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Empty me of me

O', Lord, how desperately I need you; Your law shows how much I've fallen short, but Your grace shows me how you’ve saved me from my brokenness.  

So many times, my fallenness gets in the way from allowing your mighty power to work through me. Selfishness and greed creep in. They leave me wondering this is who I am. 

 

I’ve bought into the lies of the world that its ok to focus on me and do what I want to do; consume and be happy in this temporal world; be of this world. 

 

The world tells me to follow my heart, but Your word shows me that the heart is so deceitful and desperately wicked; who can truly understand it? 

 

It’s not about me; it never was. Lord, I plead that you empty me of me. Let not complacency settle in. Give me a selfless heart of service for I am Your slave; I’m not a slave to this world any longer. 

 

My identity is not in who I think I am; my identity is in who You called me to be. Origin, cultural affiliation, place of birth - Lord, these things I consider pointless. I find my identity in who saved my wretched soul; I am a citizen of heaven. 

 

Let not the pleasures, promises, and lies of this world seduce me away from the hunger of Your word. Your word is true and trustworthy. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

 

Empty me of me so that Your Spirit dwells within this vessel; I am Yours. Point out the things that offend you, and I’ll gladly give them to You. Let Your righteousness change my heart and mind and Your love overflow through me so that I show love to others. 

 

Empty me of me, Jesus, because the world doesn’t need me; it needs You. 


Inspirational Bible Verses: 


Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV)


The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? 


1 Peter 2:9 (NLT)


But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God's very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he Called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. 


Galatians 2:20-21 (NKJV)


My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die. 



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