A prayer

I’ve kind of gotten out of the habit of memorizing scripture and I want to get back into it.  A couple of days ago, I worked on Isaiah 30:15.  Today it’s this verse.

O Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you.  Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. (Isaiah 33:2)

Somehow, each phrase resonates with me.

O Lord, be gracious to us.

Lord, I need your grace each day.  I fail so much.  I sin.  I let you down.  Forgive me.  Be gracious to me.  And as I receive your grace this day, let me share that grace with those around me.

We long for you.

Lord, my soul thirsts for you.  I desperately need more of you in my life.  Lord let my heart seek you.  Let it be undivided in its pursuit of you.

Be our strength every morning.

Lord, every morning as I wake, be my strength.

As I face the trials of the day, be my strength.  As I meet with difficult people, be my strength.  As I meet with difficult circumstances, be my strength.  Stand with me this day.

Be our salvation in times of distress.

When I’m weighed down by anxiety, deliver me.  When the Enemy comes against me, be my defender and my deliverer.

Lord I am weak.  I can’t fight the Enemy on my own.  So deliver me from evil.  And let me overcome.

I ask all these things in Jesus’ name, amen.