O Thou who has so graciously called me to be your servant, I would hold myself in readiness today for your least word of command. Give me the spirit, I pray, to keep myself in continual training for the punctual fulfillment of your most holy will.

Let me keep the edges of my mind keen
Let me keep my thinking straight and true
Let me keep my passions in control
Let me keep my will active
Let me keep my body fit and healthy
Let me remember Him whose food it was to do the will of Him who sent him

May it be so, Lord Jesus
Into your hands we commit ourselves.
In Christ’s name,
Amen

- from A Diary of Private Prayers by John Baillie