Prayer for the New Year
Lord I am incredibly grateful for last year. It has been a year of ups and downs, but one truth still rings clear amidst it all - I am never alone and you are still God. Thank you for all you have allowed in my life this past year, the good along with the hard things, which reminded me of how much I need you and rely on your presence in my life every single day. Forgive me for the times I have worked so hard to be self sufficient, forgetting my need for you, living independent of your spirit. Forgive me for letting fear and worry control my mind, and for allowing pride and selfishness wreak havoc over my life. Forgive me for not following your ways and for living distant from your presence. I pray for your spirit to lead me each step of this new year. I ask that you will guide my decisions and turn my heart to deeply desire you above all else. I ask that you will open doors needing to be opened and close doors needing to be shut. I ask that you would help me release my gri...