I love you, Lord God, because you are my strength. I love you because you are my fortress. I love you because you are my Savior, my rock, my protection, my power, my refuge and shield. When I call on you Lord, you answer my prayer, you save me from the things that threaten to defeat me and overwhelm me, and you are worthy of my praise!
Sometimes Lord, if feels like my sin has taken a hold of me, as if it had a rope tied around my neck, so that the more I struggle against it, the weaker I become. Yet I know Lord, that even then, if I call out to you in my distress, you will not ignore my cries for help.
Please come Lord, and rescue me from my pride. Reach down from heaven and rescue me from the depth of my foolishness. Rescue me from the sins that I can’t overcome, like my laziness and lust, my gossip and gluttony, my greed, hatred, envy, and unbelief. Come, mighty God, and rescue me from my selfishness. Show your power, and demonstrate your hatred for all my sin. Destroy the grip that is has on my life, and free me from the control that it has on my life. Liberate me from my addiction to the temporary pleasure that it brings me, and erase all the damage it has done to my soul, that I might be blameless and pure in your sight.
Help me, Lord as I try to follow you. Keep me on the right path. Show me your faithfulness that I might be faithful to you. Lead me out the darkness by the light of your word. Make my steps sure, and my way secure, for your way is perfect, and I want to follow that way with my life. Keep my feet from slipping, and support me as I go. Give me victory over all that would keep me from you
All my praise and worship I give to the living God, the author of my salvation, and the Rock on which my faith stands firm.
I pray in the name of your Son Jesus, who makes all this possible for me,
Amen
~based on Psalm 18