God All Sufficient

GOD ALL SUFFICIENT

Here is a powerful prayer for today:

O Lord of grace,

The world is before me this day,
And I am weak and fearful,
But I look to You for strength;
If I venture forth alone I stumble and fall, But on the Beloved's arms I am firm As the eternal hills; If left to the treachery of my heart I shall shame thy Name, But if enlightened, guided, upheld by Your Spirit, I shall bring Thee glory.
Be thou my arm to support,
My strength to stand,
My light to see,
My feet to run,
My shield to protect,
My sword to repel,
My sun to warm.
To enrich me will not diminish Your fullness; All Your lovingkindness is in Your Son, I bring him to thee in the arms of faith, I urge his saving Name as the One who died for me.
I plead His blood to pay my debts of wrong.
Accept His worthiness for my unworthiness, His sinlessness for my transgressions, His purity for my uncleanness, His sincerity for my guile, Hs truth for my deceits, His meekness for my pride, His constancy for my backslidings, His love for my enmity, His fullness for my emptiness, His faithfulness for my treachery, His obedience for my lawlessness, His glory for my shame, His devotedness for my waywardness, His holy life for my unchaste ways, His righteousness for my dead works, His death for my life." - from THE VALLEY OF VISION - Prayers of the Puritans

Think about this: If you knew that only a few would care that you came, would you still come? If you knew that those you loved would laugh in your face, would you still care? If you knew that the tongues you made would mock you, the mouths you made would spit at you, the hands you made would crucify you, would you still make them? Christ did. Max Lucado