My Heart Cries Out

The cry of submission: "Lord, I will not rely on anything or anyone but you for all that I have, all that I am, and all that I will become. I will trust in your provision, rely on your strength, rejoice in this day and all that it brings, and by your grace use whatever you give me to touch the lives of others with the reality of your love."

"The ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous will walk in them"

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The cry of a loving heart: "Lord, guard my heart from idols. Let nothing or anyone take your place of preeminence in my life. May I not be misled by the idol of prominence. May you always be preeminent in my life, my choices, and my love.

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The Cry of the Broken-hearted:
Lord--always, Lord--help me to remember that there are no secondary causes. Your love bathes everything that comes into my life. Everything. Even times of discipline--a sonship necessity--flow from Your heart of loving confidence that I will--through the Spirit's wooing--respond in the humility of a teachable spirit. May i reveal Your broken heart to those still lost in sin. May I reveal Your broken heart to those who having known You have turned their backs on Calvary's love. May I reveal Your broken heart to those who weep, to those who need Your comfort, to those who need to know that You are their Faithful Lover. 

Do not heal my broken heart.

Instead, empowered by the joy You lavish on the broken-hearted, make my heart one with Your heart--make me one used by You to bind up the broken-hearted in this world of so much sorrow.