As for me, it matters very little how I might be evaluated by you or by any human authority. I don’t even trust my own judgment on this point. 4My conscience is clear, but that doesn’t prove I’m right. It is the Lord himself who will examine me and decide.

What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift?

I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.

Lord God my Father,

Help me to see where I place my faith, remove it from my own wisdom and restore it to yours. You created me and all I am so keep me in your care and inspire me to live as you see fit.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen