Lord I Give You My Hands

Lord Jesus,

I give you my hands to do your work,

I give you my feet to go your way,

I give you my eyes to see as you do.

I give you my tongue to speak your words,

I give you my mind that you may think in me,

I give you my spirit that you may pray in me.

Above all, I give you my heart that you may love in me, your

Father, and all mankind.

I give you my whole self that you may grow in me, so that it is you,

Lord Jesus, who live and work and pray in me.

I hand over to your care, Lord, my soul and body, my mind and

thoughts, my prayers and hopes, my health and work, my life and

my death, my parents and my family, my friends and my

neighbours, my country and all men. Today and always.

– from A Gift for Jesus, by Lancelot Andrewes (1648)