Only You Can Lift Me Up

Dear Lord,

As I continue to deny my flesh by filling up my hunger spiritually instead of sexually, I am made more and more aware of how much I need You. I can't possibly do anything apart from You. You are my source of strength, my portion, the lifter of my head.

I come before You in reverent submission, deeply aware that any purity I experience is not my own but enabled only by Your grace.

O Lord Jesus, receive the glory that is due Your Name. Receive my praise! I can only feel whole when I sense that You accept my worship; when I sense that You are pleased with this small sacrifice of praise that comes from my eternally grateful and humbled heart.