Mark 14:38 Pray lest you enter into temptation

September 5

Pray lest you enter into temptation. — Mark 14:38

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O GOD, our Father and our Mother! We thank Thee that like as a Father pitieth his children, so doth Thou pity us, and like as a mother comforteth her children, so Thou wilt comfort us.

We thank Thee for our home, and for the home that it suggests to us, where we hope to be forever with Thee, and with each other. For all the good things that come to us, we praise Thee, and we beseech Thee that we may never forget to be grateful to Thee.

Our eyes are closed, for we would shut everything out; we bow before Thee, for we are dependent upon Thee; we have nothing in our clasped hands, nothing with which to buy blessings, and no weapon. O, God, wilt Thou keep us from doing anything to grieve Thee, and make us all the day eager to serve Thee in servings others. Help us, that we shall bring gladness into human lives, and never sorrow or pain. We pray for the whole world in its great need of Thee. God keep us, and all whom we love.

Hear us, in Jesus' name. Amen.

Frank S. Dobbins, D.D.,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Psalm 103:13, 14, 17 Like as a father pitieth His children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For He knoweth our frame: He remembereth that we are dust. . .But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him

August 7

Like as a father pitieth His children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For He knoweth our frame: He remembereth that we are dust. . .But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him. — Psalm 103:13, 14, 17

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DEAR Father, Thou hast given us the great gift of a new day. May it be unto us a Father's house of love where we shall serve, not as slaves, but as freemen; not as strangers, but as friends; not as aliens, but as sons and heirs.

As children come to their mothers when wearied, or conscience-smitten, or grieved by their fellows, so may we come to Thee in any hour of need. As the confidence and love of our parents gives us strength for duty, much more may the knowledge of Thy confidence and Thy love enable us to bear each burden and trample each temptation under foot.

And may we have such intimate companionship this day with Thy Son, our Savior, that truth and cleanness and gentleness and hope shall abide in us until the twilight falls, and we lie down to sleep again beneath the shadow of Thy wings. Amen.

Daniel Russell, D.D.,

 New York City, New York