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First Love
A prayer from the heart to simply love God and accept His love for me. Something I'd gone years without realising.
Above all else Lord,
before anything else is said or thought,
thank you for your unfailing love,
that accepts me no matter what I do or say.
Lord, I desire your truth in my inmost place,
and I ask that you will give me the faith
to whole-heartedly say,
“Jesus, you are my first love.
If all these things were taken away,
I would still love you.”
Help me to live always by your grace,
to be hungry to know more of you,
and to have humility at all times,
glorifying your name in everything
because my strength and approval
are found in the joy of you saving me,
and not only that, inviting me into sonship,
to one day sit with you and your Father in Heaven.
How great will that day be!
So Lord, teach me your ways,
inspire me to be more like you,
and in doing so to love those who you love,
serving them from a willing heart.
For you alone are holy,
and one day all nations will come and worship you.
I love you Lord, thank you for loving me more.
Comments
Jonathan Brown
What a great prayer! I’m gonna stick this on the inside of my bible. Thanks Matt, that totally hits the core of my heart and where we need to be centered.
Ben Howcroft
amen