Michael's Prayer 09/12/2009
Our Father which art in Heaven, we thank You for who You are. For the wisdom that You not only possess; but, that also transcends our ability to comprehend, and has brought us unto Yourself, that we may behold Your glory.
We thank You for our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who has given Himself through the perfection of such a holy life here on earth that it was not only possible for Him to offer Himself as a sacrifice for the sins of His people; but, for the joy that was set before Him, embraced the Cross of suffering affliction, having satisfied the eternal wrath that would have been rightfully our own and has presented Himself in our stead, having fully satisfied both that which You desired of Him and for us.
We thank You for the gift of eternal life, through Him that has loved us with an everlasting love, that we might be enabled to view the life You’ve given us, with an eternal perspective, having been raised with Him out of the dunghill of hopelessness and helplessness, striving about things that are vanities of our own minds.
We thank You for the blood which has not only been presented before You as the sweet smelling savor of acceptance, in exchange for the corruption and putrefying stench of our sins; but, through which we have been granted forgiveness for our sins—and continually cleanses us from all that remains of sin within us.
We thank You for the gift of Your Spirit , who at this moment, not only indwelleth us; but, guides us into all truth that we, through the love of the truth, shall be conformed more and more into the image of Your dear Son—as we are Your salt and light in this dark and decaying world of men. We thank You for His bold intersession and perfection in asking on our behalf all that You desire for us. Not only of those things that we have need of in this life; but for the one that is to come.
We thank You that You delight in mercy—that Your mercies are new everyday; and that because of Your great mercies, which are beyond our own comprehensions, You also delight in us and cause us to not only delight in You; but, grant to us that same boldness whereby we are embraced—we are enabled to approach unto You.
We thank You for the grace that You have implanted into the very core of our being; whereby we have received from You so great a salvation., that every aspect of our being has been translated out of the kingdom of darkness and into the Kingdom of Light in Your Son. And,though we know that there is so much in us that is not there yet.
We thank You for the guarantee of Your Word, which You have commanded on our behalf, that we shall be where You are, not only in spirit; but, in body, as well.
We ask You today to transform our minds by Your Spirit through Your Word, that we may behold Your glory. Help us today to take up the cross of our present circumstances and follow You unreservedly. Show us how we may not only lay down our lives for the brethren; but, also empower us, with the power from on high, that we may be overwhelmed by the beauty of Christ, and that He may receive glory, and honor and praise, both now and forevermore. Amen
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