Regeneration - Take Full Possession and Reign Supreme (Valley of Vision)

Below is another prayer from The Valley of Vision entitled Regeneration. Don't let the length intimidate you. Great theology with convicting application.

O God of the highest heaven,occupy the throne of my heart,

take full possession and reign supreme,

lay low every rebel lust,let no vile passion resist thy holy war;

manifest thy mighty power,and make me thine forever.

Thou art worthy to be praised with my every breath,

loved with my every faculty of soul,

served with my every act of life.

Thou hast loved me, espoused me, received me, purchased, washed, favored, clothed, adorned me,when I was a worthless, vile soiled, polluted.

I was dead in iniquities,having no eyes to see thee,

no ears to hear thee,

no taste to relish thy joys,

no intelligence to know thee;

But thy Spirit has quickened me,

has brought me into a new world as a new creature,

has given me spiritual perception,

has opened to me thy Word as light, guide, solace, joy.

Thy presence is to me a treasure of unending peace;

No provocation can part me from thy sympathy,

for thou hast drawn me with cords of love,and dost forgive me daily, hourly.

O help me then to walk worthy of thy love,of my hopes, and my vocation.

Keep me, for I cannot keep myself;

Protect me that no evil befall me;

Let me lay aside every sin admired of many;

Help me to walk by thy side,

lean on thy arm,

hold converse with thee,

That I may be salt of the earth and a blessing to all.

A Puritan Prayer - The Saviour

The Lord has used various prayers of the Puritans this past year to stretch my faith and challenge me in a number of areas regarding my walk with Christ. The richness of the prayers and their honesty cut to the heart of who God is and our response to Him in our daily spiritual lives. Our family has adopted the following prayer entitled, "The Saviour", as a commitment for 2008. May it challenge you as it has us.
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Thou God of all grace,
Thou has given me a Saviour,
produce in me a faith to live by him,
to make him all my desire,
all my hope,
all my glory.

May I enter him as my refuge,

build on him as my foundation,

walk in him as my way,

follow him as my guide,

conform to him as my example,

receive his instructions as my prophet,

rely on his intercession as my high priest,

obey him as my king.

May I never be ashamed of him or his words,

but joyfully bear his reproach,

never displease him by unholy or imprudent conduct,

never count it a glory if I take it patiently when buffeted for a fault,

never make the multitude my model,

never delay when thy Word invites me to advance.

May thy dear Son preserve me from this present evil world,

so that its smiles never allure,

nor its frowns terrify,

nor its vices defile,

nor its errors delude me.

May I feel that I am a stranger and a pilgrim on earth,

declaring plainly that I seek a country,

my title to it becoming daily more clear,

my meetness for it more perfect,

my foretastes of it more abundant;

and whatsoever I do may it be done in the Saviour's name.