deliver me

Last night at the opening time of worship for our Student Ministry's DNow Weekend, my friend Sara Beth sang the song "Lord, Deliver Me From Me." This convicting song, which Sara Beth wrote, is based on one of Mother Teresa's prayers. Here's the text of the original prayer:

Deliver me, O Jesus,

From the desire of being loved,

From the desire of being extolled,

From the desire of being honored,

From the desire of being praised,

From the desire of being preferred,

From the desire of being consulted,

From the desire of being approved,

From the desire of being popular,

From the fear of being humiliated,

From the fear of being despised,

From the fear of suffering rebukes,

From the fear of being calumniated,

From the fear of being forgotten,

From the fear of being wronged,

From the fear of being ridiculed,

From the fear of being suspected. 

Amen.