As the New Year Dawns || A Prayer

"Jesus, Redeemer and my One Inspirer,

Heat in my coldness, set my life aglow;

Break down my barriers; draw, yea, draw me nigher,

Thee would I know, whom it is life to know.

"Deepen me, rid me of the superficial,

From pale delusion set my spirit free;

All my interior being quick unravel;

Pluck forth each thread of insincerity.

"Thy vows are on me, O to serve Thee truly --

Love perfectly, in purity obey --

Burn, burn, O Fire; O Wind, now winnow throughly;

O Sword, awake against the flesh and slay.

"O that in me

Thou, my Lord, may see

Of the travail of Thy soul,

And be satisfied."

- Amy Carmichael

"Search me, O God, and know my heart:

try me and know my thoughts:

And see if there be any wicked way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting."

- Psalm 139:23-24