We must pray for the comfortable sense of our reconciliation to God, and our acceptance with him.
1. That we may have some evidence of the pardon of our sins, and of our adoption.
O make us to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which sin hath broken may rejoice. Ps 51:8.
Say unto each of us, Son, daughter, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee. Matt 9:2.
Let the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge our conscience from dead works, to serve thee, the living God. Heb 9:14.
Let thy Spirit witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God, and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. Rom 8:16, 17.
Say unto our souls, that thou art our salvation. Ps 35:3.
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Pray now: a guided prayer in six parts, with the next heads each day.
Henry’s text is in the public domain. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, No. 265 Chestnut Street. Undated, about 1840 to 1860. The preface is dated Chester, March 25, 1710. From the Internet Archive scan. The KJV text is in the public domain.