1.我先祈求真光，使我认明正路；
健步如飞乐奔天程，迈向永恒国度。
2.我再祈求力量，使我坚毅刚强；
百折不挠勇往直前，必达安乐之乡。
3.恳求增我信心，一生惟主是赖；
长居救主平安之中，仇敌无法侵害。
4.更求增我爱心，爱神爱人不懈；
虽然神旨一时难明，凭爱终能理解。
5.真光力量信心，恩赐的门常启！
主正等待耐心听允，祈祷切莫迟疑。
1
At first I prayed for light:
Could I but see the way,
How gladly, swiftly would I walk
To everlasting day!
2
And next I prayed for strength:
That I might tread the road
With firm, unfaltering feet, and win
The heaven’s serene abode.
3
And then I asked for faith:
Could I but trust my God,
I’d live infolded in His peace,
Though foes were all abroad.
4
But now I pray for love:
Deep love to God and man;
A living love that will not fail,
However dark His plan.
5
And light and strength and faith
Are opening everywhere!
God waited patiently until
I prayed the larger prayer.
