A friend asked me about my New Year’s Resolutions the other day. “What are your plans and dreams for the upcoming year?”Plans and dreams... Yes, those are both very good things! God has a plan for my life—for every second of every day I have ever lived and will go on living in this world. And He often communicates His desires to His children through their dreams. So what plans and dreams can I have but His?
What I have for the upcoming year are prayers and one prayer in particular: to become a person of prayer.
I desire to live in constant communion with Him.
Every time my mind wanders to a problem, let it be drawn back to Him in trustful surrender.
When my eyes behold evil, let Him show me the Way, the Truth and Life.
If my heart seizes with fear, let His Love encircle and warm me, bringing more love than I’ve ever known before.
May He be my first thought every morning and may I fall asleep with His Name on my lips.
May He love and protect my dear ones as I would if I could—were I but All Knowing, All Loving and All Good.
May He turn all my sins into opportunities for growth in kindness, humility and patience.
Sweet Jesus, with every breath I take in, let me seek You; with every breath out, may I grow closer to You.
You know LORD what a wretch I am—how far I have to go, how much I ask by daring to pray as I do. And yet, You are the God of the Impossible. With and through You, All Things are possible, even my sanctification.
Help this year be a YEAR OF PRAYER for your servant. Help me seek You at all times, in all ways and without tiring.
Make me Your child of prayer.
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