Prayer for Intimacy

This is a prayer that I wrote a while ago.  I have consistently prayed it since I wrote it, and have grown to like it more and more.

At first it was awkward.  I'm not really used to having a prayer that is written out.  I'm not used to praying the same words every time.  It just sounded so restricting.  But I have grown to enjoy even that aspect of it.

As it turns out; there are many ways to pray, I'm just ignorant of most of them.  Sometimes I pray the words just as they are.  Sometimes, I use them more as a springboard.  But I think that it was through the process of writing and praying this prayer that I gained an appreciation for different ways of praying.  I hope that I  always continue to develop in ways that I express myself to God.

Prayer for Intimacy

I praise you Father for your wonderful works; for your Sovereignty, your holiness, and your grace.

Thank you for calling me your son.

Thank you for calling me into an eternal exploration of your glory.

You have created me with passion and with longing; with a spirit that cries out for more.

Can I ever be satisfied?

In this life, in this house away from home, in this veiled existence, can I ever have enough of you?

I want to see you face to face, I want to see your glory; I want to fully know as I am fully known.

Transform me into your image, Jesus, and let me reflect your glory.

Clothe me with your Spirit, Jesus, and reveal your perfect will.

Break what needs breaking, and shake what needs shaking, until my heart and yours are one.

Let us walk stride for stride, put your tears in my eyes, all my strength, all my hope, is in you.

Let me see you face to face; let me see your glory, let me fully know you Lord, as I am fully known.

Amen.