When I speak, I desire to have Christ present His truth through me and for the people to be drawn to Jesus by my words and my actions. I don't want to be a hindrance but catalyst for everyone I minister to and for everyone in the audiences I speak to.
I desire to be a flesh and blood re-presentation of Jesus to each person I counsel and coach. I want each individual or couple to see Jesus, not me; to feel His love not mine; to hear His truth not mine. I want everyone I counsel to become christ dependent not Waylon dependent. I want everyone to be drawn to Jesus not to Waylon except as I am a mirror to show them Jesus.
I want to be a growth facilitator in my speaking, counseling and coaching. I want to help every person become more like Christ (Colossians 1:28)...to be what God created them to be. I do not believe they can do that without a personal deep intimacy with Jesus. I want to be an instrument that God uses to set people free, to teach people truth, to assist them in removing every hindrance to their personal growth. I particularly desire to help people see an accurate picture of God so that their God-image will be accurate.
I want to honor and worship the Father with every ounce of my being. I want to be a vessel, created by the Father, filled by His Spirit and overflowing for His glory. I want to experience all I can of the Spirit but I never want people to see me and my great experiences. I want all eyes to be on the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
So here is my prayer of commitment:
O Lord my God, my Savior, my Friend:
I am Yours. Your are mine.
I commit the rest of my life into your hands.
I surrender all that I am to You for Your purposes.
I desire to be used by You to touch people's lives,
to be Your instrument of healing and comfort.
I want You to glorify Yourself whenever I speak or counsel or coach.
Her is my mind, O Lord.
Think Your thoughts in me.
Be my wisdom, truth, knowledge and insight.
I commit myself to the Bible as Your Holy Word and accurate in every way for my life and what I teach.
Help me to filter all my words and actions through Your Word that I might accurately re-present you every time I speak.
Here is my voice.
You have said in Your Word not to worry about what I am to say, but that Your Spirit in me will give me what to say and how to say it.
Free me to speak with silence or words, which ever is needed at that moment.
Give me Your timing and tenderness and understanding.
Help me to write the words that You want written and that You put into my head and heart.
Guide my studies Lord.
Lead me to the material that You want me to learn.
Now O Lord, here is my body to be a temple for Your presence, a Holy of Holies for You.
Manifest Yourself in me as You did in the Tabernacle and Temple of old.
Release creative and healing affection in my face, my touch, and my embrace.
Use me as Your hands and arms in the lives of those You bring into my life.
And Jesus, if there is something I am to do by Your indwelling presence, however menial or tough, I ask that You control my will to do it.
I want to do what You did and to only do what You do in me.
Lord, I am ready now to be your manifest intervention in situations that you place me in:
to infuse joy, affirm growth or absorb pain and aching anguist.
I choose to live this day and the rest of my life in the reality of Your presence in me.
I give You praise and thanks for answering this prayer and for making me Your instrument.
I am Your vessel to be filled up with You.
Use me to bring healing and growth to Your people and free me from my selfish desires that hinder the flow of Your Spirit in me.
Enable me to accept my humanity as the divinely created contained that You will fill with Your Spirit and the instrument that You use to touch other human lives.
Protect me from the evil one and his deceptive lies.
I am Yours and You are mine.
In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen
(I first prayed and wrote this prayer July 17, 2000. I was moved to make this my 'life prayer' by the writings of Lloyd Ogilvie. I have renewed it regularly ever since. It is the earnest desire of my heart to have God answer this prayer in my day to day life. I offer it to you as a model for your 'life prayer.' I recognize and remember that God looks at our heart motives more than the words written on a piece of paper, so I offer this to you not as a "look at me" kind of thing, but as an aid to those of you who desire to create your own life prayer and to make your heart and life a happy dwelling place for God's Spirit.) Waylon Ward
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