Luther’s Morning Prayer I thank you, my heavenly father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger. Keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please you. Into your hands I...
“O gracious and holy Father, Give us wisdom to know you, Intelligence to understand you, Diligence to seek you, Patience to wait for you, Eyes to behold you, A heart to meditate upon you, And life to proclaim you; Through the power of the spirit of Jesus Christ our...
One of the greatest prayers ever written in the history of the church as printed in the Prayer Book of 1552. It is known as “The General Confession,” and in the Church of England it has been said twice a day at morning and night for most of its existence. Whole books...
A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS Our Father, we worship and love You; and it is one point of our worship that You are holy. Time was when we loved You for Your mercy; we knew no more; but now You have changed our hearts and made us in love with goodness, purity, justice, true...
Draw me today into fresh encounters with Jesus, O God. Make me a servant of love so that others may know how much You love them and I may know how much You love me. Let me not be afraid of new pastures, whether they be green or brown or parched. And as I pass through...
A MIGRANT’S MEDITATION and PRAYER Lord, someone left the cake out in the rain, And we don’t think that we can take it, ‘Cos it took so long to bake it, And we might never find the recipe again. Searching, Lord, in a strange land; Lead us forward by your hand. We...
