The book "Valley of Vision" is a collection of prayers and reflections on scripture that I have found to be of great blessing to my soul over the years. In today's post I want to share with you a prayer entitled "A Minister's Bible". Many of the prayers in "Valley of Vision" were anonymous, reflecting the humility and deep spiritual relationship the authors had with Jesus. May this piece be of blessing to you this Lord's day.
A Minister's Bible - Anonymous prayer
From the Book: "The Valley of Vision"
O God of a Truth
I thank thee for the holy Scriptures
their precepts, promises, directions, light
In them may I learn more of Christ,
be enabled to retain His truth
and have the grace to follow it.
Help me to lift up the gates of my soul that He may come in
and show me Himself when I search the Scriptures
For I have no lines to fathom its depths,
no wings to soar to its heights.
By His aid may I be enabled to explore all its truths,
love them with all my heart,
embrace them with all my power,
engraft them into my life.
Bless to my soul as grains of truth garnered from thy Word;
may they take deep root,
be refreshed by heavenly dew,
be ripened by heavenly rays
be harvested to my joy and thy praise.
Help me to gain profit by what I read,
as treasure beyond all treasure,
a fountain which can replenish my dry heart,
its waters flowing through me as a perennial river
on-drawn by the Holy Spirit.
Enable me to distill from its pages faithful prayer
that grasps the arm of thy omnipotence,
achieves wonders, obtains blessings,
and draws down streams of mercy.
From it show me how my words have often been unfaithful to thee,
injurious to my fellow-men, empty of grace, full of folly
dishonoring to my calling.
Then write thy own words upon my heart and inscribe them on my lips;
So shall all glory be to thee in my reading of thy Word!
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