Lord, I long for your presence. Not just during a praise and worship song at church, and not just when I walk up to the altar to receive prayer. I long for your presence to permeate every aspect of every single day of my life. I realize more and more how completely incapable I am to do anything in this life without the strength of your Holy Spirit within me.
Forgive me for the times I have mistakingly thought I could do anything in my own. Forgive me for when I try to do school, ministry, or even try to love others in my own strength. I can’t love others fully without you Jesus, and I most certainly don’t have the brainpower to do schoolwork through the strength of my own mind. And most certainly, I can not do any form of ministry on this planet without the incredible power or your Holy Spirit working on the inside of me.
I pray Holy Spirit that you would work inside my heart and my mind, renewing and transforming them to reflect that of Jesus Christ. I pray that the work you are doing inside of me will be ministry in itself, and that there would be an outpouring of your love onto each and every person I encounter Lord. When they see me, let them see you. I pray that each person I encounter would be so overwhelmed by your loving presence that they are left with a heart and mind full of love, joy and peace. I pray that all of us be people who are consistently and continually transformed by your grace and love each person who comes across our path by the power and work of your Holy Spirit within us. I pray this in your beautiful name Jesus, amen.
John 13:35: “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another” (NIV).
Galatians 5:22: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law”, (NIV).
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