In The Bookends of the Christian Life, Bridges and Bevington give some very practical advice about how to preach the gospel to yourself. This is how they do it: They take a different gospel promise each day of the week and apply it to their own sins.
Here are some examples (Notice the personal pronouns):
Sunday: But he was wounded for my transgressions of ____________; he was crushed for my iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought me peace, and with his stripes I am healed. Like a sheep, I have gone astray; I have turned to my own way; and the Lord has laid on him my iniquity (Isaiah 53:5-6).
Tuesday: Blessed am I, whose lawless deeds of ___________ are forgiven, and my sins are covered; blessed am I against whom the Lord will not count my sin (Rom. 4:7-8).
Friday: As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove my transgressions of ________ from me (Psalm 103:12).
Every day: God, be merciful to me, the sinner! (Luke 18:13).
Every day: Christ's work for me is finished! (John 19:30).
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