Hail to You All Powerful and Majestic King. In You alone do I put my trust. For it is You who blesses me … prospers me … walks with me … and, protects me from harm. Like the palm tree planted in the desert, whose roots search the depths for water and nourishment, so do I seek out the refreshing and sustenance that comes from drawing closer to You. Like the leaves protect delicate fruit from the blistering sun, spread forth Your wings to protect me from the heat being applied by the Evil One. Like deep roots, be my anchor from the storms that will inevitably invade my life to destroy my hope and zeal. You are the one who guides me through the darkness … removes my fear when danger threatens … and, gives me strength when mine has been depleted. Stay with me and rescue me from the traps that have been set by my enemies to entangle me. Be my safe harbor and place of refuge … for without You, surely all will be lost.
I know that You and Your Word are active. Together You are able to change the thoughts and attitudes of my heart. Nothing I do is hidden from Your sight. Everything in my heart is laid open for You to see. You know my weaknesses and want to help me correct them. Renew my inner man to be like Yours … filled with love and compassion and the desire to do good. Mold me and shape me, like the potter does the clay, to be the person You want and need me to be. Assist me in putting on Your armor so I can be a warrior for Your cause. Make me fearless in the face of evil, knowing that You are standing with me. Cleanse me and make me as white as snow so my motives will be pure. I offer my heart as a tablet on which You can write Your truths. I no longer want to be just a hearer of Your Word … but one who is able to do what You require. Remove from me the things that are not pleasing to You and replace them with Your light so I can be a lamp shining into the darkness.
I want to move beyond the basics of faith and become mature in Your ways. Help me leave behind my childish ways and become a wise man. Be the rain that refreshes the dryness in my soul. Help me increase in strength so I can be a stabilizing force in the lives of the weak and down trodden. Produce meaningful fruit in my life as I draw sustenance from You. Help me grow in faith so my roots will go deep so I can withstand the searing heat of troubles and trials. Help me see You as my example and show me how to emulate the things You’ve shown me in word and deed. In the same way that the branch perishes when separated from the tree, I too feel a withering inside when I separate myself from You through sin and rebellion. I know that if I become rooted and grounded in You, I will prosper and be filled with joy. May I always remain rooted and grounded in You. And it’s in Jesus’ name I pray. AMEN!!
Ephesians 3:17-18 And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power together with all saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.