Prayer

May I love you above all things;
certainly things that are evil and insulting to Your holy Name,
but also things that are good and wholesome,
things that are truly gifts from You.
All good gifts come from You
but to love them more than You or apart from gratefulness to You
is idolatry and turns Your good gifts into garbage.
Let my eyes see all things as under Your decree and absolute control
and so worthy of praise even during the most terrible pain.
They will be for Your glory and so are for my good because
I am being conformed into the image of Your Son.
I thank you for sending Your holy Son to die for me.
Apart from His death I could never approach you
without being righteously judged.
Knowing this keep me humble and never thinking I am better than anyone.
Let my heart be flooded with mercy for the lost
and filled with love for my brethren.
I pray in the name of my Master, Savior and God, Jesus Christ.