a Prayer to Deny myself to follow Yahshua
“I repent to You for being double minded, confessing You as my God and Savior, but allowing the selfish inclinations of my heart to lead and guide me rather than Your Holy Spirit””
Yahshua (Jesus) You are calling me to draw near to You and to look at my “self-nature” as the biggest enemy of my life, because it takes me away from my wholehearted focus and love for You. I repent to You for being double minded, confessing You as my God and Savior, but allowing the selfish inclinations of my heart to lead and guide me rather than Your Holy Spirit. Please forgive me for denying Your rightful place as ruler over my redeemed life and for taking lightly such a great salvation, purchased by Your sacrificial holy blood. You made it very clear that if I want to follow You I need to deny myself daily and pick up my crucifixion stake, putting to death all the temptations, attitudes, mindsets, and desires of my old flesh nature. Please help me to submit and surrender my life to the control of Your loving powerful Holy Spirit who wants to lead me to obedience to seek and obey Your word and Your will. Yahshua (Jesus) I am sorry that I have not denied myself and because of this I have denied You, my blessed Savior. I know that time is short and You are calling me to number my days so that I might be wise in how I live my life for You. Holy Spirit please help me to keep my focus, affection, and attention on the light filled heaven above rather than this passing dark world that You redeemed me to come out of.
Thank you Yahshua for giving Your life and shedding Your blood to cover my repentant sins and to send Your Holy Spirit to dwell within me. Help me to continually mature as Your born again child, bearing more and more of Your holy identity. I submit and surrender to Your Holy Spirit’s rightful dominion over my redeemed life, that belongs to You, and You alone. Holy Spirit I ask for Your grace and power to continually fight the good fight of faith and be the victor and not the victim of my sinful flesh nature and all the gravitational pulls of this perishing world. I want to please You at any cost, and to be found faithful and holy when I appear before You at the judgment seat. Oh, my beloved God and Savior I long to hear You say, "well done good and faithful servant.” Amen
