"This Undershepherd's Prayer of Thanks
Father, I want to thank You for the flock over which You've given me charge.
I ask you to continually pour upon them a spirit of worship that flows from Your throne and makes possible an ever-increasing sensitivity to Your Spirit.
I praise You for Your strong hand that sustains them during evil days, and Your sure hand that leads them when there is no other way.
Father, I ask You to bless them with an overflow of Your peace, and release through them a dynamic of Your life and love that fulfills a command of Yours for us that we go into all the world and preach the Gospel.
I thank You daily for the sheep which are Yours that You've let me call mine. Settle upon them with a freshness of Your spirit that gives rise to a purity and confidence that You're truly the Master Shepherd.
Beautify them through worship... keep them, by Your hand, from falling... Purify them through Your blood.
May they truly be sheep... sheep that must be led to you.
In the Name of Jesus, the Shepherd.
Amen,
Ron Mehl"