Grace From Heaven: Prayers of the Reformation

YOUR WILL BE DONE Your will is always best, dear Father, loved above all things and most to be desired. So be merciful to us and let nothing be done according to our own will. Teach us and allow us to have real and perfect patience when our will is broken or hindered. If anyone says or does anything contrary to our will, help us not to be angry or

MAY YOUR KINGDOM COME IN OUR LIVES Lord, life on this world is a kingdom of sin and wickedness, under one lord, the evil spirit. But your kingdom is a kingdom of every grace and virtue under one Lord, Jesus Christ your dear Son—the source of every grace and virtue. So help us, dear Father, and be gracious to us. Above all things, grant us a true an

Lord, you are the inventor and maker of all things, the giver of gifts in your abundant generosity. You give to each of us more than we deserve—enough to each person. So we have no cause for resentment or envy. Grant that we would not envy, but remain quietly content. Help us to be thankful for what we receive, and never to murmur against the way y

A PRAYER FOR TRUE HUMILITY What do we have, heavenly Father, that we have not received from you? Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights (James 1:17). And because everything we have is yours—whether for body or soul—how can we be proud, boasting about things that are not even our own? And as you g

O Lord our God, we humbly ask that you would grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit. May the Spirit’s bright beams shine into our hearts to expel every mist of blindness, darkness, and ignorance. Please enable us to see the mysteries of your will and the wondrous things of your law! Lord, we humbly ask that you would humble us in ourselves. Then as

Dear Father, give me the gift of sobermindedness and temperance in lifestyle, and grant the same to those whom you would like me to lift up in prayer. And in contrast to those times past when I used my tongue and my whole self for evil, dear Lord, let me now use them well, in a godly and modest way. Sanctify and set me apart in body and soul, dear

TO THE GOD WHO IS BEYOND COMPREHENDING Up with our hearts—we lift them up to you, Lord. It is right, fitting, and due in all things, for all things, at all times, in all places, by all means, in every season, everywhere, every way, to mention you, to worship and praise you, to bless you and sing to you, to give thanks to you, and to confess our sin

Take away from us the love of living here, and all dependence on this present life, that your kingdom may in us be made perfect and complete. Amen.

MAY WE FINISH THE RACE STRONG