A Prayer Over this House
// October 20th, 2009 // No Comments » // Poems, Prayer
Dear Lord, bless this house. Bless those who are here, those who have come and gone, and those who are yet to come. Let Your name be glorified in all that we do, in all that we say, and in how we walk according to Your way.
Dear Lord, please bless these people. Bless them as they walk into obscurity, unfamiliarity, and into a clarity that is only of Your doing. Let them find hearts prepared for Your Gospel, soil freshly tilled and rife with life. Let them exalt Your name.
Dear Lord, please open their eyes. That they may see what you see. Soften, pierce, open, shatter, and remake their hearts, that they may feel what you feel and become a perfect dwelling place for Your Holy Spirit. Let them be broken like Your heart is broken by the fall of man.
Dear Lord, let me weep. Let me see the pain and the chains, the bound and broken all around me who need only to know of You and Your deep love for them. Let my eyes be opened and let Your heart pour out through my mouth and through my hands and feet.
Dear Lord, remind us daily of our deep-seated need for You alone. Let our sinful pride not hinder the work You desire to do in us and through us. Let us genuinely and fully surrender not only our weaknesses, but that which we consider strength, for it also is weakness in the light of what You would do.
Dear Lord, call to them, that they would recognize Your voice and the call to repentance. That they would heed Your command and enter into rightstanding with You. Let Your flock be multiplied fold upon fold, herd upon herd.
Dear Lord, let Your will be done. If need be, cast us aside as we stand in the way. If needed, use us in magnificent and glorious ways. If needed, speak through us and let Your name be glorified in all that we do and say.
Dear Lord, let this house be a city on a hill and a lighthouse to this city and this country. Let those who commit to time here be refreshed always, that they may reflect Your glory off of their face, with the veil of sin ripped aside.
Dear Lord, bring transformation to this place. Let Your name be lifted high and let Your praises be sung in the streets. We submit to You. We honor You. We worship You.
Amen.