Petition 3.26 | ESVWe must pray for grace to enable us both to govern our tongues well and to use them well.Lord, enable me to guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue, and to guard my mouth, as if with a muzzle, Psalm 39:1(ESV) that it may not be hasty to utter a word. Ecclesiastes 5:2(ESV)
Petition 3.25 | ESVWe must pray for grace to preserve us from sin and all appearances of it and approaches towards it.I pray to God that I may not do wrong, 2 Corinthians 13:7(ESV) but may be blameless and innocent, as a child of God, without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation.
Petition 3.24 | ESVWe must pray for the grace of hope; a hope in God and Christ, and a hope of eternal life.Let endurance produce character in me, and character produce hope – such a hope that does not put me to shame. Romans 5:4-5(ESV) Through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptur
Petition 3.23 | ESVI must pray for the graces of contentment and patience, and a holy indifference to all the things of sense and time.Lord, teach me in whatever situation I am to be content; let me know how to be brought low and how to abound; in any and every circumstance, let me learn the secret
Petition 3.22 | ESVWe must pray for the grace of self-denial.Lord, give me grace to deny myself, to take up my cross daily, and to follow Christ; Matthew 16:24(ESV) to discipline my body and keep it under control. 1 Corinthians 9:27(ESV)Lord, keep me from being a lover of my own self, 2 Timothy 3:2(
Petition 3.21 | ESVWe must pray that our consciences may be always tender and that we may live a life of repentance.Lord, put upon me that love which binds everything together in perfect harmony, Colossians 3:14(ESV) that I may maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, Ephesians 4:3(ESV
Petition 3.20 | ESVWe must pray for the fear of God.Lord, work in me that fear of you, which is the beginning of wisdom, Psalm 111:10(ESV) which is instruction in wisdom, Proverbs 15:33(ESV) and which is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death. Proverbs 14:27(ESV)Unite my
Petition 3.19 | ESVI must pray for faith.Lord, let it be granted to me to believe; Philippians 1:29(ESV) for the faith by which I am saved is not my own doing, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8(ESV)Lord, increase my faith, Luke 17:5(ESV) and supply what is lacking in it, 1 Thessalonians 3:10(ESV)
Petition 3.18 | ESVTo sanctify our nature, to plant in us all holy principles and dispositions, and to increase every grace in us.Now may the God of peace himself sanctify me completely, and may my whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of my Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls m
Petition 3.17 | ESVTo direct our consciences, to show us the way of our duty, and to make us wise, knowing, judicious Christians.Lord, give me a wise and understanding mind, 1 Kings 3:9(ESV) that wisdom which in all cases helps one to succeed; Ecclesiastes 10:10(ESV) that wisdom of the prudent which
