My Father and My God,
As I read Your Word, I am humbled by the magnificence of Your self-revelation.
You are sovereign, holy, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, gracious, loving, kind, glorious, merciful, self-dependent, eternal, and the only glorious Potentate, etc., etc.
You have ordained all things that happen in this world, and even the free choices of men are under Your power, authority, and governance.
O Lord, “this knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it” (Psalm 139:6).
Simply stated, O God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit, One in essence and Three in person, You are Awesome in Your being and all Your attributes!
I am in awe and wonder of You, O Lord! I worship You! I love You! I desire You!
I am amazed that You would love, redeem, and be gracious and merciful to a wretched sinner such as I.
I have broken all Your commandments in thought, word, and deed! I have kept none of them.
I am sinful, and You are holy, but yet you redeemed me by Jesus’ blood and righteousness, and You are sanctifying me by the Holy Spirit.
Continue Your wondrous work within me; continue to change my heart, O God, make me more like Jesus!
O Father, I am humbled that You would love and care about a worm like me.
I am so sinful, fragile, stupid, dull, and ignorant of so much of Your character and being, and yet You love me!
I am worthy of Your just wrath and everlasting damnation, yet in a marvelous wonder of Your grace and mercy, You forgave me and covered me with the righteous robes of Jesus!
And as I daily confess my sins to You, You daily forgive me in a relational sense since I am in Christ Jesus, am a child of God, am a member of the household of faith, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb! I am speechless!
O Jesus! Help me! Because of remaining indwelling sin, “I am so prone to wander, Lord I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love. Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above.”
Forgive me, Lord, for my dullness in worship, laziness in prayer, slowness in reading Your Word, sluggishness in praising Your name, and lethargy in serving You and Your church!
Forgive me for my remaining rebellion; make me obedient!
Forgive me for the lust in my heart; make me faithful!
Forgive me for the remaining sinful hatred in my soul; make me loving!
Forgive me for my lack of patience with others; make me long-suffering!
Forgive me for sinning against You, my brothers and sisters in Christ, my neighbors, and even my enemies.
Forgive me for being unkind, unloving, ungracious, unmerciful, and for nitpicking others.
Make me kind, loving, gracious, merciful, and cause me to strive to cover the trivial things of life.
Forgive me for being impudent and uncaring, indifferent and indolent towards holy things; revive me, O Lord.
Holy Spirit, mold, shape, teach, guide, and direct me in all my thoughts, words, and ways to be like my loving Savior Jesus!
Humble me when I obey, discipline me when I go astray, uphold me by Your strong arm.
Keep me from sinning against You. Keep me on the straight and narrow path.
Don’t let me stray from Your Word.
Don’t let me be like the washed sow that returns to the mud!
Eliminate every opportunity to sin against You and against my fellow human beings.
Grant me greater wisdom to discern Satan’s tactics and devices!
Help to keep putting on the full armor of God.
Revive me, Holy Spirit; rekindle the fire of holiness in my soul.
Grant me Your power to preach and zeal to evangelize.
Make me faithful to Jesus and His glory and the good of His church!
Use me up for Christ, who is my Good Shepherd, Savior, Deliverer, Burden-Bearer, King, Lord, and Friend.
In Christ’s name I pray!
Amen!
