Friday, July 26, 2013

Sins - The Valley of Vision

This book of Puritan prayers never ceases to amaze me. I am always struck by how thouoroghly they pray. My prayers often seem weak compared to theirs. This prayer covers every sin in need of forgiveness.

Merciful LORD,
Pardon all my sins of this day, week, year, all the sins of my life,
Sins of early, middle, and advanced years,
Of omission and commission,
Of morose, peevish, and angry tempers,
Of lip, life and walk,
Of hard-heartedness, unbelief, presumption, pride,
Of unfaithfulness to the would of men,
Of want of bold decision in the cause of Christ,
Of deficiency in outspoken zeal for his glory,
Of bringing dishonor upon thy great name,
Of deception, injustice, untruthfulness, in my dealings with others,
Of impurity in thought, word and deed,
Of covetousness, which is idolatry,
Of substance unduly hoarded, improvident lay squandered,
Not consecrated to the glory of thee, the great Giver;
Sins in private and in the family,
In study and recreation in the busy haunts of men,
In the study of thy Word and in the neglect of it,
In prayer irreverently offered and coldly withheld,
In time misspent,
In yielding to Satan's wiles,
In opening my heart to his temptations,
In being unwatchful when I know him nigh,
In quenching the Holy Spirit;
Sins against light and knowledge,
Against conscience and the restraints of thy Spirit,
Against the law of eternal love.
Pardon all my sins, known and unknown,
Felt and unfelt,
Confessed and uncontested,
Remembered or forgotten.
Good Lord, heat; and hearing, forgive.

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