From my book Short Prayers for Public Worship, a prayer consecrating our flawed commitment to God, bringing what we are and seeking help to become what we yet might be.
Sovereign God,
we do not serve you as faithfully as we’d like to,
we do not know you as fully as we want to,
and we do not love you as much as we should do,
but we long to live as your people
and to give you the commitment you deserve.
Take, then, the discipleship we offer,
flawed though it is,
and work within us by your grace to make us what you would have us become,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.