Friday, December 31, 2010

A Covenant Prayer

John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, adapted the Covenant Service for use in among Methodist Societies. Central to the service we the Covenant Prayer that requires a person to commit oneself to God. In many Methodist churches today the Covenant Service is most commonly held on New Year's Eve or Day and is sometimes called a Watch Night Service.
I invite you to pray with me this Covenant Prayer as we prepare to ring in the New Year:

I am no longer my own, but thine.
Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee,
exalted for thee or brought low for thee.
Let me be full, let me be empty.
Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal.
And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
thou art mine, and I am thine.
So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on earth,
let it be ratified in heaven.
Amen.

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