In my ongoing quest to be happy, healthy and more like Christ each day, I choose to honor the following:
• Recognize time as a gift. I will make good use of the hours I am given by prioritizing and creating schedules.
• Recognize that my body is a temple; I will take care of it by fueling with healthy food and by maintaining a regular exercise routine.
• Recognize that perfect love drives out fear, such that my life radiates dignity and grace as I face difficulty, loss or challenges.
• Recognize that growth often comes from uncomfortable circumstances and therefore embrace opportunities to step outside of my comfort zone and take chances in the hopes of stretching myself.
• Recognize that my health comes second to no one. I will prayerfully make choices and set boundaries that are best for me, knowing full well that some consequences of those choices may be difficult and even result in pain.
• Recognize my need for time with my Father, both to adore him, and to be adored myself. I choose to show Him authority and position in my life by having a morning or evening out with God each week. I will meet with him in a special place, regardless of how busy or stressful my schedule might be.
• Recognize the power of words and the effects of a sharp or wagging tongue. I will be conscious of thinking before I speak, and set an example to others by limiting what I say about and to others to words that are both truthful and edifying. This includes how I speak to myself. I choose to be used by the spirit to speak prophetically to all nations, and choose to exhibit integrity and discernment knowing my words can be powerful, and it will remain a place of attack.
• Recognize the power of prayer and choose to spending time with my Father everyday, both in prayer and silence, as well as reading His word.
• Recognize the goodness of the Father and focus each day on submitting to the spirit, surrendering my will, thoughts and feelings and using my gifts and talents to bless those around me. In light of His infinite goodness I give myself permission to receive all the blessing and inheritance that is waiting for me.
• Recognize that Love Wins, therefore seeing others through the eyes of the Father: Worthy of a son. I choose to love recklessly, abundantly, wholly, unashamedly and unconditionally in the hope that His love through me will transform others and draw them closer to Him.
• Recognize the desperation in this world for a Savior. I choose to go where the Spirit leads, be it downtown, across the world, or in my own home. I commit to being an agent of change, knowing that giving of ‘me’ will make my character that much more like the character of my Lord. I choose to allow myself to be broken of behalf of others in an effort to understand their journey.
• Recognize the ease at which I fall into the world. I choose to remain focused on the prize and to trust that He will wipe away all my frustration and disillusionment as I claim my identity in Christ alone.
• Recognize that I am not my own, I was bought at the highest price. I choose to remember that my life, my possessions and my friends and family are first the Lords. I choose to being a good steward of the things and people He has entrusted to me, even when it hurts, or feels impossible. I choose to seek approval from Him alone, and to point others in the same direction.
