Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers

Lord Jesus, I seek you and your favor beyond all the riches of the earth, and all the enjoyments of the world.

Lord, help me never to forget that it was your favor that brought you down from heaven. Your favor that prompted you to die, to rise again, for poor sinners. Your favor which makes you wash us from all our sins in your blood.

All of your grace here, all the glories of redemption hereafter—everything was bought and the result of your favor.

Precious Lord, please show me your renewed favor, day by day. And let those visits from you be so gracious, so sweet, and so continual, that I may think or speak of nothing else.

I pray for grace to spend all the moments of my life here, receiving your grace and love, and bringing you love and praise, until you take me home to live at the fountain of your favor. That is when the whole happiness of eternity will be in the praises of God and of the Lamb, and we will enjoy “the favor of him who dwelt in the bush.”

Amen.