This is my Prayer

"Our love for one another is an identifier that marks us as His."

I was surfing youtube yesterday and discovered my love for Petra's music has been rekindled.  Their songs and lyrics are so rich with truth and power.  This one especially is one of my favorites; it so perfectly expresses the daily cry of my heart:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE_mJp0eYto.

This is my Prayer

Words and music by:  Bob Hartman and John Elefante
Based on 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18, Ephesians 6:18-19, Matthew 6:9-13

V1.  First I want to thank you Lord, for being who You are…for coming to the rescue of a man who’s drifted far.  For calling me to be your son, for calling me to serve…Lord the way you’ve blessed my life is more than I deserve.  Keep the ones I love so dearly, fill their emptiness while I am gone.  And, fill the lonliness in me…in me.

(Chorus):  This is my prayer, lifted to You, knowing You care even more than I do.  This is my prayer, lifted in Your name, Your will be done, I humbly pray.

V2.  Let me be the evidence of what Your grace can do…to a generation struggling to find themselves in You.  May they come to know the love of God, may their eyes be made to see.  Give me the opportunity to share the Truth that sets them free.  And, may unity in all things, be the banner of Your church.  And, let revival’s fire begin to burn…begin to burn..

Bridge:  As we face our last and final hours, turn a wayward country back to You.  Keep us from the evil that devours, keep us on the Path that leads us through.  And, keep us in Your light until Your Kingdom comes, and our work is done.

(Chorus)

I couldn't express it any better than this....