Prayer: A Covenant with God

I am no longer my own but yours,
Put me to what you will,
rank me with whom you will;
put me to doing,
put me to suffering;
let me be employed for you,
or laid aside for you,
exalted for you,
or brought low for you;
let me be full,
let me be empty,
let me have all things,
let me have nothing:
I freely and wholeheartedly yield all things
to your pleasure and disposal.

And now glorious and blessed God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
you are mine and I am yours.
May it be so forever.

Let this covenant now made on earth
be fulfilled in heaven. AMEN

— from the Methodist Annual Covenant Service, posted on the Methodist Church: Open to God website.  

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