A Prayer

by Thomas Becon

I found this prayer helpful. This morning, I made it my own. I hope you will as well…

Take away that which is mine, which is all naught, and give me that which is yours, which is all good. You are called Christ; anoint me therefore with your Holy Spirit. You are called a physician; according to your name heal me. You are called the Son of the living God; according therefore to your power deliver me from the Devil, the world, and the flesh. You are called the resurrection; lift me up therefore from the damnable state wherein I most miserable lie. You are called the life; quicken me up therefore out of this death, wherewith through sin I am most grievously detained. You are called the way; lead me therefore from the vanities of this world, and from the filthy pleasures of the flesh, unto heavenly and spiritual things. You are called the truth; suffer me not therefore to walk in the way of error, but to tread the path of truth in all my doings. You are called the light; put away therefore from me the works of darkness, that I may walk as the child of light in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. You are called a Savior; save me therefore from my sins, according to your name. You are called Alpha and Omega, that is, both the beginning and the end of all goodness; begin therefore a good life in me, and finish the same unto the glory of your blessed name.

Amen.