September 29 - Prayer of Thanks

Prayer of Thanks

Father, I want to thank You

for the flock over which

You’ve given me charge.

I ask You to continually pour upon them

a spirit of worship

that flows from Your throne

and makes possible an ever-increasing

sensitivity to Your Spirit.

I praise You for Your strong hand

that sustains them during evil days

when there seems to be no way.

Father, I ask You to bless them with an

overflow of Your peace,

and release through them

a dynamic of Your life and love that fulfills

a command of Yours for us that we go into

all the world and preach the gospel.

I thank you daily for the sheep

which are Yours that You’ve let me

call mine.  Settle upon them with

a freshness of Your Spirit that

gives rise to a purity and confidence

that You’re truly the Master Shepherd.

Beautify them through worship

keep them, by Your hand, from falling.

Purify them through Your blood.

May they truly be sheep…

sheep that must be led by You.

In the Name of Jesus, the Shepherd

Amen!

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