My current daily prayer...

It's taken me a while to pray this prayer. I guess its pride and my desire to solve my own problems my way. But in the process, I have not truly loved. And therefore, often, I really don't know God because I don't love the way He intended. As 1 John 4:10 speaks,

"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."

I keep trying on my own to just give my family my version of love. True love comes from God.

Lord, I can't do it. I can't love my children nor my wife the way I need to nor the way I want to. I can't go and work all day and then come home and not have a short fuse. Lord, I'm impatient. I don't have the self-control to respond correctly. I love myself too much. I'm not kind. I'm not good. I'm not gentle.

So Lord, I commit my weaknesses to You. I am not Your child because of deeds I have done, but I'm Yours because of the sacrifice of Your Son. I now yield to You. I turn over every fiber, every grain. Work through me as You promised You would do. Lord, I look forward to witnessing Your love through me. In advance, thank You.

It's in the sacrifice of Jesus and in His name I pray.

Amen.