I want You, precious Lord;
I want Your love to fill me;
I want Your grace sustaining,
humility to shape me,
Your mind and thoughts controlling;
I want to be fully Yours.
I want to rise above the times,
above each circumstance I find.
Letting go of things that are behind,
I’m determined to press forward
to what lies before in Glory:
the prize of Jesus Christ
and that I am made alike.
So to You I lift my soul;
without You I do fall,
become a victim of the world
and the lies and tricks it hurls.
My nature rears its ugly head
with misery, self-centredness,
resentment and with bitterness.
Your power and grace alone can keep
my heart each day in love, and meek,
in joy, in patience, gratitude,
whatever situation brews.
You, my God and Saviour,
are all I need and want
and ever to be kept in Your loving favour.
(Ps.25:1, 73:25-26, Phil.3:13-14,
2 Cor.12:9, Col.1:11, 1John 3:2)
