Two Prayers

Excerpted from "Every Day I Pray" by Iyanla Vanzant with permission of the publisher Simon and Schuster.

Please Untie the Nots

Dear God:
Please untie the nots that are invading my mind, my heart, and my life.
Please remove the have nots, the can nots, and the do nots that invade my mind.
Please erase the will nots, may nots, might nots that invade my heart.
Please release me from the could nots, would nots and should nots that invade my life.
Most of all, dear God, I ask that you remove from my mind, my heart, and my life all of the am nots that I have allowed to hold me back.
Please erase from my mind the thought that I am not good enough.
Please remove from my heart that I am not loved enough.
Please untie from my life everything that I clutch that supports the belief that I am not enough.
Today, dear God, I come to you humbly and reverently asking that you untie, eliminate, and erase all of the nots that have invaded every aspect of my life.
For your mercy and your grace, I am so grateful.
Let these words take on the presence of the Holy Spirit to become living conditions in my life.
And So It Is!

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