Week 1 Tuesday Morning Prayer

O LORD our God, we come to Thee this morning as children to a father, able and willing to help us. Do Thou enable us to come in an acceptable manner through Jesus Christ our Saviour, and teach us by Thy Spirit how we should pray to Thee aright.

We acknowledge that it is in Thee we live and move and have our being, and that we are indebted to Thee for every good thing. We thank Thee for the mercies of the past night; the quiet and peaceful rest we have enjoyed; the protection granted us from danger, accident, disease, and death. We bless Thee for the favors of the morning, the light of another day, the health of our bodies, the renewed vigor and energy of our minds, the food of which we have partaken, and the riches of domestic happiness.

We praise Thee for the numerous privileges, both temporal and spiritual, bestowed on us in this favored land, the civil liberty possessed by all classes, freedom to worship God according to our conscience, just and wise laws, able and upright rulers, abundance of peace enabling us to dwell undisturbed in quiet habitations, the benefits of education and knowledge; and, above all, the blessing of a pure gospel, that everlasting life is proclaimed to us in Thy word, and by Thy ministers, through faith in a crucified Saviour. Although we have many troubles, yet must we thankfully acknowledge that the lines have fallen to us in pleasant places, and we have a goodly heritage.

We are not worthy, O Lord, of the least of these mercies. We are sinful creatures, and our sins are very many and very great. We are by nature dead in trespasses and sins, and children of wrath as others. Instead of Thy favor we justly deserve Thy displeasure. But Thou art full of mercy: Thou dost not delight in the death of a sinner. Thou hast so loved us as to give Thine only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him might not perish. We praise Thee that He bore our sins and carried our sorrows; that He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities; and that He is able to save to the uttermost all that come to God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. And now, O Lord, for His sake have mercy upon us. We pray for pardon because we need it so much; our iniquity is so very great. We trust we shall be forgiven through the merits of our Lord, and sprinkled with that blood that cleanseth from all sin.

Be pleased, also, O Lord, to sanctify us by Thy Spirit. We are corrupt as well as guilty. We are prone to do evil; when we would do good, evil is present with us. Oh, deliver us from this bondage of corruption. Purge us with hyssop, and we shall be clean; wash us and we shall be whiter than snow. Mortify our flesh, with its affections and lusts. And, specially, this day watch over us, and deliver us from temptation.

Lord, preserve us from covetousness, which is idolatry. May we lift our affections from things below, and set them on things above. May we count it more blessed to give than to receive. Give us our daily bread, and make us content with such things as we have. Set a watch before our mouths; keep the door of our lips. Incline not our heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity. Preserve us from rioting and drunkenness, and being in any other way partakers of other men's sins. Keep us pure from slander, and malice, and fleshly lusts, that war against the soul. May Satan this day in no way triumph over us; but, blessed Lord, make Thy grace sufficient for us, and perfect Thy strength in our weakness; so shall we be glad and rejoice before Thee all the day long.

All other things we stand in need of we humbly beg in the name of the Lord Jesus, to whom, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, we ascribe the kingdom, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.