This week I've been reading a new book by J.D. Greear called "Gospel: Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary". It is all about the centrality of the Gospel to our salvation, thinking and living. Greear spends a great deal of the book exploring a powerful prayer he calls the Gospel Prayer. It is a prayer he prays daily to remind himself of the amazing reality of God's love for him and that it alone can empower him for spiritual growth and Christlikeness. It is not a mantra or prosperity prayer. Rather, it is a payer to God that refocuses our heart and mind on what God has already done for us, who God has made us and how we have power to extend love and grace to others as well. I have begun to pray the Gospel Prayer often and found it helpful. Here's the prayer. I hope it is a blessing to you.
"In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make you love me more, and nothing I have done that makes you love me less."
"Your presence and approval are all I need for everlasting joy."
As You have been to me, so I will be to others."
"As I pray, I'll measure Your compassion by the cross and Your power by the resurrection."
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