Tag: Puritan Prayers
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A Prayer for the New Year
O Lord, Length of days does not profit me except the days that are passed in Your presence, in Your service, to Your glory. Give me a grace that precedes, follows, guides, sustains, sanctifies, aids every hour, that I may not be one moment apart from Thee, but may rely on Your Spirit to supply…
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Valley of Vision
Having spent the bulk of my years in ministry residing and serving in mountainous regions, this Puritan prayer, from which the Valley of Vision collection takes its title, has always carried deep meaning for me. For not only was it descriptive of my geographic and topographic surroundings, but even now that I am living a…
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Regeneration: A Puritan Prayer
O God of the highest heaven, occupy the throne of my heart, take full possession and reign supreme, lay low every rebel lust, let no vile passion resist thy holy war; manifest thy mighty power, and make me thine forever. Thou art worthy to be praised with my every breath, loved with my every faculty…
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The Awakened Sinner
O my forgetful soul, Awake from thy wandering dream; turn from chasing vanities, look inward, forward, upward, view thyself, reflect upon thyself, who and what thou art, why here, what thou must soon be. Thou art a creature of God, formed and furnished by him, lodged in a body like a shepherd in his tent;…
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Resurrection
O GOD OF MY EXODUS, Great was the joy of Israel’s sons when Egypt died upon the shore, Far greater the joy when the Redeemer’s foe lay crushed in the dust. Jesus strides forth as the victor, conqueror of death, hell, and all opposing might; He bursts the bands of death, tramples the powers of…
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Crucifixion & Resurrection
Here is a reflection, taken from Valley of Vision, for Good Friday: O Lord, I marvel that thou shouldst become incarnate, be crucified, dead, and buried. The sepulchre calls forth my adoring wonder, for it is empty and thou art risen; the four-fold gospel attests it, the living witnesses prove it, my heart’s experience knows…
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Help Me Follow the Savior
God of all grace, You have given me a Savior, produce in me a faith to live by him, to make him all my desire, all my hope, all my glory. May I enter him as my refuge, build on him as my foundation, walk in him as my way, follow him as my guide,…
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In the Valley
A beautiful song of prayer based on the title from Valley of Vision. The music and arrangement are by Sovereign Grace Music.
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Valley of Vision
My friend David Zavadil has begun posting the beautiful prayers from The Valley of Vision, a collection of Puritan prayers & devotions. Inspired by his example I want to do the same thing. I don’t plan to make this a regular practice, but one prayer, the one giving the title to the book, has…
