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.

3. That we may be active and diligent in our duty.

Lord, quicken us to work the works of Him that sent us, while it is day, because the night comes wherein no man can work; and what good our hands find to do, to do it with all our might, because there is no work or knowledge in the grave whither we are going. Johnix. 4. Eccl 9:10.

Lord, grant that we may never be slothful in any good business, but fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; stedfast and unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as we know that our labour is not in vain in the Lord. Rom 12:11. 1 Cor 15:58.

Lord, make us zealously affected in every good work, and what we do, enable us to do it heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men. Gal 4:18. Col 3:23.

Lord, enable us to do the work of every day in its day, according as the duty of the day requires, redeeming the time, because the days are evil, that when our Lord comes he may find us so doing. Ezra 3:4. Eph 5:16. Luke 12:43.

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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.