Almighty God and our heavenly Father
Today we call on your matchless, glorious name
That name that means Saviour and Redeemer
We call to you in the midst of all of life’s pain
You said, in this life we will have tribulation
You said, there will be trials and temptations
That prediction certainly has been true
For there have been many trials not a few
But you also said you will never leave us
And you made this promise to us through Jesus
In whose name we pray to you today
Asking you to help our unbelief come what may
For there is many a tempest and a storm
That besets your children on every hand
They come from the east and from the west
And from the north and south as though on demand
They are like billows on the raging sea
Coming fast and furious to steal our joy
Climbing higher and higher in spite of our prayers
Tossing our life’s ship as though it were a toy
Satan, our nemesis, he gloats and he glare
And though you are with us he still dares
He dares to tell us that we are on our own
And far from being with us you have left us alone
Alone in this world with its demons of prey
Alone in this world through both night and day
He dares to tell us that we have believed a lie
That Jesus never came and Jesus never died
That Jesus never rose and he is not coming back
That there is no judgment and death ends life’s track
That right here is heaven and right here is hell
And there are some things the Bible just doesn’t tell
That life is what we make it right here and now
And that it is better for us if to him we bow
That he can satisfy us to our heart’s content
No need to confess sins, no need to repent
That what we see is truly what we get
And we can get anything on which our heart is set
That survival of the fittest is where life is at
And to the rat race we call life he can help us adapt
Heavenly Father in the midst of all these lies
We dare to doubt him and on you rely
We dare to trust you at your every word
And believe that what we see didn’t just occur
We dare to believe that you created all that we see
The oceans and rivers every mountain and valley
Every fish of the sea, the beasts great and small
Every plant, tree or shrub, you created them all
The lilies in the valleys you adorn and dress
And even to the tiny sparrow your care is expressed
For not one falls to the ground catching you unaware
And for your master creation the much more you care
We thank you for your goodness and your loving care
And for your renewed mercies with grace to spare
Thank you for the measure of faith you have given to
us
So that when Satan taunts us in Jesus we can trust
Thank you for each day sometimes tough and hard
And nothing seems to line up with the plans on our
card
Thank you for not being in the business of damage
control
But that you have a divine plan for every sheep in
your fold
Thank you that we can access that plan if to you we
come
For such is the privilege of every child in the
kingdom
Thank you for your righteousness not only to us
imputed
But the impartation of the same also cannot be
disputed
We thank you for pointing us the way of the cross
We thank you for the paying of sin’s infinite cost
We thank you that daily you are removing all of the
dross
From sheep now found but once were lost
We thank you for the cleansing there is in Jesus’
blood
We thank you for transitioning us from being evil to
good
We thank you for a walk in righteousness in Jesus’
name
Empowered by your Holy Spirit with heaven as our aim
We thank you for being bigger than our biggest problem
No matter how big or how many you can solve them
We thank you that we can cast all of life’s cares on
you
Your word so instructs us and your word is true
Heavenly Father note in this prayer there was one
request
Help our unbelief was how it was expressed
You see Father we are oft overwhelmed with much fuss
When all you ask of us is that in you we trust
So Father this prayer simply expresses a change in our
attitude
As we lift our hearts to you in a prayer of gratitude
Thanking you for your abundant and magnanimous
blessing
For you always abundantly exceed our thinking and
asking
Today we offer up to you this prayer of thanksgiving
Cognizant that we who were once dead are now in you
living
Fully aware that those things for which we often pray
Are prepackaged by you each and every single day
So Heavenly Father accept in Jesus’ name this our
prayer
And help our unbelief when the tempter draws near
Remind us that he draws near but in us you reside
And as branches we will flourish once in the Vine we
abide
Stewart Russell © 2016
