Valley of Vision 23Jul08

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written by davidthew on 23 Jul.

Here is a great prayer I read from one of my devotional books, “The Valley of Vision.” Deepstuf. Buy it! I will transliterate from old English:

THE NAME OF JESUS

“All-searching God,

You read the heart,
view principles and motives of actions,
see more defilement in my duties
than I ever saw in any of my sins.

The heavens are not clean in your sight,
and You charge the angels with folly;
I am ready to flee from myself because of
my abominations;
yet You do not abhor me
but have devised means for my return to You,
and that, by your Son who died to give me life

Your honor is secured and displayed even in
my escape from Your threats,
and that, by means of Jesus
in whom mercy and truth meet together,
and righteousness and peace kiss each other.

In Him the enslaved find redemption,
the guilty pardon,
the unholy renovation;
In Him are everlasting strength for the weak,
unsearchable riches for the needy,
treasures of wisdom and knowledge for
the ignorant,
fullness for the empty.

At Your gracious call I hear, take, come, apply,
receive His grace,
not only submit to His mercy but acquiesce in it,
not only glory in the cross but in Him crucified
and slain,
not only joy in forgiveness but in the one
through whom atonement comes.

Your blessings are as secure as they are glorious;
You have provided for my safety and my prosperity,
and have promised that I will stand firm and
grow stronger.

O Lord God, without the pardon of my sin I cannot
rest satisfied.
Without the renovation of my nature by grace
I can never rest easy,
without the hopes of heaven I can never be
at peace.

All this I have in your Son Jesus;
blessed be His name.”

__________________________
David Thew
Sojourn Pastor
Thewblog

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