I was reading an old prayer book when I discovered this:
My God, grant that I may love Thee, and let the only reward of my love be to love Thee more and more.
I decided to make this one of my primary prayers for 2019. Perhaps you can think about this prayer, too.
When your book is rejected:
My God, grant that I may love Thee, and let the only reward of my love be to love Thee more and more.
When someone lets you down:
My God, grant that I may love Thee, and let the only reward of my love be to love Thee more and more.
When you feel overwhelmed:
My God, grant that I may love Thee, and let the only reward of my love be to love Thee more and more.
When you struggle with failure:
My God, grant that I may love Thee, and let the only reward of my love be to love Thee more and more.
When you struggle with success:
My God, grant that I may love Thee, and let the only reward of my love be to love Thee more and more.
When everything is going well, as I hope will be your blessing in 2019 and beyond:
My God, grant that I may love Thee, and let the only reward of my love be to love Thee more and more.
May all of us love God more and more with each passing day.
Happy New Year.
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Thank you, Tamela for sharing these beautiful prayers. What an inspiring way to begin a new year!
Beautiful, worthy expression that puts the focus in the right place. Thank you.
Love this so much, Tamela! It’s a beautiful prayer and puts the focus right back where it should be.
Thanks, Tamela. I hope you don’t mind if I “cut” this out and “paste” it on a little piece of paper to stick on my monitor to remind me to keep on praying this and praying it again.
Another thing we can do for this new year comes from James McDonald: “Repentance is “recognition of sin followed by heartfelt sorrow (grief), followed by a change in behavior.”, and may God richly bless you with the joys that come from serving Him.
A wonderful prayer we all can use in not only our daily lives, but the world could use this. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing, Tamela. I needed that today.
What an uplift! For several years I have had this prayer in my daily devotions.
“Father, I love You! I pray to love you more and more. And I pray that you would use me to teach and encourage others to love you.”
Beautiful. Thank you! I want to make this my prayer for 2019 as well.