accept me still. This is all the confidence I need to face my day.
Please create in me compassion for every fellow-pilgrim I encounter today.
By your grace, and for your glory,
Amen.
Additional Scriptures
The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing." (Zephaniah 3:17)
'And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; 'for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry. (Luke 15:23, 24)
You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; For the LORD delights in you, And your land shall be married. (Isaiah 62:4)
'And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; 'for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry. (Luke 15:23, 24)
You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; For the LORD delights in you, And your land shall be married. (Isaiah 62:4)
Author: Bill Giovannetti
Dr. Bill Giovannetti is a professor, pastor, and the author of over 20 books. He has a passion for Scripture, and a mission to inform the mind in ways that touch the heart.
