Morning prayer · 4 September

My very own God

A small child reaches up to take hold of one enormous gentle hand, looking up with total trust, nothing else on the page, with the words “my very own god” lettered by hand.

God, take away everything that might stop us from delighting in you. Let us come to you today with the highest joy, and speak of you as “God, my overflowing joy; yes, my very own God.” God, help us feel that you’re truly ours. Let us come near to you with no doubts, and with nothing at all to spoil the beautiful simplicity of a childlike faith that looks up into the great face of God and says, “Our Father in heaven.” Amen.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

Psalm 43:4 (BSB)

Adapted from Charles Spurgeon, Spurgeon's Prayers (1905), in plain words. The verse is from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Drawing: Mutter.