Partners
In Hope

The Cost Of Removing My Shortcomings

Tuesday November 17, 2020

 In Step 7 we humbly come before God and ask Him to remove all our shortcomings. We can do this because we have given our will and life over to the care of God.  We have admitted to God, ourselves, and another human being the exact nature of the wrongs we have done.  So, when we ask, we can expect God to be faithful to remove them. 


 How? you ask. In Christ. God put the wrong on him who never did anything wrong, so we could be put right with God. (2 Corinthians 5:21 MSG)

  Why would God do that? We were the ones who messed up our lives so why would God choose not to punish us for what we have done?  Those who fail to receive the gift of God through Jesus will bear the punishment for their own sin while we who come to Him with a repentant heart and ask for forgiveness will not.  In God’s great love for us He knew that we could not live the life He had prepared for us, so He sent Jesus into the world to live the life we could not live – a life free from sin.  Jesus never did anything wrong, therefore, His sacrifice of Himself was sufficient to wipe out the sins of the whole world. 
 This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. (John 3:16-17 MSG)



Jesus came so we could have meaning and purpose in our lives.  When we humbly come before God and ask Him to remove our shortcomings, we can also ask Him to give us the knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry it out.  Through prayer and meditation on the Scriptures we can get to know Jesus and gain knowledge on how to live a perfect life in the Power that is greater than ourselves.

 




Prayer:  Heavenly Father, I am thankful that Jesus came into the world to pay the price for my sins.  Through prayer and meditation, help me to know more about Jesus and Your love for me that brought Him into the world.  Amen

 

 

©2020 Partners in Hope 

More information on this and other related topics @ http://www.partnersinhope.ca/life-with-god-in-recovery-resources

Audio for The Cost Of Removing My Shortcomings

Recent Meditations

RECEIVING MORE BY GIVING UP MORE
May 14, 2025
WORK FROM THE HEART
May 13, 2025
ACCEPTING HARDSHIP AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE
May 12, 2025
THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
May 11, 2025
COMING CLEAN ABOUT IT ALL
May 10, 2025
See all

Giving Hope

Partners in Hope is supported wholly by our friends and community. We are thankful to everyone who partners with us to help bring hope to the discouraged, hurting, and hopeless.