August 4
Whatsoever you shall ask in My name, that will I do. — John 14:13
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THOU, O God, art our Father. We are the children of eternal love. Help us, we pray Thee, to live our lives in Thy sight. Let nothing unworthy claim our hearts, and may we find in Thy will our peace.
We pray that Thy likeness may be formed in us, and that our lives may abound in the love and peace and joy of Thy Holy Spirit. Help us to love Thee with a pure heart fervently, and to love those who love Thee and are loved by Thee.
Bless, we pray, all for whom we should pray. We name their names in the silence of our hearts. Pity the ungrateful, the wayward, the wanderer. Comfort the lonely and the desolate. Let Thy peace rule in our hearts and in our home. Whom have we in heaven but Thee, and there is none upon the earth that we desire but Thee.
When we stumble, may Thy strength support us, Thy wisdom lead us, Thy love redeem us. Open our hearts to receive Thee, the Divine Guest, into the home of our souls, and may we hold fellowship with Thee as we walk the path of life. We ask all in Jesus' name. Amen.
Hugh Thomson Kerr, D.D.,
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
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