God's Minute

November 23

Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.--John 16:24

O GOD, our Father!  We worship Thy name, and bless Thee for Thyself.  We acknowledge Thee to be the source and stay of our lives.  We are Thy creatures.  Thou wilt not leave us to suffer eternal want; Thou wilt not leave us to lack for daily bread.  We are Thy children; we believe ourselves descended from Thee.  O Grant that we may not plead Thy Fatherhood in vain!  Let us not stand either as aliens or orphans, but as the heirs of God through promise.  Give us, we beseech Thee, Thy Holy Spirit, that He may perfectly reveal to us Jesus Christ the Son.  Give us to know Him, that we may abide in Him, and that His Word may abide in us.  May neither prosperity nor the enticements of the world wean our thoughts and faith from Him.  Pardon our sins and cleanse our hearts, that we may become a habitation of God through the Spirit; that Christ may dwell in us and we in Him.  Guide and direct us in our intercourse with men.  May our words and influence become a savor of life unto life.  Show us how we may help to bring Thy Kingdom upon the earth.  Admonish us in the days of health, nor forsake us in sickness and the hour of death.  When our change shall come, give us to dwell forever in the house of Thy Fatherhood in Heaven, through the merit and grace of Jesus Christ Thy Son.

Amen.

Horace M. DuBose, D.D.,
Nashville, Tennessee