Taken from a recent sermon by Tim Keller titled How to Change Deeply.
Here's what he said about facing our sins :
O Lord, when I fall into pride
When I am upset by what people are saying about me
When I get so upset about losing face
I have to remember this :
that at the cross You make Yourself of no reputation.
You give up all Your power and all Your glory for me.
and the more I thank and rejoice You did that, the less I need to worry about my own Honour and reputation whether people are approving me or not.
O Lord when I fall into coldness and irritability with people , I remember this :
That in the garden just before You died, You were so gentle and affirming of us when we went to sleep on You.
On the cross You have yourself to people who abandon You and mock you and the more I thank and rejoice You did that to me, melts away my hardness of heart and makes me able to be patient so I can tend to the people around me.
O Lord when I fall into anxiety and fearfullness, I remember that you faced the most astonishing dangers for me.
You were torn to pieces so bravely for me so I can be utterly loved and eternally saved.
The more I thank You for that, the more I get myself getting calm because I don't have to prove myself anymore and that gives me a kind of courage I never had before.
Do you know how to use what Jesus has done to You, and say, "Why would I need to this anymore ?"
