Purification

On Friday’s I have been sharing prayers with you that have touched my heart. Today’s prayer comes from The Valley of Vision (Banner of Truth) and is very powerful:

Lord Jesus,

I sin – grant that I may never cease grieving because of it, never be content with myself, never think I can reach the point of perfection.

Kill envy, command my tongue, trample down self.
Give me grace to be holy, kind, gentle, pure, peaceable – to live for You and not for self, to copy Your words, acts, spirit,
to be transformed into Your likeness,
to be consecrated holy to You,
to live entirely to Your glory.

Deliver me from attachment to things unclean, from wrong associations, from the predominance of evil passions, from the sugar of sin as well as its gall, that with self-loathing, deep contrition, earnest heart searching I may come to You, cast myself on You, trust in You, cry to You, be delivered by You.

O God, the Eternal All, help me to know that
all things are shadows but You are substance,
all things are quicksands – but You are mountain,
all things are shifting – but You are anchor,
all things are ignorance – but You are wisdom.

If my life is to be a crucible amid burning heat, so be it, but do sit at the furnace mouth to watch the ore that nothing be lost.

If I sin willfully, grievously, tormentedly, in grace take away my mourning and give me music; remove my sackcloth and clothe me with beauty; still my sighs and fill my mouth with song, then give me summer weather as a Christian. Amen

Wow – that is one powerful prayer. Take some time a pray it through with YOUR heavenly Father. Have a blessed weekend, my brothers. – Bill Welte is President & CEO of America’s Keswick

Team YOU: Isaiah 23-24; Proverbs 28; Ephesians 1

Motivations: It’s not great gifts God uses, but great likeness to Christ. William H. Smith

Practice to Remember: Level 1:James 1:2-3; Level 2: James 1:1-8

Powered Up:  God brings His marvels to pass in lives by means of prayer, and the prayers of the saints are part of God’s program. – Oswald Chambers