A Prayer of Self-Dedication

Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to you, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated to you; and then use us, we pray, as you will, and always to your glory and the welfare of your people; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 668

Provenance

Temple, 1979 BCP

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A short, much-loved prayer asking God to take over the heart, mind, imagination, and will completely, traditionally credited to William Temple, the wartime Archbishop of Canterbury, and carried from the 1979 American prayer book into the ACNA's 2019 Book of Common Prayer.

Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to you, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated to you; and then use us, we pray, as you will, and always to your glory and the welfare of your people; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 668

Provenance

Temple, 1979 BCP

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A short, much-loved prayer asking God to take over the heart, mind, imagination, and will completely, traditionally credited to William Temple, the wartime Archbishop of Canterbury, and carried from the 1979 American prayer book into the ACNA's 2019 Book of Common Prayer.