Jonathan Edwards’ Daily Consecration (Modified)

Oh Father, please help me claim no rights to myself . . . no right to my understanding; my will; my affections; my body or its members; my tongue; my hands; my feet; my ears; my eyes; or my sexual members and desires. They are all Yours and belong to You. You bought me with Your dear Son’s blood. You own all of me Oh God! Use me as You please for Your glory.

Help me give myself clear away to You today and not retain anything of my own. I give myself wholly to You. I give You every power, and I claim no right to myself in any respect. Help me take You as my whole portion and delight, looking upon nothing else as any part of my happiness. May Your law be the constant rule of my obedience.

Help me fight with all my might against the world, the flesh, and the devil to the end of my life. Cause me to adhere to the faith of the Gospel, however hazardous and difficult the profession and practice of it may be.

Please grant me Your Holy Spirit as my Teacher, Sanctifier, and only Comforter. Cause me to cherish all admonitions to enlighten, purify, confirm, comfort, and assist me.

Help me not to act in any respect as my own. Keep me from using any of my powers to do anything that is not for Your glory. Please make Your glory the whole and entire business of my life.

Please keep me from murmuring in the least at any affliction; from being unkind in any way; from ever seeking revenge; from doing anything purely to please myself; from failing to do anything because it is a great self-denial; from trusting in myself; from accepting praise for any good which Christ does in or by me; and from being proud in any way.

Please hear my prayer and answer for Jesus’ sake! Amen!