Have Mercy upon my Life.

 Amen. This is the foundational prayer of the humble heart—the raw and honest cry for the one thing we truly need and cannot live without: the mercy of God.

Here is a prayerful response.

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Have Mercy Upon My Life

Have mercy upon my life, O God,

Not for my merit,not for my flawed

And fickle efforts to be clean,

But for Your character,kind and serene.

Have mercy on the path I've walked,

On careless words and faith that balked.

On prideful thoughts I entertained,

On love for self that I've maintained.

Have mercy on the wasted years,

The silent,hidden, falling tears.

On opportunities I missed,

On relationships I've dismissed.

Have mercy on my secret heart,

On every self-constructed part

That tries to hide what You can see—

The deepest,truest, failing me.

I do not ask for justice now,

For at its gaze,I'd only bow

In shame.I ask for mercy's rain,

To wash away the guilty stain.

Let mercy be the air I breathe,

The truth in which my soul is wreathed.

Let mercy be my waking thought,

The great redemption I was bought.

Have mercy upon my life, I pray,

And lead me in Your perfect way.

A way not earned,but freely given,

A glimpse of true,forgiving heaven.

"Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."

— Hebrews 4:16