Prayer XCVI

O Lord! we thank Thee that we do know Thee as measureless might, that all that might is wielded by changeless love. We beseech Thee to help us ever to think of Thee as our chief good. May no dread that enslaves and separates cloud our minds and close our hearts when we think of God. May we enter into the blessedness of that great word, that Thou lovest each of us. And do Thou help us day by day, in all our daily duties, to keep ourselves in the love of God.

Help us, too, to this end, as we are gathered here now; and grant, we beseech Thee, the outpouring of Thy divine Spirit on this gathered people, hearers and speaker, that the word of the Lord may have free course and be glorified in us. Draw us near to Thyself in worship; help us to bring all our burdens, our cares, our circumstances, to Thee; and do Thou bless us gathered in Thy Name, and help us to use the outward forms of worship as means by which we may each for himself and for herself enter into the secret place of the Most High, and worship in the sanctuary there.

We pray Thee to hear us, to grant us Thy blessing; forgiving, upholding, inspiring, and guiding; through Jesus Christ our Saviour-Lord.