Teach me to live by prayer as well as by providence,
for myself, soul, body, children, family, church.
Give me a heart frameable to Your will,
so I might live in prayer,
and honor You,
being kept from evil, known and unknown.
Help me to see the sin that accompanies all I do,
and the good I can distill from everything.
Help me not only to desire small things
but with holy boldness to desire great things
for Your people, for myself,
that they and I might live to show Your glory.
- from Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions
, adaptedHat Tip: O God of the Open Ear : Kingdom People
that's beautiful
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