Lord God, You have appointed me as a Bishop and Pastor
in Your Church,
but you see how unsuited I am to meet so great and difficult a task.
If I had lacked Your help, I would have ruined everything long ago.
Therefore, I call upon You:
I wish to devote my mouth and my heart to you;
I shall teach the people.
I myself will learn and ponder diligently upon Your Word.
Use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me,
for if ever I should be on my own, I would easily wreck it all.
