Keeping me humble in my estimation of myself: Keeping me faithful and diligent in my work: Keeping me temperate and truthful in speech: Rather from these moments of quietness let light go forth, and joy, and power, that will remain with me through all the hours of the day Yet let me not, when this morning prayer is said, think my worship ended and spend the day in forgetfulness of You. First Morning: “My First Thought”Įternal Father of my soul, let my first thought today be of You, let my first impulse be to worship You, let my first speech be Your name, let my first action be to kneel before You in prayer.įor Your perfect wisdom and perfect goodness:įor the love with which You love mankind:įor the great and mysterious opportunity of my life:įor the indwelling of Your Spirit in my heart: May God inspire all your thoughts.Įxcerpt from Devotional Classics 1. Consider rewriting two of John Baillie’s prayers-a morning prayer and an evening prayer-to make them your prayer.
#All my days i prayed and prayed how to
I am grateful for John Baillie’s book of prayers and for my friend who teaches me how to pray through her prayers.Īllow John Baillie be your teacher. Be with me in my silence and in my speech.” Our son did not receive the job offer but we knew that our prayer was answered. We were drawn to John Baillie’s petitions “Inspire all my thoughts. It all began when our son interviewed for a job in Washington D.C. Our family prays the first paragraph of the Twenty-First Day morning prayer before important decisions.
Melinda learned about prayer by praying John Baillie’s prayers-morning and evening prayers.
It is good to debate the mysteries of prayer, to ponder the profundities of prayer, to learn the methods of prayer. Richard Foster writes, “There is no better way to learn about prayer than by praying, and we can have no better teacher than John Baillie. Melinda knows the power and place of prayer in the life of a Christ-follower. I should not have been surprised by the gift. Long before I knew anything about John Baillie or the reading in Devotional Classics, a wonderful woman of prayer sent me a copy of A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie.
0 kommentar(er)
