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prayer of devotion

posted by adam on 11.28.2006 at 8:56 am

“Oh! divine Redeemer, out of whose inexhaustible fullness I would daily draw a rich supply of grace into my needy soul, be pleased to impart unto me an undivided heart; that to please You, may be my greatest happiness, and to promote Your glory my highest honor. Preserve me from false motives, from a double mind, and a divided heart. Keep me entirely to Yourself, and enable me to crucify every lust, which would tempt my heart from You. Enable me by Your grace to walk in one uniform path of holy, childlike obedience. When tempted to turn aside to the right hand or to the left, may I keep steadily Your way, until brought before Your throne, I see Your face, behold Your smile, and fall in ecstasy at Your feet, lost in wonder, love, and praise,” (Thomas Reade, “On the Blessedness of a New Heart”).

posted by adam on 11.28.2006 at 8:56 am

3 responses to “prayer of devotion”

I know it’s strange for me to be commenting on my own post, but I keep coming back to this prayer (which I read for the first time a couple of days ago). It echoes Psalm 86:11, which is one of my favorite verses to meditate on/pray lately: “Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.”

left by adam on 11.29.2006 at 12:08 pm

What a great prayer. If only I could pray that with sincerity every day.

left by Mike on 11.29.2006 at 2:32 pm

Amen.

left by jazztheologian on 12.04.2006 at 6:43 pm

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