Word of Encouragement (04/11/2022)

Here is another prayer of John Baillie’s to begin our week and set the tone for the rest of the week:

“ALMIGHTY and eternal God,

You are hidden from my sight;

You are beyond the understanding of my mind;

Your thoughts are not like my thoughts,

Your ways are past finding out.

“Yet you have breathed your Spirit into my spirit;

You have formed my mind to seek you;

You have turned by heart to love you;

You have made me restless for the rest that can be found in you;

You have planted within me a hunger and a thirst that make me long for the eternal satisfaction of heaven.

“O Lord, I praise your name because you have imprinted a seal on my inner being, not leaving me to my own poor and petty ways, or to be ruled by my passions and desires, but calling me to be an heir to your eternal kingdom! Bless you, Lord, for knocking on my heart’s door and reminding me of your presence. Bless you, Lord, for your hand upon my life and for the sure knowledge that however I may falter and fail, your everlasting arms are always underneath me.

“O Lord, you alone know what lies before me today; grant that in every hour I may stay close to you. Let me be in the world, but not of it. Let me use this world without abusing it. If I buy, let me be as though I have nothing. If I have nothing, let me be as though I have everything. Do not let me embark on anything today that is not in line with your will for my life, nor shrink from any sacrifice that your will demands. Suggest, direct, and guide every movement of my mind; for my Lord Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.”

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