John Baillie, A Diary of Private Prayer/Eternal Father of my soul, let my first thought today be of You, let my first impulse be to worship You, let my first speech be Your name, let my first action be to kneel before You in prayer.
Eternal Father of my soul, let my first thought today be of You, let my first impulse be to worship You, let my first speech be Your name, let my first action be to kneel before You in prayer. For Your perfect wisdom and perfect goodness For the love that You love mankind with For the love that You love me with For the great and mysterious opportunity of my life For the indwelling of Your Spirit in my heart For the sevenfold gifts of Your Spirit I praise and worship You, Lord. Yet let me not, when this morning prayer is said, think my worship ended and spend the day forgetting You. Rather from these moments of quietness let light go forth, and joy, and power, that will remain with me through all the hours of the day; Keeping me pure in thought Keeping me restrained and truthful in speech Keeping me faithful and diligent in my work Keeping me humble in my estimation of myself Keeping me honorable and generous in my dealings with others Keeping me loyal to every holy memory of the past K