"Spirit, we know that we have done wrong by You.
Please forgive us for grieving, resisting, and quenching
You. We have resisted You through sin, through our
rebellion, and through our hardness of heart. At times,
we have been spiritually blind. At other times, we knew
what You wanted us to do, but we choes to ignore Your
promptings. Yet this not how we want to live now.
We need You to change us. Only through You can
we truly worship. Spirit of the Lord, You are the one
who brings us to a place where we can worship. You
are the Spirit of truth, the Spirit of holiness, the Spirit
of life. Thank you for the truth, the holiness, and the
life You give us.
We need Your wisdom and understanding as
we seek to live this life. Keep us from disbelief, from
fear. We need Your strength to help us do what you
are asking us to do and to live how You are asking us
to live. Speak loudly and drown out the other voices
calling us to conform to the patterns of this world.
You are the Spirit of self-control and love. Give us
the self-control needed to deny our flesh and follow You.
Give us a love strong enough to motivate courageous
action. Manifest Yourself through us that we may serve
and love Your bride, the church, as You do.
Come, Holy Spirit, come. We don't know exactly
what that means and looks like for each of us yet,
in the particular places You've called us to inhabit.
But, nonetheless, whatever it means, we ask for Your
presence. Come, Holy Spirit, come."
-Forgotten God by Francis Chan
Please forgive us for grieving, resisting, and quenching
You. We have resisted You through sin, through our
rebellion, and through our hardness of heart. At times,
we have been spiritually blind. At other times, we knew
what You wanted us to do, but we choes to ignore Your
promptings. Yet this not how we want to live now.
We need You to change us. Only through You can
we truly worship. Spirit of the Lord, You are the one
who brings us to a place where we can worship. You
are the Spirit of truth, the Spirit of holiness, the Spirit
of life. Thank you for the truth, the holiness, and the
life You give us.
We need Your wisdom and understanding as
we seek to live this life. Keep us from disbelief, from
fear. We need Your strength to help us do what you
are asking us to do and to live how You are asking us
to live. Speak loudly and drown out the other voices
calling us to conform to the patterns of this world.
You are the Spirit of self-control and love. Give us
the self-control needed to deny our flesh and follow You.
Give us a love strong enough to motivate courageous
action. Manifest Yourself through us that we may serve
and love Your bride, the church, as You do.
Come, Holy Spirit, come. We don't know exactly
what that means and looks like for each of us yet,
in the particular places You've called us to inhabit.
But, nonetheless, whatever it means, we ask for Your
presence. Come, Holy Spirit, come."
-Forgotten God by Francis Chan
May we pray this prayer every day.
personally speaking, i don't account for the Holy Spirit in anything i do and ... well the more that i think about it, it's blasphemy because i'm doing all works and not pointing the glory back to God but only myself. i know that the Holy Spirit still lives in me and is praying on my behalf for many things that i can't even fathom. what i'm doing now is wrong. yet, even with these christian inspirationals and talking with people, i know for a fact that it's gotta be my effort to pray this prayer daily by heart. i have to somewhat wrap myself around the concept of the Holy Spirit more and more and begin to understand that it's all about Jesus and only way to do it the right way is by being completely led by the Holy Spirit. honestly, i'm having a tough time just writing this because i don't know all about it or being in this mind state or anything.
but one thing i do know is that i can't be doing what i'm doing right now and the right way is through the Holy Spirit.
i need to pray, read, meditate, and pray some more. maybe write some and self-reflect.
man, somethings wrong with my mind i can't focus. more later.
personally speaking, i don't account for the Holy Spirit in anything i do and ... well the more that i think about it, it's blasphemy because i'm doing all works and not pointing the glory back to God but only myself. i know that the Holy Spirit still lives in me and is praying on my behalf for many things that i can't even fathom. what i'm doing now is wrong. yet, even with these christian inspirationals and talking with people, i know for a fact that it's gotta be my effort to pray this prayer daily by heart. i have to somewhat wrap myself around the concept of the Holy Spirit more and more and begin to understand that it's all about Jesus and only way to do it the right way is by being completely led by the Holy Spirit. honestly, i'm having a tough time just writing this because i don't know all about it or being in this mind state or anything.
but one thing i do know is that i can't be doing what i'm doing right now and the right way is through the Holy Spirit.
i need to pray, read, meditate, and pray some more. maybe write some and self-reflect.
man, somethings wrong with my mind i can't focus. more later.
rts. post about "it's all about mee~ "
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