Another prayer

Lord, I humbly come before You. I don't deserve anything of which I ask, but because of Your love and mercy, I pray for Your people, Your church in Glen Innes. I know that we haven't gotten everything right, we don't have it all together, and we've made some mistakes. We are after all, only human! But Lord, because of Your love and mercy, You stuck with us! Even when we screw up big time, You are still there! Thank You Lord! Without You we are nothing!
I ask Lord, that You would continue working on our hearts. I ask that You would give us teachable spirits, that we would be willing to learn from You! That what we learn, we would put into practice! Soften our sometimes concrete hearts! Give us the same love You have for people! Teach us how to be compassionate and merciful! Educate us, that me may know Your word, and that we may know the difference between a sheep and a goat, and show us the difference between sheep and and over-dressed wolves! Lord we need You.
Give us the desire and longing for a deep and meaningful relationship with You! Give us the longing to seek You with everything that we have. Show us how to take our eyes off stuff, us and others and get our eyes and focus on You and You alone! Teach us to trust You! Cast out our idols, smash them to pieces! Break our hearts if necessary! Lord, bring us to our knees, deal with our hearts, the hidden places in our hearts, where we harbour dark secrets! Breathe on us that we may live! Give us clean hands and pure hearts and a desire to love and worship You alone.
Lord, You are our refuge! You are our hiding place. Keep us safe from harm. Grant us Your peace throughout the storm! We are Your people and You are our God. Write Your ways into our lives! Lead us where You want us. Break us, in order to fix us properly! Wound us, so that we may be deeply healed! Teach us how to forgive, that we may be forgiven. Give us wisdom and understanding, that we may know You and share You. Give us discernment, that we may know Your ways, lead us in Your paths. Grant us the gifts of Your Spirit, that we may do the work You called us to do. May we not sit on our butts doing nothing, after You gave Your everything for us!
Lord, we need You. We need to learn to fight for our relationship with You. We need to learn to spend time with You. We need to get into Your word. Lord, we need to be willing to spend time with You!
Be with us Lord and help us.
Amen.