Prayer XI

Gladly, O Lord, would we come to Thee, as homeless wanderers to our home; and we bless Thee that unto all generations Thou hast been, and wilt be, their habitation and their strength. May we each enter in now, by lowly faith, by longing and love, by obedience and submission; and may we feel that we are indeed temples, and together for this hour a temple of the living God.

We beseech Thee to regard us in our meeting this morning, and as Thou hast opened Thy heart and Thine ear, ere we did cry, and opened Thine hand to bestow, what we have to ask Thee for most is that Thou wouldst help us to take the things that are freely given to us, without our desiring them, of God.

Look down on us, we beseech Thee; draw us to Thyself, and help us with purged eyes to see the unseen things and to lose sight of the things temporal, if they would interfere with our vision and possession of the things eternal.

Hear us now, mercifully accept, and answer us, through our Saviour Jesus Christ.