O God the Holy Spirit,
You who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
have mercy on me.
When thou first hovered over chaos, order came to life,
beauty robed the world, fruitfulness sprang forth.
Move, I pray, upon my messed up heart;
Take away the sickness of out-of-control desires and hateful lusts;
Lift the mists and darkness of unbelief;
Brighten my soul with the pure light of truth;
Make it fragrant as the garden of paradise,
rich with every good fruit,
beautiful with heavenly grace,
radiant with rays of divine light.
Fulfill in me the glory of your divine ministries;
Be my comforter, light, guide, sanctifier;
Take of the things of Christ and show them to my soul;
Through you may l daily learn more of his love,
grace, compassion, faithfulness, beauty;
Lead me to the cross and show me his wounds,
the hateful nature of evil, the power of Satan;
May l there see my sins as
the nails that pinned him there,
the cords that bound him,
the thorns that tore him,
the sword that pierced him.
Help me to find in his death the reality and immensity of his love.
Open for me the wondrous volumes of truth in his, ‘It is finished’.
Increase my faith in the clear knowledge of
atonement achieved, payment completed,
satisfaction made, guilt erased,
my debt paid, my sins forgiven,
my life redeemed, my soul saved,
hell vanquished, heaven opened, eternity made mine.
O Holy Spirit, deepen in me these saving lessons.
Write them upon my heart, that my walk would be sin-hating, sin-fleeing, and Christ-loving; And allow no snare of Satan to beguile or deceive me.
