Prayer LXXXII

O Lord, Love eternal. Truth immovable. Power unwearied. Our Father which art in Heaven, draw our hearts to Thyself, we beseech Thee, and grant that we may each of us now feel that we are indeed speaking to One that hears, pities, and will help. Surely we need Thy help, and great and infinite as Thou art Thou art not more than we require for our hearts’ peace, for our lives’ nobleness and serenity.

O Lord, may each of us desire, and desiring possess, God. Whatever else life may bring us or take from us, may it bring us that which nothing but ourselves can rob us of, the eager consciousness of Thy present help, and of Thy all-sufficiency. Be near us now, we beseech Thee; bless us in our worship this evening; guide the heart and thoughts of the speaker and of the hearers; and may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be made very real, and very precious to each of us by reason of this service. Hear us, O Lord, in our petitions; grant us Thy presence as we worship here, and accept us, in Christ our Lord.