Personal prayer

Father God, thank You for having chosen me in Christ before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in Your sight. In response to Your loving kindness and mercy, I surrender myself to You to be Your living sacrifice – to live in holiness and righteousness, delighting in bringing pleasure to Your heart. Lord, I repent and do not want to conform to the ways of this world – imitating its values, ideals, opinions and culture. Lord, I yield to Your Spirit to convict me and cleanse my mind from every prideful and ungodly presumptuous thoughts which exalt itself against the knowledge of You. Lord, I bring every thought and imagination to yield in obedience to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Lord, I repent of every “I, me and myself– centredness”, unforgiveness, bitter envy, jealousy, greed and pride in my heart. Lord, I ask that I be rooted and established in Your love so that I am in You and You are in me. Empower me with Your love to love my neighbours. Lord, I thank You for the blood of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse my conscience from acts that lead to death, so that I may serve You. Lord, I now invite Your presence to saturate my heart and my home as I consecrate this time to You.