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.

4. That we may be resolute and courageous, in our duty, as those that know that though we may be losers for Christ, we shall not be losers by him in the end.

Lord, teach us to endure hardness, as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, that we may not fear the reproach of men, or their revilings, nor be ashamed of Christ, or of his words, knowing whom we have 9 , believed, even one who is able to keep what we have committed to him against that day. 2 Tim 2:3. Isa 51:7. Mark 8:38. 2 Tim 1:12.

Though bonds and afflictions should abide us, Lord, grant that none of these things may move us, and that we may not count life itself dear to us, so we may finish our course with joy. Acts 20:23, 24.

Enable us in all things to approve ourselves to God, and then to pass “by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report, clad with the armour of righteousness on the right hand, and on the left, as those that account it a very small thing to be judged of man’s judgment, for he that judgeth us is the Lord. 2 Cor 6:4, 7, 8. 1 Cor 4:3, 4.

‹ That we may be active and diligent in our duty. · That we may be pleasant and cheerful in our duty. ›

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.