May 8
Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies. – Psalm 119:36
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Our Father, we thank you for the gift of life, for soundness of body and sanity of mind, for keenness of conscience and strength of will, for power of choice and privilege of service. We thank You that You set the solitary in families, for membership in the great family circle where You are our Father. We lift our hearts to You in thanksgiving for all the gifts that make life so rich and worth living – for love of father, mother, brother, sister. We thank You for friends, for education, for our country.
We ask You for power to live as we ought, to serve as we should. We ask You to bless our family, our neighborhood, our city, our state, our nation. Grant Your grace upon those that You have placed to govern and lead us. Grant Your wisdom to our teachers, Your blessing upon our schools, hospitals, prisons, that out of sorrow and suffering we may gain strength and patience. Make and keep the nations of the earth righteous, that we may have peace. Lead us through the valley of the shadow of death to the city where there is no night, no sin, no sorrow, no death.
All these favors we ask through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
Orrin Philip Gifford, D.D.,
Brookline,
Massachusetts
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