Friends, I’m heading off to Bangalore, India, for the next week to teach pastors and graduate students at Dr. Ken Gnanakan’s ACTS Institute. I’m not sure if I can post from there, so I’ll leave you with something substantial over the meanwhile: this splendid, touching prayer of commitment from the Methodist Covenant Service, anthologized in The Oxford Book of Prayer, edited by George Appleton.
I am no longer my own, but thine.
Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt:
Put me to doing: put me to suffering:
Let me be employed for thee, or laid aside for thee:
Exalted for thee, or brought low for thee:
Let me be full, let me be empty:
Let me have all things: let me have nothing:
I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal.
And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
Thou art mine and I am thine. So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on earth let it be ratified in heaven.
Brother this prayer is what I needed today I go see the Neurologist. I have had a severe migraine for 2 weeks. You can learn more about how I am doing on my blog. I would solicit your prayers as well brother because I see you as a righteous man of God. Scripture tells us that God hear’s the James 5:15-16 “The prayer of a righteous man is Powerful and Effective.” I apprecaite all you do and the difference you make for the kingodom of God. Please keep it up brother. May God’s blessings fall on your life abunantly. I need all the prayers I can get for healig. I will definately take this one with me today. Thank you.
A safe and fruitful trip, John!
Thanks, Alan! I’m now back safely–although badly in need of a proper night’s sleep!
Preacherman, I hope you’re getting good advice, and taking it. Chronic headaches are an awful trial.