A minister's confession

A minister's confession

(A Puritan Prayer)

O God,
I know that I often do Your work without
Your power, and sin by . . .
my dead, heartless, blind service,
my lack of inward light, love, delight,
my mind, heart, tongue moving without Your help.

I see my sinful heart in seeking the praise of others.
This is my vileness--to seek my own glory. It is my
deceit to preach and pray--in order to generate
admiration; whereas I should consider myself
more vile than any man in my own eyes.

Help me to rejoice in my infirmities and to
acknowledge my deficiencies before others.

Keep me from high thoughts of myself or my work,
for I am nothing but sin and weakness. In me no
good dwells, and my best works are tainted with
sin. Humble me to the dust before You. Root and
tear out the poisonous weed of pride, and show
me my utter nothingness. Keep me sensible of
my sinnership. Sink me deeper into penitence
and self-abhorrence.

Break the 'Dagon' of pride in pieces before
the ark of Your presence!

Demolish the 'Babel' of self-importance
and scatter it to the wind!

Level to the ground my 'Jericho walls'
of a haughty, rebel heart!

Then grace, free grace, will be my experience and
message. This is my ministry, my life, my prayer,
my end. Grant me grace that I shall not fail.

Level to the ground my 'Jericho walls' of a haughty, rebel heart!

Brother, thank you i needed to hear this.

There is so much I could say about this in the negative, by contrasting it with the way in which we pray today, but I will restrain myself.

Quote: Break the 'Dagon' of pride...

Dagon being a graven image. Lord, please help us in the demolition.

The same with 'Babel' and the 'Jericho walls'

We need God's freedom, His grace, in our lives for all to see and to bring glory to Him.

God bless.

enid,

thank you for your quick reply....i love your spirit.

We need God's freedom

God Bless You.

We need Gods freedom, we need his Mercy, we need his Compassion, we need his Forgiveness, we need his Love, we need his Understanding, we need his Teaching, ect,ect,ect :-D

PS Oh and one more thing, we need his chastisment.

That is one of the truest things I have read in awhile. I appreciate the raw, and true estimation of self, as it opens my eyes to my state as well. It take me from being the self-rigtheous Pharisee saying, "Lord I do this and that." to the poor publican who beats on his chest and cries out, "God be merciful to me a sinner!"

Thank you for this.

Brother did you get this from the "Valley Of Vision" book?

Brother did you get this from the "Valley Of Vision" book?

i think the moderators will aprove this link..

(otherwise i will remove it)

http://www.gracegems.org/

wonderful site, has greatly blessed me

pangr wrote:
enid,

thank you for your quick reply....i love your spirit.

:-) i have to say so to, Enid among other you are one of those id really think id like fellowshipping with in real life

God bless you

I have a question.

Keep me sensible of
my sinnership.

What does that mean? My first thought is that he is saying "remind me that I am a sinner."

Is that what that means?

Thank you brother. I believe Greg reccommended that site to me awhile back.