Hello to everyone who visits this blog, Happy New Year! As I sit here writing this article, I can't believe we have started another year. I wonder what God has in store for you? I have been looking at the Methodist Covenant Prayer and wonder how many of us really understand what we are saying when we say this prayer at the beginning of the year? Do we say it because we're told to, or do we really think about it?
It is an awesome prayer, I've added it at the end of this post. We say that we give up our right to decide what we do in our lives, and give everything to God. In Luke 9:23 Jesus says 'If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.' As Jesus' disciples we must be ready to do what he wants, what is HE asking YOU to do this year? Its not easy to follow him, but with the help of the Holy Spirit it is possible. God can use us all, we just need to remember that everything is possible through the one who strengthen us. (Phil.4:13)
Right at the end of the prayer, the words mean that hopefully the covenant we have spoken will be acceptable to the Almighty. So I pray that as you go through this year you will experience the power of the Lord, Father Son and Holy Spirit, as you rely on Him for everything you could possibly need. Have a read and see if you can say it and mean it?
God's Blessings, Brenda
I am no longer my own but yours.
Your will, not mine, be done in all things,
wherever you may place me,
in all that I do and in all that I may endure;
when there is work for me and when there is none;
when I am troubled and when I am at peace.
Your will be done when I am valued
and when I am disregarded;
when I find fulfillment
and when it is lacking;
when I have all things,
and when I have nothing.
I willingly offer all I have and am to serve you,
as and where you choose.
Glorious and blessed God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
you are mine and I am yours.
May it be so for ever.
Let this covenant now made on earth
be fulfilled in heaven. Amen.
