Friday, 4/24 | Spiritual Growth

Need of Jesus

O Most High,
In the way of your appointment I am waiting for you,
My desire is to your name,
My mind to remember you.
I am a sinner, but not unaware of my state.
My iniquities are great and numberless,
but you are adequate for my relief,
for you are rich in mercy;
the blood of your Son can cleanse me from all sin;
the agency of your Spirit can subdue my most powerful lusts.

Give me a tender and wakeful conscience that can convict me when I sin.
May I be consistent in conversation and conduct,
the same alone as in company,
in prosperity and adversity, 
accepting all of your commandments as right,
and hating every false way.
May I never be satisfied with my present spiritual progress,
but to faith add virtue, knowledge, temperance, godliness, brotherly love, and charity. 

May I never neglect what is necessary to constitute Christian character,
and needful to complete it.
May I cultivate the expedient,
develop the lovely,
adorn the gospel,
recommend the proclamation of Jesus,
accommodate myself to your providence. 

Keep me from sinking or sinning in the evil day;
Help me to carry into ordinary life portions of divine truth
and use them on suitable occasions, so that
its doctrines may inform,
its warnings caution,
its rules guide,
its promises comfort me.