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A Prayer of Comfort with Respect to Sin and Unworthiness

A prayer from the Lutheran Treasury’s historical collection.

Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.

It matters not what kind of a person I am, for though I am a sinner, I know my Lord Jesus Christ is not, He is ever just and gracious. So I will confidently call and cry to Him, not considering other questions; for now is not the time to ask whether I be elected or not. This one thing I feel, that I need help, so I come and seek it in all humility. – Dear Lord God, the Canaanite woman was a Gentile; she could conclude, yea, could hardly help but conclude that she was not elected. If now she approaches Thee and does not permit such thoughts to prevent her prayer, I shall do the same and say: Lord, I come before Thee and am in need of one thing and another; whence else shall I obtain help but from Thee in heaven, through Thine Only Son, my Savior, Christ Jesus? Amen.