Dear Jesus, Help Me So To Follow You

Back to series
By C.S. Lewis Institute on March 1, 2021 , ,

Prompts to Help You Pray

Learn more in our Dawn Treader Magazine

This month, we are first going to be reading a poem that makes a very valid point for followers of Christ today, and then a prayer version based upon it. Discuss the poem as a family, applying it to yourselves, and then say the prayer together in your usual devotions.

Were the whole world good
as you — not an atom better —
Were it just as pure and true,
Just as pure and true as you;
Just as strong in faith and works;
Just as free from crafty quirks;
All extortion, all deceit;
Schemes its neighbors to defeat;
Schemes its neighbors to defraud;
Schemes some culprit to applaud—
Would this world be better?

If the whole world followed
you — followed to the letter —
Would it be a nobler world,
All deceit and falsehood hurled
From it altogether;
Malice, selfishness and lust,
Banished from beneath the crust,
Covering human hearts from view —
Tell me, if it followed you,
Would the world be better?

Anonymous

 

PRAYER

Dear Jesus,

Help me so to follow You — follow to the letter,
To be always pure and true,
In every way to be like You;
To obey Your each command,
Let You guide me with your hand;
Filled with faith and hope and love;
With your Spirit from above;
In every way, in all I do,
Trying to win new hearts to You;
For if the whole world followed You —
Your world would be better.

Amen

For more Prayer Prompts for families, please click here.

C.S. Lewis Institute

Author

C.S. Lewis Institute, in the legacy of C.S. Lewis, works to develop wholehearted disciples of Jesus Christ who will articulate, defend, share, and live their faith in personal and public life. Founded in 1976 by Dr. James Houston and James R. Hiskey, the Institute provides leading teachers who address important issues of the day from the perspective of Biblical orthodoxy, while also providing discipleship for individuals in small groups.

 

COPYRIGHT: This publication is published by C.S. Lewis Institute; 8001 Braddock Road, Suite 301; Springfield, VA 22151. Portions of the publication may be reproduced for noncommercial, local church or ministry use without prior permission. Electronic copies of the PDF files may be duplicated and transmitted via e-mail for personal and church use. Articles may not be modified without prior written permission of the Institute. For questions, contact the Institute: 703.914.5602 or email us.

, , ,

Full details Get Directions

Print your tickets