A CHRISTIAN'S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER
My Father and My God,
Hear my feeble prayer for the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ.
Holy Spirit, teach me by Your Word how to pray effectively for the glory of God and the good of Christ's Church, since You are the One who helps my weaknesses and teaches me what I should pray for and how I should pray (Rom. 8 ).
Teach me how to pray more consistently in accordance with Your Word. "Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us" (1 John 5:14).
O God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit: You alone are mighty, wise, and all-knowing, but I am weak, foolish, and ignorant of so many things!
You alone are holy and glorious, but I am sinful and defiled.
You alone are the Creator of the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, but I am simply dust and ashes, and my life is like a vapor, here today and gone tomorrow.
You alone are eternal and infinite, but I am temporal and finite!
Therefore, look upon me in Your mercy, and fill me with your Spirit and Word.
Teach me to walk in wisdom, and to be clothed with humility as my Savior Jesus!
Fill me, Holy Spirit, with Your power and presence.
Strengthen me for today's work and service, and make me walk faithfully and obediently for Your glory.
Strengthen my faith in Christ, cause me to love You, Your Word, Your Son, Your Spirit, Your Church, and all things true, holy, righteous, and just in a greater measure, and help me to love and esteem others as better than myself.
Help me, O Lord, take the lowest place of service towards those who cross my path.
Let me be my brother and neighbor's foot-washer!
Help me do good to all men, but especially to the household of Faith.
Lord Jesus, help me to follow in Your footsteps!
Help me to love my brothers and sisters in the Faith, my neighbors, and even those who hate me.
Keep my tongue from gossip, backbiting, and slandering others.
Teach me wisdom and humility.
Keep me dependent upon You in all things.
Forgive the multitudes of my sins, as I sin in my thoughts, words, and deeds.
Wash me and cleanse me from all my unrighteousness.
O Lord, I am sinful, needy, foolish, and weak, and I need You every moment.
As the hymn writer declared, "Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land. I am weak, but Thou art mighty; Hold me with Thy powerful hand. Bread of heaven, Feed me now and evermore."
Keep me from straying from Your Word, which is truth, and from Your sheepfold.
If you took Your hand off me I know I would wander like a washed pig back to the mud, or a dog back to its vomit.
I know that the strength of my obedience, my walking the narrow path that leads to life, is the power of the Holy Spirit!
Discipline me when I sin, and keep me humble when I obey.
In Christ's holy name I pray!
Amen!
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