Sculpt my character with the divine chisel of holiness God. Grant me eternal perspectives on present moments. May every breath be sanctified and every word beneficial to the hearer. Jesus, penetrate my soul’s darkness with Your light. You are the only One who can keep my heart in its entirety. For there are secret places there even I dare not delve too deeply into. But have Your way in me, Lord. Make ripe that which is undeveloped. Cleanse and renew all that is rotten within me. Make known to me the truest motivations for my actions. Where self-aggrandizement abounds, bring humility. Where insecurity threatens, bring faith. Where pessimism reigns, bring hope that only comes from trusting You and knowing Your providence firsthand. As faulty and misshapen as I am, my heart delights to know that the chisel of Your love will never cease to sculpt my character into Your likeness. Under the mighty Word set down in John 15:2-4 and the authority of Christ, I bow in prayer.

Every branch in Me that doesn’t bear fruit, He takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Remain in Me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in Me.
John 15:2-4, WEB