The Centenary Pulpit: A Collection of Pastoral Prayers (Classic Reprint)

By Mark Depp

Excerpt from The Centenary Pulpit: A Collection of Pastoral Prayers

Help us to understand that we fulfill our high calling under God in the fidelity which we show in the dark day and in the difficult place. We come lifting before Thee our prayer for all those-of any name or sign who this holy day come to Thee in devout worship. Make real to them, we pray Thee, the treasures of grace - a fresh sense of Thy presence, a new confidence in Thee - the pressure of the guiding Hand - the leading of the kindly Light.

But we come praying, likewise, for those who do not look to Thee in humble and devout worship but who should; not less needy because unconscious of their need - for them, too, we pray that something may come, something may happen; some word, some remembrance, some bit of longing that will turn wayward thoughts and willful spirits to the great source of life. Thou art the fountain freely flowing for us all. Help us to hear the voice of the Son of God as He calls us to stoop down and to drink and to live. And let, we humbly pray, the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts, no less, be acceptable in Thy sight, 0 Lord, our strength and our redeemer. Amen.

Lord, Thou hast searched us and known us. Thou knowest our downsitting and our uprising. Thou under standest our thoughts afar off and art acquainted with all our ways. Whither shall we go from Thy spirit or whither shall we flee from Thy presence? If we ascend up into heaven Thou art there - far beyond our highest thought, our noblest concept. And if we make our beds in hell Thou art there, for no one of us may fall lower or wander farther than Thy mercy. Thine is the light that follows all our way and the love that will not let us go. If we say that darkness will conceal us - darkness and light are both alike to Thee. Search us, 0 God, and know our hearts. Try us and know our thoughts. See if there be any wicked way in us and lead us in the way everlasting.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1396722947
• ISBN13: 9781396722943
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"