MY PRAYER

Truth inherent in thee
That is what I seek
What is thine to be in me
Lord just make me meek

My iniquities make me weak
Sin an antiquity so new
If only I could shut my beak
I am sure to be among the few

Oh the desires of my flesh
If only it could satisfy my fill
When I could my life make fresh
Yahweh, it is your will

Born and reborn, every first day of the week
God, I am sick and it is chronic
As the blood of life in me do leak
Lord, help me unravel the trick

You saved my life at a cost
But Lord I am still poor
God, in this world, I am lost
This life is war

Jesus Christ, what is my fate?
In your bosom, I want to lie
I want the narrow gate
In your blood, I want to die.

Through Jesus Christ I pray
Amen

NB: Not to be used as a model prayer

ON MY KNEES O LORD

Romans 11:36

For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.

I rise to praise you but I fall on my knees

My spirit is willing but my flesh is so weak

Stricken by the pressures of my afflictions

My heart is but as heavy as a wood

And despite the need to praise you, I end up not knowing what to say

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me

In my weakness, thou make me see my incompleteness

A sense of need arise in me that I may find and know you more

That I may receive nothing but your undeserving grace

As I constantly experience nothing but your abounding Love

For thou art God Almighty, everything comes from you and exists by your

power and is intended for your glory. All glory to you forever! Amen.

THY WILL, MY PRAISE

Thy will be done says all believers

Yet I wonder how many times we have held a face

when asking “is this will really thy will”?

I am guilty Lord and I ask that “thou will forgive me”

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For I know thou will and thou wills also that we seek thy will in all

That which pleases you, for you inhabit the praise of your people

My praise ascends as an answer to thy will

Thank you for thy will in my life, for thy will is beautiful indeed in my life

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As thou has willed the sun to mark the day and the moon to mark the night

So I humbly ask that if thou will:

Light the fire in me and manifest your presence

Fill me with your power

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Remake me with your righteousness

And surprise me with your majesty

In Jesus name – AMEN

THANKING YOU FOR THY WILL IN MY LIFE

My love story 

Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may praise you – Psalms 51:15

Look at me a wanderer in this world

Having no sense of Purpose, I went wherever the wind took me

I ate everything, the earth gave me

A man of no choice, I became a slave to this treacherous world

In my ignorance, miserable state and incapable of taking care of myself, a story of love was born for me

A love story that overrides all others.

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A man of noble birth fell in love with me a wandering pauper girl of no social standing

Wealthy as he is, and for the sake of this love, he traded his riches with my poverty

Gave up his joy to take my sorrow

Replaced my saddened heart with his cheerful smile

A smile that lightens the burdens of others and penetrates the marrows of hardened souls

He created in me a clean heart and renewed a right spirit within me (Psalm 51:10).

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And at last, as I look back, I see what your love has achieved in my life

Your promise of love was true and you have been faithful to me in everything;

I wondered how far I would have wandered without your love

Like an Olive tree, thriving in your presence, I acknowledge my needs lie in you

My joy and happiness is complete in you

My spiritual, physical, financial, educational and social prosperity has seen its foundation in you, my love.

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And as long as thou give me breathe and for the sake of our love story

Unseal my lips, oh Lord (JESUS), that my mouth may praise you [(Always) Psalm 51:15]

For I depend on you!!!  AMEN.

Numbers 35:34 

"You must not defile the land where you live, for I live there myself. I am the LORD, who lives among the people of Israel."

 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NLT) admonishes "19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body."

We have read and understood these verses and we try as much as possible to live lives worthy of the calling of the Lord. It is however not surprising that many of us Christians have abandoned any social, political or economic lives of the nations in which God has placed us in. 

The running of the day to day activities of the country is left to Pagans, for fear that these people will corrupt us. What kind of Christians are we? Are we that Timid and Coward? In 2 Timothy 1:7, we are told that the Spirit in us is not that of fear!!!

Our Lord Jesus was an example, He revolutionized His world with Love. The early Christians and Apostles did the same. Its our time to step into the lime light and take the destiny of our nations in our hands. We are the Light and Salt of the world. If we allow the worldly to manage our affairs in a careless manner and define us by the standards of the world, we are as much saying, God we don't care if people defile your land.

God's ways must be the standard of the world in issues of trading principles, relationship matters, family upbringings, political structuring and peace and security of our nations. You and I have a responsibility to see that God's way become the ONLY STANDARD and we can't do that when we sit on the fence. Get into the game brethren!!!

Our Holiness is also ensuring that our lands / nations, in which God dwells, because He watches over us, is not DEFILED. Our Holiness must transcend from our bodies to our LANDS in which we live, for God dwells there , and that too among His people.