My Blessed High Priest, I come to You humbly seeking Your forgiveness and counsel. So many times in the past, I’ve missed the mark and gone astray. The source of my waywardness has been wrong thinking and doing things my way. I no longer want to go around stumbling and falling into pits. I no longer want to reap the fruits of poor choices and actions. My life needs to be filled with wise choices, good fruit and loving service. My selfish desires must be turned into good works and my focus must be on others … seeing them as more important than myself. My desire is to lose myself in You and become like You in all my ways. In order to begin this process, I must confess my sins, repent of them and walk uprightly before You and men. I know that if I make myself a living sacrifice … You can change me and make my life better.
No longer will I shun You or be selective in what I share with You. For You know my every thought and action … good and bad … productive or non-productive … impetuous or well thought out. So I am asking that You purge from me the things that are not pleasing to You. Make me see the evil, selfish and prideful ways that hamper rather than enhance my life. Fill me with Your Wisdom and guide me in all my ways so that I do not stumble and fall away. Open my eyes Lord, I want to be able to see You in everything that goes on around me. Help me surrender all to You so that your goodness will chase away evil when it comes to take control of my life. I know that You called me to this earth for a purpose and I will only feel complete when I am able to fulfill it as I listen to Your voice and follow Your leading.
Lord, please remove from me my old life with it tendencies to go my own way. Forgive me for the missed opportunities and poor decisions of the past. Wash me as white as snow. Pour over me the balm of Your love so that I can become a gift acceptable to You. Help me learn how to seek You out daily through reading and meditating on Your Word and prayer. Show me how to prioritize the decisions I must make, the steps I should take, how to meet the needs of others and build a strong relationship with You. My greatest desire is to become more like You. I know that to change requires hard work and perseverance. I also know that, while my tasks become harder, they can be accomplished if done in concert with You. So I’m asking that You write upon my heart the things You ask of me. And, through daily prayer and reflecting on Your Word, Your desires will become indelibly etched into my mind so I can become more like You. And it’s in Jesus’ name I pray. AMEN!!
Jeremiah 31:33 I will put my laws in their minds and write it on their hearts.