"Take My Life and Let It Be"

Let's take some time today for individual personal prayer, using the lyrics of this familiar hymn by Frances R Havergal ...

Take my life and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my moments and my days,
let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my hands and let them move
at the impulse of Thy love;
Take my feet and let them be
swift and beautiful for Thee.

Take my voice and let me sing
always, only, for my King;
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.

Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect and use
every power as Thou shalt choose.

Take my will and make it Thine,
it shall be no longer mine;
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal Throne.

Take my love, my Lord, I pour
at Thy feet its treasure-store;
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all, for Thee.

Hear our words, oh God, that they might be real and true and genuine. Holy Spirit, move within each of us today that we will desire to do and be all the things we have just prayed for ourselves. There is nothing more we would rather be than totally yours; so please take our hands, our feet, our voices, our possessions, our lives, hearts, thoughts and motives and use them, direct them, so that everything we say and do will be pleasing to You! Take our love, Lord, and multiply it so that it overflows onto everyone we meet today. In the precious name of Jesus ... Amen