Jesus: The Only One Worthy of My Life - Prayer Journal 231

Father, I do want Jesus and Your way more than I want the world. But yet there is still some desire for this fallen world that is fading away. I ask that You'd drain the love of the world completely from my heart so that I love You only. You have first place in my life, but You do not want to be first among many. You want first place only. You alone are deserving and worthy of that.

You created me and if You had not then I would not exist. You have given me life and if You had not then I would be dead in my transgressions and sins. You are holding me together and if that were not so then I would fall apart. I am nothing, have nothing, and can do nothing without You. You are everything to me so everything I am, have, and can do is from You and for You. Nothing or no one else should move me, phase me, or matter to me. There is none like You. No one has done for me what You have done for me.

You are the source of my strength, and You are the strength of my life. You are the air that I breath and my daily bread. I am because You are the I AM THAT I AM. I too often allow earthly, temporal things that are fading away to distract me from You. You are the eternal God in heaven who has also made Your home in me with Your indwelling Holy Spirit. Your light in my life grows brighter and brighter until I enjoy the fullness of day in Your glorious unmitigated presence.

God bring me to the place where I have truly decided to follow Jesus, no turning back. Do not let me mix my worship of You, the One and only true and living God, with the false gods of this fallen world. Move my heart to the place where I will no longer bow down to the gods of the culture regardless of what it costs me. Apart from You working in me I am not capable of doing this. My natural inclination is to look after me and to have first place. May You, Your priorities, purpose, and will be what I live for.

Please forgive me for the many times that I have overindulged and overstimulated my flesh with the things of the world. Yet I have experienced the powerful working of Your Holy Spirit in my life. Especially during times spent in Your Word, in prayer, with family, communing with brothers and sisters in Christ, and ministering to others. Thank you for not allowing me to be okay with feeding and fixating on the things of the culture. Help me to walk in the Spirit and to not give in to the lusts of the flesh. In Jesus' name, Amen!!!