"Take me, O Lord, as wholly Thine."
I want to be Yours completely.
"I lay ALL my plans at Thy feet."
All that I do I want You to be in control of, Lord. Anything I make plans to do let those plans be done as You will. My plans are Yours to control, Lord, all of them, every single plan I have.
"Use me today in Thy service."
I need to you use me as Yours, I belong to You, I am not my own, I am Yours. Take me and use me in Your service, please. Whatever You need me to do, please let it be done in me, through You, all through You and Your glory, Your power.
"Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in Thee."
Please. Please. Please.
You have purchased me, Lord. I belong to You.
1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
I was bought with a price.
Act 20:28 …which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Purchased with the Blood of Christ.
Heb 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Heb 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
Heb 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
By the Blood of Christ through the eternal Spirit offered to God.
1Pe 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
1Pe 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot
Redeemed with the PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST.
2Pe 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
The LORD that bought them… bought US. BOUGHT US.
Rev 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation
Redeemed us to God by THY BLOOD.
We have been PURCHASED by the BLOOD of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. We have willingly given ourselves to Christ to buy with his blood. Bought! We are OWNED by Jesus! And He will take us and use us for His purposes because we KNOW this is LOVE! No use that our Savior has for us is a use without love. He will use us for His purposes and WE will know that those purposes no matter how inexplicable they may seem to us, will ultimately be for good because our Savior is LOVE.
Bought.
Excerpt
'This is consecration. And thus it is a daily, an hourly, a constant recognition, in gratitude and thankfulness, that we are His own. So each day, "consecrate yourself to God in the morning. Make this your very first work. Let your prayer be, Take me, O Lord, as wholly Thine. I lay all my plans at Thy feet. Use me today in Thy service. Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in Thee.'
This is a daily matter. Each morning consecrate yourself to God for that day. Surrender all your plans to Him, to be carried out or given up as His providence shall indicate." Say, "I am the purchased possession of Jesus Christ, and every hour I must consecrate myself to His service." "Thus day by day you may be giving your life into the hands of God, and thus your life will be molded more and more after the life of Christ." This is consecration. And it is not a burden, but a living, everlasting joy.'
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