Today, O Lord, I yield myself to You. May Your will be my delight today.

May You have perfect sway in me. May Your love be the pattern of my living.

I surrender to You my hopes, my dreams, my ambitions.

Do with them what You will, when You will, as You will.

I place into Your loving care my family, my friends, my future.

Care for them with a care that I can never give. I release into Your hands

My need to control, my craving for status, my fear of obscurity.

Eradicate the evil, purify the good, and establish Your kingdom on earth.

For Jesus’ sake, Amen

Richard Foster, Prayers from the Heart

[HarperSanFrancisco, USA 1994]