missio

(Part I here, Part II here)

21. I resolve to never do anything that I would hate someone else for doing.

22. I resolve to work to my happiness and delight with all my might and power, as long as it does not conflict with the Gospel.

23. I resolve to analyze my deliberate actions, tracing them back to the original intention. If that intention is contrary to the glory of God and/or the Gospel, I will take the action to break Resolution 4.

24. I resolve to, whenever I do something evil, to trace it back to the original cause, and to fight that cause with all my might and prayer.

25. I resolve to examine myself closely in order to identify the one thing that causes me to doubt God. I will then fight and pray against that one thing with all I am.

26. I resolve to fight and pray against anything that causes me to doubt my salvation.

27. I resolve to never not do something, unless not doing that thing is for the glory of God. I will also constantly examine what things I am not doing.

28. I resolve to constantly study Scripture and to make sure that I am growing in the knowledge of God.

29. I resolve to always pray as if I believe that God will answer it, and to always confess as if God will accept it.

30. I resolve to try every week to grow in knowledge and passion of God, and to be a better example of God’s grace to others than I was the week before.

Having enough sense to know that I can’t do anything without God’s help, I ask Him for His favor as I try to keep these resolutions, as long as they are OK with Him. I aim to keep these for Jesus’ name alone.

Read over these Resolutions once a week.

1. I resolve to live to make Jesus famous and myself happy, as long as the two are not in contradiction. I resolve to keep my responsibilities, and to do what is good for mankind. I resolve that no difficulties will stop me from these resolutions.

2. I resolve to constantly look for ways to make fulfilling resolution 1 easier and more habitual.

3. I resolve that, whenever I forget to keep these resolutions, I will repent and come back to them.

4. I resolve to do nothing but what makes Jesus famous as long as I can help it.

5. I resolve to never waste time, but to make the most of the life I’ve been given.

6. I resolve to live hard.

7. I resolve to live as if I were dying.

8. I resolve to live as if I were the worst person alive, and will keep myself humbled in comparison to others.

9. I resolve to think about death often.

10. I resolve that when I am hurt, to think about the hurt that comes with dying for the Cause or, worse, hell.