Luke 22:32 I pray that thy faith fail not

June 26

I pray that thy faith fail not. — Luke 22:32

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O LORD, our Lord, how excellent in Thy name in all the earth! Who has set Thy glory above the heavens. How glorious art Thou in all Thy attributes; how gracious in all Thy acts! Thou openest Thine hand and satisfieth the desire of every living thing. Accept our worship and adoration and thanksgiving. We make confession of our unworthiness and unfaithfulness, and humbly beseech Thy fatherly forgiveness. We bear before Thee in supplication the needs of a lost world, lying in wickedness. Pour out upon all people Thy Holy Spirit, that His gracious influence may deepen the spiritual life, and change the character of those who are without God and without hope in the world, transforming them into the likeness of the Son of God. Remember this family in Thy infinite mercy, that it may be a household of faith, and that this may be a home in which Thou wilt delight to dwell; and when Thou makest up Thy jewels, gather them all without missing one, a whole family in heaven, saved by grace. Hear us in this our supplication, and do for us not according to our merit, but according to Thy mercy, exceedingly abundantly, above all that we ask or think, according to the power what worketh in us, to Whom be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus, through all ages, world without end. Amen.

Samuel L. Morris, D.D.,

Atlanta, Georgia