Prayers for Strength

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me;
give Thy strength unto Thy
servant, and save the son of Thy handmaid.

PSALM 86, verse 16.


Thou art my King
My King henceforth alone;
And I, Thy servant, Lord, am all Thine own.
Give me Thy strength; oh! let Thy dwelling be
In this poor heart that pants, my Lord, for Thee!

G. TERSTEEGEN.


When it is the one ruling, never-ceasing desire
of our hearts, that God may be the beginning
and end, the reason and motive, the rule and measure,
of our doing or not doing, from morning to night;
then everywhere, whether speaking or silent,
whether inwardly or outwardly employed, we are equally
offered up to the eternal Spirit, have our life in Him
and from Him, and are united to Him by that
Spirit of Prayer which is the comfort, the support,
the strength and security of the soul, traveling,
by the help of God, through the vanity of time
into the riches of eternity. Let us have no thought
or care, but how to be wholly His devoted instruments;
everywhere, and in everything,
His adoring, joyful, and thankful servants.

WILLIAM LAW.