Jesus, I need you!
You are my Lord, my God, my King. You
are worthy of all of my worship. Help me, by your grace, to know you and love
you so deeply and dearly that the things of this world fade away and grow
strangely dim. I want to worship you and you alone. I don’t want to be forged
by the culture. I am in you; I want to be one with you. Bind my heart to yours,
and place your truth deep within me. I not only want to know you and your Word,
I want to have the desire to forsake sin and follow you and your Word. Enable
me to worship you in spirit and in truth. I need your power, your grace, and
your love so that no matter what life brings my way, I can respond to each
situation, each person, and each trial the way you would respond—all for your
glory. I don’t want to respond merely outwardly, but rather from within, from
the river of living water. I want to be so close to you, Jesus, that your
Spirit flows forth from me in all I do and say. May I find all of my joy in
you. May I glorify you in all I say and do. (Psalm 42:1-2a; Galatians 2:20) No
matter where I am, what I am doing, what Scripture I am reading, or what song I
am singing, I want my mind, my energies, and my heart focused on you and not on
me and my circumstances. I want you and you alone. No matter if I succeed or
fail, win or lose, am rich or poor, am included or excluded, am known or
forgotten, may I be content knowing that you are mine and I am yours. May my
chief aim be to love you and be loved by you, to please you and serve you. Help
me to see my sin, mourn it, and forsake it, by your grace. Help me hunger and
thirst after righteousness.
Lord Jesus, grant me your grace, your mercy, and your
lovingkindness to enable me to see you, know you, love you, and be one with
you. Thank you that your Word tells me if we ask anything in your name and
according to your will that you will do it.
Amen. (John 14:13-14)
