Before thee I am nothing but vanity, iniquity, perishing;
Sin has forfeited thy favour; stripped me of thy image, banished me from they presence, exposed me to thr curse of thy law;
I CANNOT deliver myself, and am in despair…
May I, a convinced and self-despairing sinner,find Jesus as the power unto salvation, his death the centre of all relief, the SOURCE of all gospel-blessings.
Help me to repair that cross,
be crucified to the world by it, and in it find deepest humiliation,
motives to patience and self-denial,
grace for active benevolence,
faith to grasp eternal life, hope to life up my head,
love to bind me for ever to him who died and rose for me.
May His shed blood make me
more thankful for thy mercies, more humble under thy correction, more zealous in thy service, more watchful against temptation, more contented in my circumstances, more useful to others.
AMEN.
(The Valley of Vision, Puritan Prayers and Devotionals)
