Stir me LORD!

 
              

       Stir me Lord, when
I’m too pleased and contented with myself.

                         When my dreams
have all come true because I dreamed too small.
                   When I arrived too soon because I never ventured into unsafe territories.
 

                           Disturb me, Lord, when in the abundance of things I possess,
                          My head seems too
large for the Crown of Life and I am losing       

                                            My thirst for the springs of
living water.
 

                       
Save me Lord, for I notice that the more I fall in love with this life,
                        My dream of eternity with You in heaven loses its thrill so quickly;

                      And in my desire
for more stuff, my vision of Your new Heaven dims.
 

                       Provoke me Lord, to dare more boldly and venture to wilder fields;
           Where I lose sight of civilization and life’s challenges reveal Your mastery in
majesty.
               There, I shall find heavenly treasures and bask in Your ever abounding
grace.

                    Arouse me
Lord, when I welcome slumber for seemingly good reasons,

                             And ignore the
rise of little follies contending for my affection.
 
                               O stir me Master, when I engage a fast to seek Your face,
                           But the flesh cries for mercy, and I listen with affectionate concern.
 

                               Disturb me Lord, when Your Word seems stale and boring;

                                   And I spend hours
absorbed with the internet and TV,
                            Entertained by
sports, music, movies and the ideologies of men.

                                                         Will You not stir
me Lord?
                    When my spirit grows
lean, being starved of fellowship with Your Spirit,

                 And yet my friends and family giggle at my latest outfit- a bulging
stomach.
 
          May Your zeal for Your name stir me Lord, when all my prayers are for me and mine,
                           Cos I forgot or ignored Your first request in “The Lord’s Prayer”.
                  Will You give me rest, Lord, when the sigh of the lost, the cries of
orphans,
                      And the groans of widows
fill the air and they seem like noise to me?

                                                              Forbid this, Lord!
 

                           Stir me Lord, when
my choices seem to make You number one;

                    Though I know You
seek to be all in all, the First and Last but I resist.
 

              Save me Lord, when my offerings and ministry are numbing my guilty conscience,

                              Which has embraced unforgiveness and other secret sins.
 

                 O Lord, may the
cause of Your Cross and the abundant witness of changed lives
                               Ever remind me of
the great price You paid to have all of me.
  

                     These I pray in the name of My Saviour and Commander, Jesus, The Christ.
 
Seth Barnes first posted this prayer by Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) in 2007 here. This is my revised adaptation of it. Pray along.

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Author: Uche Izuora

I'm inspired by God’s passion for His name in every generation, which provokes global worship through Jesus Christ. Becoming an emotionally healthy and transformative disciple, I aim to mobilize the Church to engage in cross-cultural missions and raise other like-minded disciples who discover themselves in Christ and seek to present and represent Him as Savior and Lord among the nations northward of Uganda.

6 thoughts on “Stir me LORD!” 

  1.             Thank you my brother.....  God awoke me for this and it filled my very soul with the love and joy that the enemy has been trying to take away in the past 2 days!  Bless you and pray that He continues to send those in need and continues to grant me the favor of those like you.  Blessings and thankgiving to you and the family!!!!

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  4.             I look forward to the time when these become the regular prayer points in present day churches, when all we desire is to know Him more, love Him more and serve Him more than ever before. When this takes place, then revival has started.

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  5.             How I wish every believer out there could get such deep revelations. Am amazed and stirred up!

    My prayer style and direction has changed from today.
    There are things that could never cross your mind in prayer for sure.
    Thanks Uche
    Blessings
    Baby Sis

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