Captivating

I am trying to make my way through this book. I don't have a lot of concentrated time to read so I have to read in little "snippets". Also this book is one that I have to "chew on" for a while.

This prayer is at the back of the book and I thought it was so POWERFUL. I will share just a portion of it. It's very long.

"My dear Lord Jesus, I come to you now to be restored in you--to renew my place in you, my allegiance to you, and to receive from you all the grace and mercy I so desperately need this day. I honor you as my sovereign Lord, and I surrender every aspect of my life totally and completely to you, I give you my body as a living sacrifice; I give you my heart, soul, mind and strength; and I give you my spirit as well, I cover myself with your blood--my spirit, my soul and my body. And I ask your Holy Spirit to restore my union with you, seal me in you, and guide me in this time of prayer...

Heavenly Father, thank you for loving me and choosing me before you made the world. You are my true Father--my Creator, my Redeemer, my Sustainer, and the true end of all things, including my life. I love you; I trust you; I worship you. Thank you for proving your love for me by sending your only Son, Jesus, to be my sacrifice and my new life...

I bring your authority and your kingdom rule over my life, my family, my household, and my domain. And now I bring the fullness of your work--your cross, resurrection, and ascension--against Satan, against his kingdom, and against all his emissaries and all their work warring against me and my domain. Greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world...

I fully open my life to you in every dimension and aspect--my body, my soul, and my spirit--choosing to be filled with you, to walk in step with you in all things. Apply to me , blessed Holy Spirit, all of the work and all of the gifts in pentecost. Fill me afresh, blessed Holy Spirit. I receive you with thanks and give you total claim to my life."

GOOD STUFF, DON'T YA THINK?