Thursday, April 19, 2012

In Need of Prayer, In Need of God

Abba, please grant me the patience to seek you when i am anxious. When my thoughts are flooded with fears, worries, doubts, and concerns, i pray that I would trust in your sovereignty. I need you in my life daily. I want to depend and trust on you more in my life. Help me to surrender my own agendas and submit to your perfect will. Life is meaningless without you. I pray that my greatest joy would be being in intimacy with you. Sometimes i worry about the future, if i'll be trained well enough at seminary, if i'll be a good leader to others, if i'll find the right career, and if i'll be able to overcome the obstacles that hinder me. Remind me that you are my Rock. That you are in charge, and that you work all things for my good. You are the prize. To be and to know you is why i exist. Help me to shine your glory. May i be your instrument. May i faithfully proclaim your truth and express your love to those around me. I want a deeper trust, a deeper walk, and a greater awe of you. I want to worship you louder! I want to sing you praise! I want to be apart of your plan for humanity. Show me your will and help me be faithful to it. I want to take my faith more seriously. I don't want to get tangled in idols and carnality. I want to pursue living in your righteousness. I want to fully embrace and receive your love for me. Your love has no limits. You cannot love me any more or any less because you already perfectly love me. I want to praise and rejoice in your salvation. Even if I am in the midst of trials or suffering, i pray that you would be my joy. That I can delight in you because you are my strength, my refuge, and my hiding place. I want to become more aware of your presence. I want to become more aware of the work of the Holy Spirit in my life. Father i am in desperate need of you. Discipline me in all areas of my life so i may grow closer into the likeness of your Son. Father i don't want my prayers to be empty words. I want a sharper revelation of your word, will and way. I want to learn more about you and seek you with greater desire. Father may i shine the light of Jesus. May i be an arrow that gives you all the praise. Humble me where there is pride. Shield me from being distracted by lustful temptations. Where there is anger or bitterness, turn it into authentic love. You alone are God. I want to surrender all that i am, but i don't possess the full ability to give you all that i am. Help me to surrender. God there are things in my life that have been snowballing into big problems. I'm not quite sure how to approach the situation. But i know that you need to be the One who guides me to reconciliation. God thank you for always being with me and providing me the means to accomplish being obedient to your will. Give me the strength and courage to speak when you shall have me speak. I pray for boldness even if there are unknown risks. I can't see clearly into parts of the near future. But i know that your hand is with me guiding me. Father i have been kind of exhausted, drained, confused, aloof, agitated, and unstable in certain areas of my life. May i be rooted, unwavering, steadfast, immovable, and grounded in you. Give me the discipline and perseverance to be faithful in what you have called me. I want to abide and remain in you. Father lead me, transform me. Life right now seems a little crazy and I really really need to find rest in you, so help me to slow down, and receive. There are certain people that seem hard to love. Give me the patience, compassion and forgiveness to be at peace with them. Speak to me Father, give me eyes to see, and ears to hear. Make my desires your desires. May you be my superior joy, pleasure, delight and the source of my satisfaction. When i drift away, or when i sin against you, draw me back into fellowship with you. May i receive your grace for my sins, failures, and disappointments. Help me to see myself and others the way you see them. Oh and God help me to be a better steward of my time, i seem to waste a lot of time being unproductive. Guard me from being a sluggard and also from falling into workaholism. May i have the correct view of myself, and also forgiveness and grace instead of being overly critical. I pray that you wouldn't just testify about yourself to my friends and family, but that you would also stretch me and prepare me to be a witness for you. May your kingdom come. May your will be done. Bring peace to the weary, comfort for the weak, and fellowship for the lost and lonely. God, you never cease to amaze. Your beauty is mind blowing. You make my heart tremble. You are so good, i want to know you more and more. I want to be with you now and forever. May you receive all glory and praise, amen!