Personal Prayer

It is not the body’s posture, but the heart’s attitude that counts when we pray.  ~ Billy Graham

Note:  I created the below format for myself to pray so there’s both structure and ability to have a personal conversation with God.

Components & Order of My Prayers:

  1.  Thanks & Praise ~ Gratitude for all I have
  2.  Forgiveness / Repentance
  3.  Wisdom / Knowledge / Understanding / Faith / insight
  4.  Integrity
    1. Above all else (beyond job; beyond security; beyond success)
    2. Above all other character traits
  5.  Circumstances:
    1. Not to pray for better circumstances as much as to pray to become a better man;  be better able to adapt and overcome
    2. more wisdom
    3. more skill
    4. More Discipline
  6.  Pray for:
    1. Family & Friends
    2. others
  7.   Strength
    1. To overcome my weaknesses
    2. To develop better skills & better habits
    3. To take captive every thought
    4. More Discipline
  8.   Giving:
    1. Giving to Charity
    2. Tithing
  9. Close & Amen…
    1. Thanks & Praise

Poem that I wrote using the format from above.  It’s called my daily Prayer:

Title:   Daily Prayer

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~ Thank you for this day, thank you for this life
~ Thank you for my children and my Christian wife
~ Please forgive me God, my weakness as a man
~ I go to you for wisdom Lord and pray to understand
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~ Integrity’s the answer in a world of moral strife
~ Where circumstance cuts deeply and goodness starts to die
~ Praying for my family and friends that I have known
~ To overcome our fears and doubts & grasp the love You’ve shown
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~ Lord give me strength, to conquer weakness in my heart
~ When my willing spirit falters it tears my soul apart
~ I’m asking for more courage with the talents that I hold
~ The disciplines to master and resolve to be so bold
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~ Thank you God again for this chance to be alive
~ Even if my time is brief salvation will arrive
~ Let me grasp the wisdom of all that I should be
~ And empathy for others who find themselves in need
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~ And Lord I close this prayer in a humbled gratitude
~ Emotions overwhelming but my spirit is renewed
~ All alone I pray to You, knowing in my heart
~ Our everyday decisions, and faith is where we start.
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By:           James Allen Cannon
Written:  5-12-2018