O' Lord, would you grant thee a wife!

I pray o' Lord that you would grant me a wife. I pray that she first of all will be in love with you. That she will seek to worship, honor and glorify you! That she will look upon me with the eyes of Christ. I pray that she would be compassionate and full of grace. I also pray Father that she will be very intelligent: relationally, intellectually, and artistically. I pray she'd be a great conversationalist and that she would think the world of me, that she would adore me, that she would love me, that she would be faithful to me. I pray she'd be attractive both physically and spiritually. I pray that we have a few children (three) and that we live long, prosperous lives. I pray that you will use us to minister and to bring your Kingdom. I pray that we will be close to you and follow your leading, in good times and bad, through times of joy and times of pain, persecution, and questioning. I pray that we would have the mind of Christ and the heart of Christ and the grace and compassion and love, oh the love of Christ toward eachother, toward our children, toward the church and toward the world. I pray that you may permit us to suffer for the Kingdom, to live out of the words of Paul, "To live is Christ and to die is gain."

In preparation of this and for the rest of my days, Father, I eagerly pray and seek that you would remove from me the burdens of a narcissistic self, of lustful and evil bents, of desires of things that are not of you. O' Lord, would you deliver me from the deviancy that is wrecking my life, the Spirit of lawlessness in my heart — would you burn them out of me, would you purify me, heal me of these things. Father, help me choose you over wickedness throughout the day and night, from good days to bad — you've ordained all of them, all of the time, help me live a life that is God-honoring throughout all of it! Father, help me experience and hear from you, let me hear your sweet voice, feel your warm embrace. Ravish me O' Lord with your presence! Let me find your presence delicious and may my response be worshipful and give you the glory you have called me, your creation — your Adam, to steward! I pray O' Lord, O' Father, O' Daddy that you would bring blessing upon me and my house, I pray that we would be faithful with what you've given us today and I pray that you will get the Glory! Strip away everything else O' Lord, let there be nothing left but you Father, you Jesus. You are enough.