Make Me Thy Fuel
Amy Carmichael wrote this. What a legend.
From prayer that asks that I may be
Sheltered from winds that beat on Thee
From fearing when I should aspire,
From faltering when i should climb higher.
From silken self, O Captain, free
Thy soldier who would follow Thee.
From subtle love of softening things,
From easy choices, weakenings,
Not thus are spirits fortified,
Not this way went the crucified.
From all that dims Thy Calvary,
O Lamb of God, deliver me.
Give me the love that leads the way,
The faith that nothing can dismay,
The hope no disappointments tire,
The passion that will burn like fire.
Let me not sink to be a clod:
Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God.
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.
