You pray for help with self-discipline, but the Lord will do much more than that. He will help you to remember your love for Him. Your tendency is to focus on all the ways you have failed, but the truth is that every day you bless Him with your love. In fact, if the Lord were to reward you for every righteous act you perform, you would soon acquire an elevated opinion of your own worth that would make you insufferable.
You know that none of your righteous acts purchase cleanliness; be sure to let this fact produce humility. Your purity before Him comes entirely from the blood of Jesus. Nothing you ever do will be enough, because the only medium that can elicit the needed change in your heart and mind is the Holy Blood of Christ. You cannot obtain the recipe for this precious life force; you must receive it as a gift. Let your acts of service flow out of the humility of the knowledge that you are a forgiven sinner.
Scripture: "Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the Gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else" (2 Corinthians 9:13).
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