MY PRAYER

FATHER GOD HOW MARVELOUS YOU ARE! YOUR BEAUTY LEAVES THE EARTH SPEECHLESS, YOUR FACE IS THE DESIRE OF EVERY LIVING CREATURE. THE TREES STRETCH UPWARD IN THE EFFORT TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE, THE MOUNTAINS ROLL AND TREMBLE TO GAIN YOUR GLANCE. THE SEA WAVES MOVE IN BEAUTIFUL SOUND TO PRAISE YOU AS THE DOLPHINS DANCE IN A JOINED PRAISE OF ADORATION. THE BIRDS SING AND FLY HIGH TO CATCH A GLANCE OF YOUR BEAUTY, THE EAGLE SOARS ON YOUR BREATH ALL DAY LONG. HOW CAN I REFUSE TO PRAISE!


MY GOD HOW GOOD YOU ARE TO ME, ONCE AN ENEMY YOU POURED YOUR GRACE ON ME AND SAVED ME. YOUR UN MATCHED LOVE FOR ME HAS MADE A WAY OF FORGIVENESS AND YOUR DEEP DESIRE TO HAVE ME CREATED A PATH TO COME TO YOU ONCE AGAIN. YOU ALL MY LIFE, MY LOVE AND MY ALL.
IT IS YOUR WORD, JESUS WHO HAVE GIVEN ALL TO HAVE ALL OF ME, AND I GIVE YOU ALL I AM TO HAVE ALL OF YOU. IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU I AM FREE FROM THE TYRANNY AND JUDGEMENT OF SIN, I AM FREE AND FOUND NOT GUILTY ALL BECAUSE OF YOU JESUS. MY ONLY SOURCE OF GRATITUDE AND REPAYMENT IS A LIVING SACRIFICE OF MYSELF TO YOU, AND EVEN THAT STILL FALLS SHORT. 


FOR THIS REASON I ASK ONLY ONE THING OF YOU MY GOD, NOTHING ELSE IS OF ANY WORTH EXPECT THIS ONE REQUEST --- REIGN IN MY LIFE! FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AND WORK IN ME TO DESIRE TO OBEY YOUR LAWS, TO DESIRE TO BE FAITHFUL, TO DESIRE TO PLEASE YOU. FOR MY HEART OH GOD WOULD BETRAY US BOTH AND TURN FROM YOU AND I FEAR THE VERY THOUGHT OF LIFE WITHOUT YOU. BIND MY HEART TO YOURS AND HOLD ME IN YOUR LOVE. CHASTISE ME WHEN I AM WRONG, CORRECT ME WHEN I SIN. AS A FATHER DISCIPLINES HIS CHILD SO DO TO ME FOR I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR MYSELF AND YOU DO. I TRUST YOU WITH MY LIFE. I KNOW YOU HAVE THE BEST PLANS FOR ME, TO BLESS AND BUILD UP NOT DESTROY AND TEAR DOWN. 


AS YOU HAD MERCY ON ME WHEN I WAS YOUR ENEMY AND SAVED ME, DO THE SAME NOW AND KEEP ME SAFE FROM MYSELF, THIS DECEITFUL HEART AND LUSTFUL FLESH. YOU ALONE CAN GUIDE ME INTO RIGHTEOUSNESS GOD, SO I SEEK YOU DAY AND NIGHT CONTINUALLY FOLLOWING YOU. PRAISING YOU WHEN I RISE, PRAISING YOU WHEN I LAY DOWN AND PRAISING YOU IN BETWEEN. USE ME OH GOD AS A CRACKED CLAY POT, FILLING ME WITH YOUR GLORY AND POURING OUT EVERYWHERE YOU LEAD ME. PUT ME ON AS YOUR GLOVES TO MINISTER TO OTHERS WHO ARE DYING. I AM YOUR GLASS AND NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY RIGHTFUL CLAIM TO ME. MY NAME IS CARVED IN YOUR HAND AND YOUR STAMP AND SEAL IS UPON ME --- I AM YOURS.
KEEP ME KNOW LORD, WITHIN YOUR WILL AND EMPOWER ME TO GLORIFY YOUR NAME IN EVERY SITUATION UNTIL YOU TAKE ME HOME.
AMEN