Sunday, at imagine/Northampton, I gave the second talk in my series Saboteurs of the Heart - 7 Questions: How does Lukewarm Faith Sabotage the Heart From living/ALIVE to God? At the end of the talk, I led us in this short group prayer below. May it be of use to you as you prepare your heart for the joy of Easter:
Father
of Wonders beyond my imagining,
I
know there have been too many times when I wander through my day as if you are
there, but more as a silent companion than an object of my deepest desire.
There
are other times because of sin, or distraction, or love of other things, my
faith cools, almost as if it’s become a distant memory.
It
seems easy for me to live with my faith as if it were a passport rather than a constant
love song.
I
don’t want it to be that way, but I don’t know how to re-light the fire I once
had, or kindle a fire I’ve never had
* * * *
LORD
OF CREATION . . . create a living newness
in my faith, even this day.
LORD
OF THE EXODUS . . . deliver me from everywhere my heart is held
captive from you.
LORD
OF THE CROSS AND SUFFERING . . . heal all my blindness and lukewarm unbelief.
LORD
OF THE RESURRECTION . . . awaken my heart that I might live/ALIVE unto you.
LORD
OF PENTECOST . . . grant me all I need to do freely all you ask of me as if it
were a joy.
ABBA,
FATHER . . . enflame my heart so my life of faith might reflect your beauty, goodness
and truth to those sleepwalking unaware.
For Christ's glory and my liberty.
Amen.
1 comment:
Thanks for the prayer. I will begin to incorporate it into my daily life of faith.
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