Please Keep Us And Take Dominion Over Us

We are praying earnestly to you, Father.

First, we know that our minds and bodies
must become sacrifices
like the gold, frankincense and myrrh
given by the wise men from the east.

We know that it will not do
unless we become sacrifices.

Please allow us
to offer our minds and bodies.
Beloved Father,
we earnestly hope and desire
that you will not allow us
to become abominations before the altar.

The more that we understand
what you have chosen as your purpose
of goodness and righteousness,
and the more we think about your having
once again sought out our unworthy selves,
we cannot help but be contrite
about our insufficiency in relation to you.

We have let go of all our rituals,
concepts and insistence on ideology,
and since we have bowed down before you,
Father,
please help us.

Father!
Please take responsibility
for everything.

Please receive
our minds and bodies completely
and take dominion over them,
and please allow us
to become people who are able
to embrace the history
of six thousand years
and comfort your anguished heart.

Beloved Father,
we earnestly hope and desire
that we will be able to unite,
and as a unified sacrifice
be able to bow before you in joy
together with the many saints,
and that you, the living God,
will take dominion over the entirety
of our minds and bodies.

Father!
Please take pity on this people.
We know that you have toiled
through the long course of history
in order to be able to love this people.

We know that when you chose us,
in order to reveal your will
you had toiled in ways known to none.

We know that the enmity of this people
has penetrated into heaven,
and we know that the enmity
of all humankind on the earth
has also penetrated heaven.

Since we know
that heaven is lamenting
because there is no one
to become a sacrifice
representing the anguish
of heaven and earth,

please allow us
to become sons and daughters
who entreat you to resolve
in your stead the enmity
penetrating the entire universe today.

We earnestly hope and desire,
Father,
that you will allow us
to become sons and daughters
who will come forward
and fight Satan in your stead.

Please allow us to be able
to sing your blessings
unified around your one will
by bringing our minds and bodies
into harmony.

And we earnestly hope and desire
that you will allow us
to be able to bow before you in gratitude
for your blessing of liberation.

We have humbly prayed
in the name of the Lord. Amen.