Acts of Praise

" Acts of Praise"

The most basic act of worship

Lord, I am Yours. Whatever the cost may be, may your will be done in my life. I realize I'm not here on earth to do my own thing, or to seek my own fullfillment or my own glory. I'm not here to indulge my desires, to increase my possesions, to impress people, to be popular, to prove I'm somebody important or to promote myself. I'm not here even to be relevant or successful by human standards. I'M HERE TO PLEASE YOU.

I offer myself to You, for You are worthy. All that I am or hope to be, I owe to You. I'm Yours by creation and every day I recieve from You life and breath and all things. And I'm yours because You bought me, and the price You paid was the precious blood of Christ. You alone, the triune God are worthy to be my Lord and Master. I yield to You, my gracious and glorious heavenly Father; to the Lord Jesus who loved me and gave Himself for me; to the Holy Spirit and His gracious influence and empowering.

All that I am and all that I have I give to You.

I give you the rebellion in me, which resists doing Your will. I give You my pride and self dependence, which tell me I that I can do Your will in my own power if I try hard enough. I give you my fears, which tell me I'll never be able to do Your will in some areas of my life. I consent to let You energize me...to create within me, moment by moment, both the desire and the power to do Your will.

I give you my body and each of its members...my entire being; my mind, my emotional life, my will...my loved ones...my marriage or my hopes for marriage...my abilities and gifts...my strengths and weaknesses...my health...my status (high or low)...my possessions...my past, my present, and my future...when and how I'll go home.

I'm here to love You, to obey You, to glorify You. O my Beloved, may I be a joy to You!

31 days of praise

Ruth Warren