A Prayer to Glorify God

O God, I love to glorify You, and to praise Your Holy Name (Psalm 86:12).  Glorifying You makes Your presence more real to me.  I will bless You at all times, and Your praise shall continually be in my mouth (Psalm 34:1), for You are the King of all the earth (Psalm 47:7).  Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty.  For all that is in heaven and in the earth is Yours.  Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as the head over all (1 Chronicles 29:11).  Now therefore, my God, I thank You and praise Your glorious name (1 Chronicles 29:13), for You are good, and Your mercy endures forever (Psalm 107:1). 

In view of all the mercies of God, I make a decision to dedicate my body – presenting all my members and faculties – as a living sacrifice, consecrated and well pleasing to You, my God, which is my reasonable service and spiritual worship (Romans 12:1).  It is not in my own strength for it is You, Lord, who is all the while effectually at work in me – energizing and creating in me the power and desire, both to will and to work for Your good pleasure and satisfaction and delight (Philippians 2:13). 

Father, I will not draw back or shrink in fear, for then You would have no delight or pleasure in me (Hebrews 10:38).  I was bought at a very high price – purchased with preciousness and paid for – I was made Your very own.  So, I honor You, Lord, and will bring glory to You in my body (1 Corinthians 6:20).  I called on You in the day of trouble; You delivered me, and I shall therefore honor and glorify You (Psalm 50:15).  I rejoice because You delivered me and drew me to Yourself out of the control and dominion of darkness and transferred me into the kingdom of the Son of Your love (Colossians 1:13). 

As a bond servant of Jesus Christ, I receive and develop the talents which have been given me, for I long to have You say of me “well done, good and faithful servant” (Matthew 25:21).  May I make use of the gifts according to the grace given me (Romans 12:6).  May I let my light so shine before men that they may see my moral excellence and my praiseworthy, noble and good deeds, and recognize and honor and praise and glorify my Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16).  In the name of Jesus, I allow my life to lovingly express truth in all things – speaking truth, dealing in truth, living in truth (Ephesians 4:15).  Whatever I do – no matter what it is – in word or deed, I do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in dependence upon His person, giving praise to God the Father through Him (Colossians 3:17).  Whatever happens to be my task, I work at it heartily as something done for the Lord and not for men (Colossians 3:23). 

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life to me, my lips shall praise You, and I will bless and glorify You while I live.  I will lift up my hands in Your name.  As You satisfy my soul as with marrow and fatness, my mouth will praise You with joyful lips (Psalm 63:3-5).  Holy, holy, holy are You, Lord God Almighty, which always was, and is, and is to come (Revelation 4:8).  You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power and praise, for You have created all things, and for Your pleasure they are and were created (Revelation 4:11).  Power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise be to my God forever and ever (Revelation 5:12).  Amen.