Mortification Prayers

"Lord, this [family, ministry, work etc] is a good thing, why have I made it to be so absolute? Why do I feel so pointless with out it? What is this compared to you? If I have you, I don't have to have this! This cannot bless me and love me and help me be like you! This is not my life- Jesus is my life! This is not my righteousness and worthiness. It cannot give me that. But you can and have!

"Lord, why am I giving this so much power over me? If I keep doing it, it will strangle me. I don't have to do so- I will not do so any longer. I will not let this jerk me around on a leash any longer. This will not be my Master- you are my only King.

"Lord, I see how repulsive this idol [is]. [I see] this idol for what it is- an idol. In yearning after this, I was trampling on your love for me. I realize now that the greatest sin in my life is a lack of thankfulness, a lack of grateful joy for what you have done for me."

Timothy Keller