MARCH 22, 2020

Without your grace and guidance
My path in this life leads to death
For I have fought your authority over my life
I am like a child, who demands to rule his own life
and sees authority as ending my freedom
Father, hear my cry
Rescue me from myself

Humbly, I pray for the gift of Your grace
A grace that destroys my delusion of self sufficiency
A grace that destroys my hope for autonomy
A grace that empowers me to reach out to You
and to submit to Your wisdom
Lord, You are the Giver of all perfect gifts
Lord, rescue me from myself

Lord, I leave my prayer in your hands
I yield with humility and resignation
You know when to give, how to give
and what to give and what to withhold
I will patiently wait in thanksgiving
Continually praying, “Not by my will but by Thy will”
Lord, rescue me from myself