I am no longer my own, but thine.
Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee,
exalted for thee or brought low by thee.
Let me be full, let be have nothing.
I freely and heartily yield all things
to thy pleasure and disposal.
And now, O glorious and blessed God,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on earth,
let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me show love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light; and
where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so
much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
--Francis of Assisi
Our Father: Glorious are you in your ways!
Unsearchable is your wisdom.
You teach your loved ones through painand pleasure.
Your
love sustains your creation.
Your hand has not stopped operating.
Your thought towards us has never and will
never be evil.
Help us therefore not to lose sight of your beauty when in
pain.
Let us remember
to whom glory is due when in delight.
Oh let us rest in
your knowledge even in times of restlessness.
May the dove of
your peace descend in our soul
as long as our breath is in us.
May the heart beat of
your love resonate in our hearts, and
may there be no rest from the blissful moments of your presence.
May your name be forever our shelter.
Amen
Morning Prayer
Lord give me the strength
to greet the coming day in peace. Help me to rely on Your Holy will in
all things.
Reveal Your will to me
every hour of the day. Bless my dealings with all people.
Teach me to treat all
people who come to me throughout the day with peace of soul and with firm
conviction that Your will governs all.
In all my deeds and words
guide my thoughts and feelings.
In unexpected events,
let me not forget that all are sent by You.
Teach me to act
firmly and wisely, without embittering andembarrassing others.
Give me the physical strength
to bear the
labors of the day.
Amen
Evening Prayer
Prayers for Thanksgiving
Now that the day
has ended, I thank You,Lord, and ask that the evening and the night be
sinless. Grant this to me, O Savior, and
save me.
Glory to the Father,
and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Now that the day
has passed, I glorify You, O Master, and I ask that the evening and
the night be without offence. Grant this to me, O
Savior, and save me.
Now and forever and
to the ages of ages.
Amen.
Now that the day
has run it's course, I praise you, O Holy One, and I ask that the evening
and the night be undisturbed, Grant this to
me, O Savior, and save me.
Prayers for Forgiveness
Lord, God our Father,
if during the day I have sinned in word, deed or thought forgive me in
Your goodness and love
Grant me peaceful
sleep. Protect me from all evil and awake me in the morning that I may
glorify you, Your Son, and Your Holy Spirit now
and forever and ever.
Amen.
Prayers for Enlightenment
Christ our God, who is worshiped and glorified at all times and in every
hour in heaven and on earth; who is most patient, loving
and kind; who loves
the just and shows mercy to sinners; who calls all to salvation through
the promise of the blessings to come;
Lord, at this time
receive our prayer and direct our lives according to Your will
Bless our souls
and bodies. Correct our thought and purify our minds.
Protect us from all evil
and distress. Surround us with Your holy angels, that guided and
guarded by them, we may
attain the unity of the faith and the knowledge of Your unapproachable
glory, for You are blessed forever and ever.
Amen.
Healing Prayers
A PRAYER
TO DEALING WITH VOLATING MORAL ISSUES
Dear Heavenly Father, Your
word tells me in Galatians 5:17, that my flesh lusts or warsagainst my
spirit.
I am not to gratify the
lusts of my flesh. I put on the Lord Jesus Christ. Iwill walk by the guidance
of the Holy Spirit. Father, You know at times, I struggle with the
temptation to gratify
the desires of my flesh.
I understand that lust
is saying, "I must have
this at once." Much of
this battle is in my mind and thought life. Because of my loneliness
and inner pain at times,
I may have entertained lustful fantasies in my mind and thoughts.
This only increased the
desire to gratify my flesh. At times, this battle has been more than
I could stand and I have
given in to the lust of my flesh. I ask You, Father, reveal to me
any ways in which I have
broken your moral laws. Father, I am truly sorry. I repent and
ask You to forgive me.
I acknowledge that all my sins are forgiven in Christ. I repent and
cancel all access to my
life by evil spirits. I claim the blood of Jesus over me as my
protection. I command
all evil spirits that have entered my body or mind, to leave me now
in Jesus' name. I now
make a new commitment to guard my eyes and take every thought
captive in obedience to
Christ. I will walk by the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I will work to
take control of my body
and renew my mind, not giving into fleshly lusts. I will depend on
the Holy Spirit to help
me accomplish this, in Jesus' name. Amen.
RENOUNCING DECEPTION
AND SEEKING TRUTH
Dear Heavenly Father, Your
word tells me that You desire truth in my inner being. You will
cause me to know wisdom and
have understanding. Your word, also tells me that the heart
of a person is deceitful
and I may not always understand or know what is going on in my
heart, my innermost being.
I now make a decision to have You reveal to me the hidden
motives and secrets of my
heart.
Jesus said, "Satan is the
father of lies and a deceiver who is always trying to deceive me
into believing lies." At
times, I have believed Satan's lies and deceived myself by avoiding
the truth and being in denial.
In the past, I was hurt, rejected,
betrayed, made powerless or abused. At times, I may have
made a choice to live in
a fantasy world to escape pain or loneliness. This fantasy world
was a deception, that I believed
to escape painful reality. Other times, I chose to forget, to
suppress, to split or mentally
separate myself from the painful memories or events. These
past hurts were more than
I could bear. So I buried or forgot them with all of the anger,
unforgiveness and vows made
against myself and others. I understand that this is part of
my life story and by denying
their reality, I deny a part of myself. These vows and
unforgiveness are giving
the enemy an entrance way into my life and body and a spiritual,
legal right to harass, afflict,
control or drive me in compulsive, ungodly ways.
I now reject this false life
and choose to live in truth and in the light. I choose NOT to live
in a myth or lie concerning
my past. With God's help, I will work on these hurts,
unforgiveness and vows, and
come to know myself. I do not want these vows coming upon
me or others. I now make
a choice to turn from this hidden life and close all these doorways
in Jesus' name. I take authority
in Jesus' name and I rebuke and command all deceiving
spirits to leave me now.
I know that You, Father, are a discerner of the heart. I ask You to
reveal to me and to Your
servant who is ministering to me, the nature of these hidden
hurts, pain, anger, vows,
lies or sins in my life. I now choose to face the truth and NOT live
in denial. I acknowledge
that I cannot do this in my own strength. I look to You, Jesus, for
Your help in my healing and
deliverance. I ask You to search me, O God and know my
heart, test me and know my
anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and
lead me in thy way everlasting.
Amen.
PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS
Dear heavenly Father, I thank
You for Your love and kindness toward me. It is Your
kindness that has led me
to repentance, turning from all my sinful ways and turning to You.
I admit that I have not been
kind, patient and loving to others when they have offended me.
I have allowed bitterness
and resentment to grow in me, separating me from others and
You, Father. At times, I
have forgotten this unforgiveness in my heart. This unforgiveness
festers deep within me, at
times beyond my conscious reach. This affects every aspect of
my life and gives the enemy
a right to torment me as stated in Matthew 18. I confess that
this unforgiveness and bitterness
is affecting my life and relationships today. Because of
these past hurts, I acknowledge
the inability to love or trust others. I understand that
forgiveness is not an emotion
but an act of my will. I now choose to exercise my will to
forgive others as You, Father,
have forgiven me. Father, I know that You are a searcher of
the heart. I ask You to search
my heart. Reveal to me any hidden and secret unforgiveness
or bitterness toward others
that have hurt or offended me. I choose not to be ruled by a
spirit of bitterness. I choose
to forgive and have a spirit of peace and love in my heart. I
repent, forgive and release
these people right now. I ask You, Heavenly Father, to forgive
me and restore me as I forgive
those who have offended me. Jesus promised that the Holy
Spirit would bring everything
to our remembrance. Dear Holy Spirit, I am asking You to
bring to my remembrance anyone
I have to forgive and I will forgive them in Jesus' name.
Amen.
AYER TO REPENT FOR HAVING
A PROUD SPIRIT
Dear Heavenly Father, Your
word says that a proud and arrogant attitude goes before
stumbling. I know that You
hate a proud or arrogant spirit. I want to please You, Father. I
do not want to stumble or
bring trouble on myself and others. I know at times, in action and
attitude, I have had a proud
spirit. Because of my woundedness, I believed I knew what
was best for me. In the past,
I tried to run my life by my own power and resources. I have
looked to my own intellect,
ability and strength to be successful. Jesus, I have not denied
myself, picked up my cross
daily and followed You. Your word tells me that it is not by
might, nor by power, but
by Your Spirit that the victory comes. I have opened the door and
given Satan a place in my
life because of this spirit of pride. I now repent of this pride. I
also renounce this effort
to be self-sufficient and not trusting or coming to You, Heavenly
Father. I now come to You,
humbling myself, and put my trust in Your mercy and love. It is
Your kindness that has led
me to repentance. I now CANCEL all ground or openings to
Satan in my life. I PROCLAIM
that I am covered with the blood of Jesus. I PROCLAIM
that you, Satan, have no
part in me or power over me. I am a child of God and the Holy
Spirit is living within me.
I hereby affirm my dependence on You, Father and the work of
Your Holy Spirit. I ask You,
dear Holy Spirit, for Your guidance, wisdom and power to help
me overcome the flesh, renew
my mind and live above sin. I will take up my cross daily,
denying myself, and live
a life under the control of the Spirit of God. Amen.
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