Context: The evening before writing this prayer, I realised I was developing a respiratory infection. Next morning, after a rather strange and feverish night, this little blog came to me before I had even started to pray. It was surprisingly hard to put into words. NB: The infection turned out to be covid
When you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him (Matthew 6:7-8; NIV).
May my prayers be simple:
“Thank you, Jesus.”
“I love you, Jesus”:
May this be my praise.
May my words be plain:
“Forgive me, Jesus.”
May your Spirit
Set my heart ablaze.
May my prayer be:
“Jesus, I forgive them.”
May I do your will,
And serve your name.
May my conduct show
I follow you, Lord:
One with you in joy,
And grief, and pain.
The person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him (1 Corinthians 6:17; NLT).
Reading: Luke 11:2-4; NLT
Jesus said, “This is how you should pray:
Father, may your name be kept holy.
May your Kingdom come soon.
Give us each day the food we need,
And forgive us our sins,
As we forgive those who sin against us.
And don’t let us yield to temptation.”