God's Minute

November 30

I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever--John 6:51

WE render Thee grateful thanks, Thou source of every blessing, for the rest of the past night under the mighty shadow of Thy wings, for the daily bread of Thy providing, and for new opportunities of welcome service, each in our appointed calling.  We thank Thee for Thy revelation in Jesus Christ and for "the bread of life" so abundantly provided in Thy Holy Word for our spiritual sustenance.  O make us truly mindful of all Thy many blessings, and let our lives show forth Thy praise.  We pray Thee for grace to employ the hours of this day aright.  Grant us strength of body, mind and soul to perform our tasks acceptably in Thy sight.  Shield us from harm and give us victory in the hour of temptation.  Sanctify our homes and make them nurseries of Thy kingdom.  May Thy Spirit rest upon all institutions of learning.  Remember in mercy the laborers in the harvest fields abroad.  Let Thy name be hallowed and Thy will be done in our homeland.  Breathe Thy quickening Spirit upon Thy Church.  Grant each of us grace to bear faithful testimony in word and deed to the saving power of the cross.  And when we have finished our allotted task here below, receive us into that perfect world above with Thee and the innumerable multitude of those who have come out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.  We ask it all in the name of our blessed Redeemer.

Amen.

C.J. Sodergren, A.M., D.D.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota