A Prayer for More Freedom -- I am learning to pray with Chambers, Ravenhill, Murray, Prayer Journey Bible, Bonhoeffer, Lucado. Today is Scotty Smith.
"Dear Jesus, I’m still not as free as you intend. Please free me so I can be less irritated, and less often, with fewer people. Please turn my hair–trigger reactions into slower, wiser responses. Please help me use fewer words and more listening when engaging others. Please unshackle me from the illusion of control and my commitment to a pain free heart.
Lord Jesus, please liberate me from thinking about the next thing, so I can be present in the current moment. Please help me make better eye contact and heart connection with others. Please help me be more intrigued with people I don’t know and less timid around strangers.
Lord, please free me for greater spontaneity, louder laughter, saltier tears, and quicker repentances.
I pray in your most compassionate name. Amen."
--Dr. Charles Hughes
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