Sunday 5 May 2013

George Washington's prayer

I love reading the prayers of other people - they offer us a window into their soul. Here is part of a prayer recorded in the journal of George Washington.

"Increase my faith in the sweet promises of the Gospel. Give me repentance from dead works. Pardon my wanderings, & direct my thoughts unto thyself, the God of my salvation. Teach me how to live in thy fear, labor in thy service, and ever to run in the ways of thy commandments. Make me always watchful over my heart, that neither the terrors of conscience, the loathing of holy duties, the love of sin, nor an unwillingness to depart this life, may cast me into a spiritual slumber. But daily frame me more and more into the likeness of thy son Jesus Christ, that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor, I may in thy appointed time attain the resurrection of the just unto eternal life."

Please use his prayer as an inspiration for your day.

God bless you.

Live in God's grace,
D3LM3


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