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Summary
- Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane, “not my will, but thine, be done” (Luke 22:42), is the model for prayers of obedience and submission to God.
- Ten short prayers cover a willing heart, costly or unwanted obedience, humility, waiting on God’s timing, decisions, daily faithfulness, service, trials and joy in God’s will.
- Mary (Luke 1:38), Samuel (1 Samuel 3:10) and Psalm 119:33–36 supply prayers of obedience in the Bible’s own words.
- Two collects from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, for the Fourth Sunday after Easter and the First Sunday after Trinity, ask God for grace to love and keep his commandments.
- Ten one-line prayer points and a bedtime prayer for a child are included.
- Submission to God does not mean passivity or accepting wrongdoing from people: the apostles said, “We ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29).
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (1 Samuel 3:10; 15:22; Psalm 40:8; 86:11; 119:33–36; 143:10; Proverbs 3:6; Isaiah 64:8; Matthew 7:21; Luke 1:38; 22:42; John 13:14; 14:15; Acts 5:29; Ephesians 2:8–10; Philippians 2:8; Colossians 3:20; Hebrews 5:8; James 1:22; 4:7). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. The Fourth Sunday after Easter, The Collect, p. 174; The First Sunday after Trinity, The Collect, pp. 188–189. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
