A Little Context For Me

Showing posts with label The Lord's Prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Lord's Prayer. Show all posts

Saturday, April 11, 2015

My Prayer to the Lord




Preparing for a presentation, and I found this in my notebook - my rewrite of the Lord's Prayer.

My Father who fills the heavens
Holy is your name.
Your Kingdom be known
Through the loving kindness
You empower me to give
As a gift to this world.

Your will in my life fulfilled
In this act of obedience
Sustained by goodness to me,
From heaven to earth - in this land of the living

Give me bread,
Spiritual so that I may truly live
Physical so that my body is strengthened
To share the Bread of Life with others

Forgive me my debts owed to your love
So that I might abound in the joy of your presence,
I will forgive the debts of those who have wounded my heart,
as you inspired in me and shown me to do.

Lead me not into temptation
For I am weak and flawed,
And I desire to only be near to you.
Deliver me from all that would take me from your presence
And draw me deeper into your arms.

For I am nothing except in your kingdom,
The place to which you have called me,
And I stand here by your power.
For your glory alone I shall remain forever.