I am thine, O Lord, I have heard thy voice,
and it told thy love to me;
but I long to rise in the arms of faith
and be closer drawn to thee.
Consecrate me now to thy service, Lord,
by the power of grace devine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
and my will be lost in thine.
O, the pure delight of a single hour
that before thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with you, my God,
I commune as friend with friend!
There are depts of love that I cannot Know
till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
till I rest in peace with thee.
Fanny J. Crosby

                         Transformational Prayer

                 God of all living, enable us to surrender ourselves to you in silence
                 and in love.  Fill our lives with your compassion that we may live in 
                 the generosity of forgiveness.  Ever remind us that you dwell in the
                 deepest recesses of our being and that your will for us is the
                 radiance of our hope.  Amen.

Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be

tempted of Satan: Make speed to help thy servants who are

assaulted by manifold temptations; and, as thou knowest

their several infirmities, let each one find thee mighty to save;

through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and

reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen.     

Psalm 51    Miserere mei, Deus

1     Have mercy on me, O God, according to your

loving‑kindness; *

    in your great compassion blot out my offenses.

2      Wash me through and through from my wickedness *

    and cleanse me from my sin.

3     For I know my transgressions, *

    and my sin is ever before me.

4      Against you only have I sinned *

and done what is evil in your sight.

5     And so you are justified when you speak *

    and upright in your judgment.

6      Indeed, I have been wicked from my birth, *

    a sinner from my mother's womb.

7     For behold, you look for truth deep within me, *

    and will make me understand wisdom secretly.

8     Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure;

wash me, and I shall be clean indeed.

9     Make me hear of joy and gladness, *

    that the body you have broken may rejoice.

10   Hide your face from my sins *

    and blot out all my iniquities.

11   Create in me a clean heart, O God, *

    and renew a right spirit within me.

12   Cast me not away from your presence *

    and take not your holy Spirit from me.

13   Give me the joy of your saving help again *

    and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.

14   I shall teach your ways to the wicked, *

and sinners shall return to you.

15   Deliver me from death, O God, *

    and my tongue shall sing of your righteousness,

    O God of my salvation.

16   Open my lips, O Lord, *

and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

17   Had you desired it, I would have offered sacrifice; *

but you take no delight in burnt‑offerings.

18   The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit; *

    a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.