May this become our prayer in the twenty-first century.

Action Step: Print this prayer and put it up somewhere where you can see it daily.
Then send a copy to a political prisoner (PatriotMailProject.com) and pray for them by name.

PRAYER OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

Disturb us, Lord:

When we are too well pleased with ourselves;

When our dreams have come true because we dreamed too little;
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us, Lord:
When with the abundance of things we possess, we have lost our thirst
for the waters of life;
When, having fallen in love with life, we have ceased to dream of eternity;
When, in our efforts to build a new earth, we have allowed our vision
of the new Heaven to dim.

Disturb us, Lord:
To dare more boldly;
To venture on wilder seas where storms will show Your mastery;
Where losing sight of land, we shall find the stars.

We ask You to push back the horizons of our hopes, and to push into the future
in strength, courage, hope, and love.

This we ask in the Name of our Captain,
who is Jesus Christ.

Sir Francis Drake - 1577