CHRIST ALONE

O GOD,

Thy main plan, and the end of thy will 

   is to make Christ glorious and beloved

     in heaven 

   where he is now ascended,

   where one day all the elect will behold his glory

   and love and glorify him for ever. 

. . . 

Thou has led me to place all my nature

     and happiness

   in oneness with Christ,

   in having heart and mind centered only on him,

   in being like him in communicating good to others;

This is my heaven on earth,

But I need the force, energy, impulses of thy Spirit

   to carry me on the way to my Jerusalem.

Here, it is my duty

   to be as Christ in this world,

   to do what he would do,

   to live as he would live,

   to walk in love and meekness;

   then would he be known,

   then would I have peace in death.

An abbreviated prayer from:

The Valley of Vision: Puritan Prayers and Devotions