A Prayer

A Prayer

Grant, Almighty God,

that as Thou invitest us daily with so much kindness

and love and makest known to us Thy fatherly goodwill,

which Thou didst once show to us in Christ Thy Son –

O grant that,

being allured by Thy goodness,

we may surrender ourselves wholly to Thee,

and become so teachable and submissive that

wherever Thou guidest us by Thy Spirit,

Thou mayest follow us with every blessing.

 

Let us not, in the meantime, be deaf to Thy warnings;

and whenever we deviate from the right way, grant that

we may immediately awake when Thou warnest us,

and return to the right path,

and deign Thou also to embrace us and reconcile us

to Thyself through Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

 

 

From the Book “Lifting up our Hearts”  150 Selected Prayers of John Calvin

Edited by Dustin Benge published by Reformation Heritage Books

http://www.heritagebooks.org/lifting-up-our-hearts-150-selected-prayers-from-john-calvin/