LONGINGS FOR 2026

(At Bent Tree Bible Fellowship the last Sunday of 2025, the message ended with a corporate prayer of commitment similar to this one --I modified it some to include some of my own longings for the days to come).

Holy Spirit, I adore you. I need you desperately in this next year.

Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me what I should do; speak the Father's words into my heart. Let me hear them deeply. I commit myself to submission to all that you desire of me, and to acceptance of all that you permit to happen to me. Let me only know and do your will.

I freely and heartily yield all things to You--for Your pleasure or disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I belong to You. And You are my Life. And the covenant that I have made with You here on earth, let it be ratified in heaven.

Put me to the Kingdom tasks you want for me. Put me with the influences that will challenge me to stay faithful to you. Let me be set apart for your hands only--whether I am exalted for your purposes or brought low for your purposes. Let me glorify you whether in fullness, or in emptiness, having all things, or having nothing.

In 2026, let me love more, share more, risk more, and enjoy walking in tandem with you, whose yoke is easy and whose burden is light.
In the precious, glorious, matchless name of Jesus the Christ! Amen!