God's Minute

November 27

He ever liveth to make intercession for them.--Hebrews 7:25

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, because of Thy good hand upon us in mercy, we have been spared during another night.  Help us to trust in Thee, to have no will but Thy will and to desire to be only what Thou wouldst have us be.  We pray that Thou wilt show us how large is Thy pity, how great is Thy love, and how infinite is Thy goodness; give us to feel that Thou hast called us with a holy calling; that Thou hast put us here to do Thy pleasure, and hereafter to enjoy Thee forever.  Breathe into us the spirit of prayer and teachableness, and enable us to give earnest heed to the truths taught in Thy Word.  We thank Thee for Thy holy Word, for Thy Church and for all the ordinances of Thy house, and for the way of salvation through Christ.  We bless Thee, our Heavenly Father, for all Thy gifts, but above all for Thine unspeakable gift, our Saviour, Jesus Christ.  We rejoice in the assurance that He is now interceding for us.  May the weary and heavy-laden come unto Thee and find rest unto their souls.  We pray that Thou wilt send forth laborers into Thy harvest.  Be Thou to all Thine own as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.  Speedily fill the whole earth with Thy glory.  Make us all, O Christ, joyful in hope, patient in suffering, active in service and abounding in love.  We ask all these blessings in the name of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Saviour.

Amen.

Robert Stewart MacArthur, D.D.,
Boston, Massachusetts