Need of Grace

Posted : 23 May, 2012 12:14 PM

O Lord,



Thou knowest my great unfitness for service,



my present deadness,



my inability to do anything for thy glory,



my distressing coldness of heart.



I am weak, ignorant, unprofitable,



and loathe and abhor myself.



I am at a loss to know what thou wouldest



have me do,



for I feel amazingly deserted by thee,



and sense thy presence so little;



Thou makest me possess the sins of my youth,



and the dreadful sin of my nature,



so that I feel all sin,



I cannot think or act but every motion is sin.



Return again with showers of converting grace



to a poor gospel-abusing sinner.



Help my soul to breathe after holiness,



after a constant devotedness to thee,



after growth in grace more abundantly every day.



O Lord, I am lost in the pursuit of this blessedness,



And am ready to sink because I fall short



of my desire;



Help me to hold out a little longer,



until the happy hour of deliverance comes,



for I cannot lift my soul to thee



if thou of thy goodness bring me not nigh.



Help me to be diffident, watchful, tender,



lest I offend my blessed Friend



in thought and behaviour;



I confide in thee and lean upon thee,



and need thee at all times to assist and lead me.



O that all my distresses and apprehensions



might prove but Christ�s school



to make me fit for greater service



by teaching me the great lesson of humility.











By Valley of Vision

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