[Faith-talk] Sharing a prayer

[Poppa Bear]

Hello friends of faith, I am sharing something that has been part of my daily devotions for some years. It is a devotion from a collection of prayers that are contained in a book titled, "The Valley of Vision". These prayers/devotions have impacted my life in a deep and meaningful way. I have been encouraged by Brother Paul's consistent sharing with his daily stories so I hope I can help to complement his daily Jewells by trying to share a daily prayer from this small collection. 

      Confession and Petition  

Holy Lord, I have sinned times without number, and been guilty of pride and   unbelief, of failure to find Thy mind in Thy Word, of neglect to seek Thee in   my daily life. My transgressions and short-comings present me with a list of   accusations, but I bless Thee that they will not stand against me, for all   have been laid on Christ. Go on to subdue my corruptions, and grant me grace   to live above them. Let not the passions of the flesh nor lustings of the mind   bring my spirit into subjection, but do Thou rule over me in liberty and   power.   I thank Thee that many of my prayers have been refused. I have asked amiss and   do not have, I have prayed from lusts and been rejected, I have longed for   Egypt and been given a wilderness. Go on with Thy patient work, answering 'no'   to my wrongful prayers, and fitting me to accept it. Purge me from every false   desire, every base aspiration, everything contrary to Thy rule. I thank Thee   for Thy wisdom and Thy love, for all the acts of discipline to which I am   subject, for sometimes putting me into the furnace to refine my gold and   remove my dross.   No trial is so hard to bear as a sense of sin. If Thou shouldst give me choice   to live in pleasure and keep my sins, or to have them burnt away with trial,   give me sanctified affliction. Deliver me from every evil habit, every   accretion of former sins, everything that dims the brightness of Thy grace in   me, everything that prevents me taking delight in Thee. Then I shall bless   Thee, God of jeshurun, for helping me to be upright.

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