O Lord,
You call me to holiness,
not only in worship, not only in sacrifice,
but in the most hidden, intimate parts of life.
You speak of boundaries,
of what is forbidden,
of what defiles the body and the land.
And I realize
my desires are not mine to rule,
my body is not mine to own,
my life is not mine to spend as I please.
It all belongs to You.
I confess, Father, that I wrestle with this.
The world tells me that love has no limits,
that desire defines me,
that what I do in secret is mine alone.
But Your Word confronts me
not every desire is holy,
not every path is good,
not every impulse leads to life.
Forgive me when I blur Your boundaries.
Forgive me when I let the culture teach me more than You do.
Yet even here, Your mercy speaks.
You do not forbid because You are cruel,
but because You are kind.
You guard me from ruin.
You protect me from shame.
You set limits not to rob me of joy,
but to preserve it in holiness.
And in Christ, You cleanse even the secret places of my heart,
renewing desires that honor You.
So here I am, Lord.
Set my body apart as Yours.
Set my desires apart as Yours.
Let my heart burn with holy love,
not selfish lust.
Teach me to see intimacy as sacred,
to walk in purity when temptation whispers,
and to honor You in all things
seen and unseen.
Amen.