Lord, hear our prayer:

Lord, you have made us for freedom and responsibility. But we allow ourselves to be controlled by other people’s ideas and opinions. So often our lives are governed by our wants and not by our necessities. We allow decisions to be made for us. The world is governed by impersonal forces and unfeeling, unthinking machines control our lives. We allow life simply to drift by. Father, give us strength, courage and determination to stand for what we know is real, true and of you. Enable us to live boldly, daring to love and be loved, knowing that we are, by faith, your sons and daughters, cleansed and renewed by Christ.

Amen.

Some minor adaptation on some prayers.
David Clowes, 500 Prayers For All Occasions © 2003 by David C Cook Publishing
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