Thursday, February 28, 2013

Prayer for myself.

Spare us, Father!

Our hearts are prone to stray, chasing after the things that will only destroy us.

Spare us from pride, a blindness of heart, and a refusal to seek your will

from envy, malice, and uncharitableness towards others

from the lusts of the flesh and weakness in the face of temptation

from discontent and longing for what we can’t have

from godless ambition and seeking our own glory

from the deceitfulness of riches

from anxiety and prayerlessness

from laziness, busyness and trivialities.

Spare us, Father, from these sins and from all other things that distract us from the glory of Jesus Christ in whom we have forgiveness and all the riches of the world to come.

Amen.

5 comments:

  1. Personal version :


    Spare me, Father!

    My heart is prone to stray, chasing after the things that will only destroy me.

    Spare me from pride, a blindness of heart, and a refusal to seek your will

    from envy, malice, and uncharitableness towards others

    from the lusts of the flesh and weakness in the face of temptation

    from discontent and longing for what we can’t have

    from godless ambition and seeking our own glory

    from the deceitfulness of riches

    from anxiety and prayerlessness

    from laziness, busyness and trivialities.

    Spare me, Father, from these sins and from all other things that distract me from the glory of Jesus Christ in whom I have forgiveness and all the riches of the world to come.

    Amen.

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  2. Perhaps put more thought into the address to God, so that you pick up the themes of your prayer?

    Likewise, the great prayers tend to finish with an 'in the name of' ... a reminder of the nature of prayer itself?

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    1. #1 - Yep. I should think more about that.
      #2 - Not sure. I've been reading the prayer book. It doesn't seem to be standard there. What do you think are the great prayers.

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