sanctification

Opening Prayer: O Lord, take away everything from my life that keeps me from being yours and yours alone.  You desire all of me, not just certain parts.  Sanctify me through and through by the power and work of your Holy Spirit, that I may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ.

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Journal: What does the word “sanctification” mean to you?  How is that process going?  What in your life is still keeping you from be fully God’s?  Will you give that to him?

Reflection:

a stripping away

a peeling back of the layers

of strength and adequacy 

of self-importance 

and self-sufficiency 

until nothing is left

i stand naked

and alone

before you

and you say

finally

I see you

the real you

and it’s the most

beautiful thing

I’ve ever seen

Pray

Closing Prayer: Thank you, Lord Jesus, that once you begin a work, you are faithful to complete it.  Complete your work in and through me, so that I can clearly reflect you in all I do, think, and say.  All for your glory, not my own.