Thomas Brooks: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers

Lord, may I be more and more under the rich influences and glorious outpourings of the Spirit, that I may be an able minister of the new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit.

I pray that you may always find an everlasting spring and an overflowing fountain within me, which may always make me faithful, constant, and abundant in your work.

May I live daily under those inward teachings of the Spirit that enable me to speak from the heart to the heart, from the conscience to the conscience, and from experience to experience. Let me be a burning and a shining light.

I pray that everlasting arms may be always under me, that while I live, I may be useful for your glory and your people’s good, and that no discouragements may keep me from my work.

And when my work is done, help me to give up my account with joy, not with grief.

Amen.