This is a hymn adapted from a Valley of Vision prayer “Living By Prayer” and is an honest look at the struggle of prayer. We would do well to spend more time asking God to prepare us for prayer, Bible study, and worship rather than simply ploughing through them as a discipline, that God might “grant a yielded heart” that we might find “rest from inner strife as longings are fulfilled.”
Lyrics
O Father of the open ear,
Come grant a yielded heart
That You might, through a life of prayer,
Your peace and love impart.
Tear down the rule of selfish lust
Which often drives my prayer
That I may to Your love entrust
My every need and care.
And when I try to force Your hand
My every wish to bring,
Convict me that I dare command
The true and loving King.
Compel me to with boldness plead
For things both great and small-
Not only for my every need
But for the good of all.
Remind me that a praying life
Is bending to Your will
And finding rest from inner strife
As longings are fulfilled.
Come grant a yielded heart
That You might, through a life of prayer,
Your peace and love impart.
Tear down the rule of selfish lust
Which often drives my prayer
That I may to Your love entrust
My every need and care.
And when I try to force Your hand
My every wish to bring,
Convict me that I dare command
The true and loving King.
Compel me to with boldness plead
For things both great and small-
Not only for my every need
But for the good of all.
Remind me that a praying life
Is bending to Your will
And finding rest from inner strife
As longings are fulfilled.
Text: David L. Ward, © 2013 Hymnicity
Based on the Valley of Vision prayer "Living by Prayer"
Tune: St. COLUMBA ("The King of Love My Shepherd Is")
Based on the Valley of Vision prayer "Living by Prayer"
Tune: St. COLUMBA ("The King of Love My Shepherd Is")
CCLI Song #7007011