We must pray for the grace of God, and all the kind and powerful influences and operations of that grace. › We must pray for grace to furnish us for every good thought, word, and work, that we may not only be kept from sin, but may be in every thing as we should be, and do as we should do.

6. We must pray for the grace of self-denial.

Lord, give us grace to deny ourselves, to take up our cross daily, and to follow Christ ; to keep under the body, and bring it into subjection. Matt 16:24. 1 Cor 9:27.

Lord, keep us from being lovers of our own selves ; from being wise in our own conceit, and leaning to our own understanding. 2 Tim 3:2. Prov. iii),

“Lord, give us to seek not our own only, but every one his brother’s welfare. 1 Cor 10:24.

And grant that none of us may live to ourselves, or die to ourselves, but whether we live or die, we may be the Lord’s, and may live and die to him. Rom 14:7, 8.

‹ We must pray to God to work in us charity and brotherly… · We must pray for humility and meekness. ›

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.