Prayer: Spare Me!

Prayer: Spare me!

FATHER, spare me from the curse of riches

for I fear that in my ease and abundance 

I will see no need for You.

Instead, Father, I pray that you will grant just enough

so that I will never forget from where my help comes.

Spare me, Lord, from an abundance of self-confidence,

for I fear that in my reliance on self,

You will become redundant

and serve no useful purpose in my life.

What ever pinnacle I, with Your blessing, may reach,

spare me, Father, from the rabid desire for the world's applause

for I fear that I may become so enamored of that dainty

that I will think myself a god to whom adulation is due,

and think myself ascended to be on equal with my Lord.

Spare me from that deadly sin called greed,

and teach me instead to be contented with what I have

so that I may eat grass and be ever so satisfied
because Your blessed hand has provided.

Father, help me to be happy for my neighbor when

good fortune smiles upon her, and help me to not covet

her possessions for myself because

I know, in my heart, that in due season

You will bless me also.

Help me to patiently wait upon You

for I know that You are able.

I love You.

AMEN

DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE:

Prayer: Father, Have Mercy On Us!

Father, have mercy on us!

All around us we see that evil is become good,

And good has become evil.

Every where it almost seems as though

Your believing children are forsaken ...

Father, have mercy on us in these harsh

And cruel times where it is already being said

that Jesus Christ is not the only answer

Or the only way Home

And that the Holy Bible is not the Sacred Word!

Father, help us to stand firm on Your inerrant Word

And to keep the Faith of Jesus!

Help us, Father, when they denigrate our belief

And hope, and faith, and love, to remember

And to hold on, and to continue trusting

In Our Beloved Christ and His sacrifice!

Help us always to remember that You have

No godchildren, nor grandchildren, nor stepchildren; that 

You are not blind, nor deaf, nor dumb;

That You neither wear dark glasses, nor pyjamas, and that

You, Father, surely don't like ugly, be it personality or practice or policy.

Until that Great and Dreadful Day, keep us

In Your love for Jesus Christ's sake. 

Father, we love You. AMEN

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