Heavenly Father,
We ask You today for Your truth
As a belt tight around our waists.
We put on the zeal
To announce Your good news of peace
As shoes for our feet.
We put on Your righteousness, O Christ,
As our breastplate,
And the hope of salvation
As a helmet for our head.
Father, we take up faith as a shield
Which will put out all the fiery darts of the enemy.
We take up the sword of the Spirit,
Which is Your Word Itself, O Lord.
Father, may the love with which You have loved Jesus
Be in us, and may Jesus be within us always.
We ask You for the grace of a servant’s heart.
Amen.
