"O LORD my God, I kneel before you in humble adoration as I set out to face the tasks and interests of another day...
Read More“I CALL upon you, O Lord: come quickly to me; give me ear to my voice when I call to you. Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
Read MoreWhen Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers” (Gen. 9:24-25).
Read MoreTo Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the LORD (Gen. 4:26).
Read MoreCain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me” (Gen. 4:13-14).
Read MoreHere is another wonderful pray from Baillie to begin the New Year: “ALMIGHTY God, in your infinite wisdom you have set my life within the narrow bounds of time and circumstance; so let me now go out into the world with a brave and trusting heart. It has pleased you to hold back from me a knowledge of everything; therefore give me the grace of faith so that I may grasp what I cannot see. You have given me little power to shape things to my own desires; therefore use your own great power to make what you desire happen within me. It is your will that through hard work and suffering I should walk the upward road; so be my fellow traveler as I go.
Read MoreHere is another excellent evening prayer to bring this week (and year) to a close: “O CREATOR of all things, I lift up my heart in gratitude to you for the happiness I have found today:
Read MoreHe who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! (Rev. 22:20)
Read MoreHe who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! (Rev. 22:20) As the last prayer of Revelation and the entire Bible, it expresses our deepest longing. The answer to this prayer is the only thing that will satisfy all our desires and make everything right. Is that true for you? Does this express your deepest longing?
Read MoreThe last prayer in the Book of Revelation and, therefore, the whole Bible is, “Come, Lord Jesus!” This prayer of John’s was in response to Christ’s promise: “Surely I am coming soon.” This shows in a simple but powerful way an important principle of prayer: prayer is, as we learned in our children’s catechism, “...asking him for the things he has promised in the Bible” (First Catechism, #109).
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