Prayer for Tuesday

Dear Father in Heaven, how shall we thank You for all You give to us, Your children, for the great wisdom and power You hold in readiness for us if we are childlike? We want to be glad in Your presence. We do not want to weep and complain, though tears often threaten to come. We simply want to ask You to protect us, Your children. Protect all Your children on earth. Let the pain that breaks over them be taken away, for the sake of the whole world to the glory of Your name. Even when we must follow a hard road, let all the suffering we endure become part of the fight that brings in the Kingdom of Heaven, bringing Your purpose to the earth and great mercy to all peoples, bringing to all the world the wonderful forgiveness that enables men to be reborn, until at last all are called Your children. Sustain us. Help us. Bless us. May the Savior always live among us, may His Holy Spirit continue reviving and strengthening us in body and soul. In the name of our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, we seek You.

Amen.

Adapted from the Daily Written Prayers of Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt, 1842–1919. In Public Domain