Lord,
I come today as part of Your New Creation.
I praise You for the newness into which You've ushered me -
new joy, because You've forgiven me;
new hope, because of Your promises to me; and
new love, because You first loved me.
But Lord, I am also very conscious of the finite limites of my flesh.
Though part of a New Creation,
I am also a creature of Adam's race.
Oftentime my spirit is willing but my flesh is weak.
And so I come to this day to receive Your inbreathing -
the inflow of the life-breath of Your Spirit.
You know how it was that You breathed into Adam long ago,
and the First Creation sprang to life.
Now, O Lord - O life-giving, Quickening Spirit -
breathe freshness and newness of life into me.
Let Your Spirit refresh me at my points of weariness,
and by Your Spirit strengthen me beyond my weakness.
In Jesus' name.
Amen.
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