Psalm
101 Prayed
Seeking more grace so I can obey from the heart
I will
sing of your love and justice;
to
you, Lord, I will sing praise.
For O
my great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ,
you
gave yourself for me
to
redeem me from all wickedness
and
to purify for yourself a people that are
your
very own,
eager
to do what is good.
In
view of your mercy to me, O Jesus,
I
will offer my body as a living sacrifice,
holy
and pleasing to God—
this
is my spiritual act of worship.
I no
longer want to be conformed to the pattern of
this
world,
so
transform me by the renewing of my mind.
Then I
will be able to test and approve what your
will
is.
Your
good, pleasing and perfect will.
I will
be careful to lead a blameless life –
when
will you come to me?
For
you have promised me that your divine power
has
given me everything I need for life
and
godliness,
through my knowledge of you, Jesus,
because
you called me by your own glory and
goodness.
So
fill me with the knowledge of your will
through
all spiritual wisdom and
understanding.
May I
live a life worthy of you, O Lord
and
may I please you in every way:
bearing fruit in every good work,
growing
in the knowledge of you, O God.
Strengthen me
with all power
according
to your glorious might,
so
that I may have great endurance and patience,
and
joyfully give thanks to you, O Father.
For
you have qualified me to share
in
the inheritance of the saints
in
the kingdom of light.
You
have rescued me from the dominion of
darkness
and
brought me into the kingdom of your Son
whom
you love.
In him
I have redemption,
the
forgiveness of sins.
With
your divine power
and
forgiveness enabling me,
may I
conduct the affairs of my house
with
a blameless heart.
May I
set before my eyes
no
vile thing.
Help
me turn off the TV and filter my internet,
so
that my heart will not sin against you.
I hate
what faithless people do;
may
I have no part in it.
May
the perverse of heart shall be far from me;
I
want nothing to do with what is evil.
Whoever slanders their neighbour in secret,
help
me put to silence;
by
refusing to pass on gossip,
or
even listen to it.
Whoever
has haughty eyes and a proud heart,
may
I not tolerate.
May
celebrities and the famous not enchant
me.
May my
eyes be on the faithful in my church,
that
they may dwell with me;
may
those whose way of life
is more blameless than mine
minister
to me.
Let no
one who practises deceit
dwell
in my house;
or one
who speaks falsely
stand
in my presence.
O Lord
Jesus, every morning put to silence
all
the wicked in the land;
Cut
off every evildoer
from
the City of the Lord.
For
you loved the church
and
gave yourself up for her
to
make her holy,
cleansing her by the washing with water
through
the word,
and to
present her to yourself as a radiant church,
without
stain or wrinkle or any other blemish,
but
holy and blameless.
Eph. 5:25 …Christ loved the church and gave himself up
for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing
with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church,
without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
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Psalm 101 Prayed
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