Here is a beautiful prayer for you to use to prepare your heart for the Lord’s Day. It is from the book, Valley of Vision.
My God,
I feel it is heaven to please thee, and to be what though wouldst me to be.
O that I were holy as thou art holy
Pure as Christ is pure,
Perfect as thy Spirit is perfect!
These, I feel, are best commands in thy Book,
and shall I break them? Must I break them?
am I under such a necessity as long as I live here?
Woe, woe is me that I am a sinner,
that I grieve this blessed God,
who is infinite in good and grace!
O, if he would punish me for my sins,
it would not wound my heart so deep to offend him;
But though I sin continually, he continually repeats his kindness to me.
At times I feel I could bear any suffering,
but how can I dishonor this glorious God?
What shall I do to glorify and worship this best of beings?
O that I could consecrate my soul and body to his service,
without restraint, forever!
O that I could give myself up to him,
So as never more to attempt to be my own!
or have any will or affections that are not perfectly conformed to his will and his love!
But, alas, I cannot love and not sin.
O may angels glorify him incessantly,
and, if possible, prostrate themselves lower before the blessed King of Heaven!
I long to bear a part with them in ceaseless praise;
But when I have done all I can to eternity I shall not be able to offer more than
a small fraction of homage that the glorious God deserves.
Give me a heart full of divine, heavenly love.
In the name of Jesus, Amen!
Great prayer, brothers. Use it to prepare your heart for worship. – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s KESWICK
Digging Deeper: Proverbs 31; Jeremiah 22-23; Titus 1
Determined Digging: Level 1: John 8:31-32; Level 2: Isaiah 40:28-31
Determined Praying: Effective prayer is a quartet – the Father, the Son, the Spirit and the Christian. John Blanchard
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