Better Than Life Itself

Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
    how I praise you!
I will praise you as long as I live,
    lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
You satisfy me more than the richest feast.
    I will praise you with songs of joy.

—Psalm 63:3-5 (NLT)

Loving and Faithful LORD,

For as long as I live, let me praise You!  Let me lift my hands to You in prayer!  Let me praise you forever with songs of joy!

Let me praise You!  Your unfailing love is better than life itself—for what is life without Your love? 

Let me praise You!  With my hands lifted up and my palms open wide in prayer to You, let me offer all that I am to You!  And make me ready, open and willing to receive from You all that You have for me, today.

Let me joyfully sing praise songs to You!  Grant that I would find my contentment in Your Presence here with me!  And let my soul be satisfied in my experience of the rich feast of Your loving faithfulness, which You set before me daily—knowing that my every need is met in You!

For as long as I live, let me praise You!  Let me lift my hands to You in prayer!  Let me praise you forever with songs of joy!

In the name of Jesus, Amen.