Stir Up a Compelling Desire - Prayers of Our Predecessors (May 26)
And without faith it is impossible to please him... Hebrews 11:6 The Prayer: O ur Father, which art in Heaven, with praise on our lips and thanksgiving in our hearts we, Your children, worship You. From Your hand we have been fed; by Your bounty we have been clothed; and day and night under the shelter of Your love we have dwelt in safety. In the poverty of our service of You we have freely received all things. Forgive, we beseech of You, all our ingratitude. Cast away all remembrance of our sins, for with sorrow do we repent of them them before You. Stir up within a compelling desire to love You above all else, and to do in our living all Your will concerning us. Grant us Your Grace that in word and though and deed we may show that we have been with Christ and learned of Him. May, in some measure, Your Kingdom come through our living, and so Your Name be glorified. By the indwelling of the Holy Spirit make us fit for Your service in all our days here, and bring us in Your ...
