Pillow Talk

If Jesus is the lover of our souls, does that make prayer analogous to pillow talk? Only of the most intimate and sanctified variety, but yeah, why not!

Anyway, here are some prayers I've been saying lately, that I want to share. I know I've borrowed parts from everywhere in my experience, from readings to teachings to songs and hymns, so I claim no "ownership" of, or originality in, any of these words. For example, the last phrase is stolen shamelessly from prayers in church I remember from childhood. In fact, I feel closest to God when I find myself thinking of nothing as my own, so here; I hope you enjoy my abject and despicable thievery:


Heavenly Father,

Let Your breath be my life;

Let Your light be my joy;

Let Your love be my strength;

Let Your word be my bread;

Let Your call be my walk and my way;

Let Your will be the desire of my heart also.


Father, please help me grow and sustain perfect trust and faith in You;
Lord Jesus, please help me to follow You ever more closely in my daily life;
Holy Spirit, please come to dwell with me, that I might be transformed through Your manifest presence;


Heavenly Father, you know what we need even before we ask it of you;
Please grant unto us everything we need, even (and especially!) if that includes things we might not expect nor even have in mind;


Please help us to become strong vessels, laid upon the sound foundation of Your word, that we might have the integrity to hold together as we are filled to overflowing with Your grace;


Please help us to know Your voice and to see the movement of Your hand in the world, to the end that we might faithfully sow the seeds of Your heavenly kingdom here on the earth;


Heavenly Father, all this we ask in Jesus' name -- to whom with You and the Holy Spirit be all honor and glory, world without end.
Amen.


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