Thursday, December 8, 2016

Criticism And Discipline

Psalm 119:29a

Keep me from lying to myself.

Proverbs 15:31-32

If you listen to constructive criticism, you will be at home among the wise. If you reject discipline, you will only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you will grow in understanding.

Who among us has never lied to him or herself! 

O my Father, please keep me from lying to myself; don't let me listen to the lies my past tells me, help me to discern the Truth to recognize the lies and reject them; to replace the lies with Your Truth in my life about my life. Open my eyes to see Your Truth, open my ears to hear Your correction, open my mind to welcome Your view, Your understanding of my past and my life now; that I may see with Your eyes, hear with Your ears, think Your thoughts in my mind, understand with Your perception of life and circumstances; that my hands would be Your hands doing Your work, my mouth would speak Your words, and my feet would go where You lead, whether to the next room or to the ends of the world.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!