FAMILY Prayers

(J.R. Miller, "Family Prayers")

Almighty GOD, our heavenly FATHER, 

look upon us graciously as we wait 

at YOUR feet. YOU have given us 

many invitations to come to YOU. 

YOU have invited us . . .
  to come with our sins,
  to come with our troubles,
  to come with our mistakes,
  to come with our cares,
  to come with our sorrows.

YOU have told us to come at 

all times, that we shall . . .

  never be unwelcome,
  never be turned away, and
  never find YOU too busy to hear us.

YOU have promised us . . .
  mercy for our sins,
  comfort for our sorrows,
  strength for our duties, and
  wisdom for our ignorance,
when we come to YOU. 

We thank YOU for all these precious 

invitations and assurances.

What would we do, O GOD, if 

we might not thus come to YOU? 

To whom else could we go? 

There is no other in all the 

universe who could help us--

as we must be helped. 

Our hearts are full of praise 

and rejoicing, that we may thus 

come to YOU. There is nothing 

we cannot bring to YOU--

nothing too small to bring--

and nothing too large. 

We thank YOU that we are 

so blessed, that we have all 

YOUR divine love and grace to 

help us in our times of need. 

We need no other help, but YOURS. 

We come now with all our burdens.

We have many sins. 

These are our worst burdens. 

They will sink us to eternal despair, 

unless we find help. We thank YOU 

that the LORD JESUS paid for our 

sins, and bore them away. 

In HIS name, depending upon 

HIS atonement, we come 

with our sins.

We have other needs.
We are not strong enough for duty.
We cannot stand against the ensnaring 

world, and the power of satan.

We have no wisdom for life's problems, 

its duties, its responsibilities.

We need strength,
we need wisdom,
we need grace--
for every moment!

So we come to YOU, our FATHER, 

as YOUR redeemed children. Receive 

us, bless us, keep us, help us. We ask 

through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen.

"Let us then approach the throne 
of grace with confidence, so that we
may receive mercy and find grace
to help us in our time of need!"
Hebrews 4:16 

  
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