Dear Lord,
Please simplify my life.
May it be about You.
– Loving You, worshiping You, spending time with You, listening to You, walking with You, obeying You.
May it be about eternity.
– May what I think, say and do be all about producing eternal fruit and getting as many people as possible into a right relationship with You!
May it not be all about the here and the now.
– There is way too much emphasis on what is in front of us and what is in our hands. Please help me to let go. Help me to get rid of stuff. Help me to not get caught up in the temporary.
Lord, please cut off, remove and purge everything that is only distracting me from You and Your purposes.
– I know that means I need some things to change in regards to my possessions, my diet/exercise/sleep, my thoughts/attitudes/words, my entertainments and my actions. Please simplify my life and help me to remove the clutter that is keeping me from what really matters.
Finally, Lord, please help me to simply know the next step of faith to take.
– I can’t handle knowing everything that is to come or everything that is going on in this world. So help me to simply know what the next step is you have for me. Help me to know who to serve, what to say, how to help and when to rest.
Thank you God, that I know you hear this prayer and will answer out of the depths of your riches and knowledge. Help me to simply obey, no strings attached and holding nothing back.
In Jesus’ Name
AMEN
Pastor Michael Johnson 