Wednesday's Prayer

In 1916 a publisher put together a collection of one minute prayers from pastors and church leaders all across the U.S. and England. The book was entitled God’s Minute. I was given a copy by my mother. It’s old, elegant and unfortunately unavailable. May these words guide you into some thoughtful moments with the Lord today.

“Let God be magnified.” Psalm 70:4

O God our Father, we earnestly desire in these brief moments to give Thee thanks for all the blessings which enter into our lives and enable us thus to come to Thee. According to Thy knowledge of us, commune with us, and grant us comfort in sadness, guidance in our perplexities, strength for all duty and preservation from all evil. If in anything—in thought, or word, or deed, we have grieved Thee, forgive us, for His sake Who gave Himself for us; and wherein we have failed, grant us sufficient grace that we may fail no more.

May Thy Good Spirit make Thee so real to us this day and reveal Thee to us as so consciously near, in all that lies before us, that when its hours shall have passed away forever, there may be left no saddening memory of failure.

In all these things hear us, O Father, for others as well as for ourselves; especially for all who are dearest to us, whether close at hand or far away. May there come special blessing to them, even according to all their real need. So do Thou now and ever hear and answer us, beyond all our thought, and abide with us even to the uttermost, for our Saviour’s sake. Amen

Frank Ballard, D.D., M.A.
Sheffield, England
Printed in God’s Minute

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written prayers are a wonderful balm to the soul when it is too bruised and battered to form it's own words. I'm glad you've discovered them.

#1 Anonymous on 2010-01-13 06:12 (Reply)

Good morning John,

A hectic morning, something was missing. I allowed "stuff" to get me off track, and just a few moments ago, I realized what was missing. My quiet time with Him. What was neat about today's written prayer is that they are called one minute prayers. Sometimes I get discouraged, thinking I must spend much longer than 1 minute. But it was encouraging to realize that we can take a quick minute, and fully talk with Him, which greatly helps me get back on track. Now my day is better...Thank you for this prayer.

Randall

#2 Randall Goree on 2010-01-13 10:34 (Reply)

Is this the book in a version you can download and save?

http://openlibrary.org/b/OL6589525M/God's_minute

#3 An old neighbor on 2010-01-13 21:45 (Reply)

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