A prayer for freedom

Sometimes following Jesus is tough-at times it may seem unbearably difficult. You may find yourself assailed by defeat, doubt, sin, lost dreams and hopes or your own weaknesses. You may feel so frail and helpless and confused that it would just be easier to give up, believe the lies and run away. 

When the Cross presented itself to the disciples that's exactly what happened. 

They had been sleeping in the garden while Jesus prayed and sweated droplets of blood of their behalf. They had tried to survive by trying to follow-by doing their best to do the things he said. Our own efforts will always end in disappointment.  They all left him. A few stayed a while at a distance but none came with him to the Cross. All their talk did not prepare them to be people who could take a nail with him. 

It should have all ended for them there. 

But he bore their transgressions.

He did what they couldn't

He did it and when he did it was done. Finished.

We are all people who fail. 

We all need to see grace

Maybe you need a prayer. 

Recently, I was introduced to a prayer written by John Eldredge. It is one of those prayers that can save your life. He suggests we pray it every day. 

Perhaps, pray it once and see.

It is called a daily prayer for freedom.