Tag Archives: Piercing Heaven – Puritan's Prayers

Richard Alleine: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Lord, there is but a short life between me and glory, where holy angels and glorified saints will be my associates. I think I hear already how the morning stars sing together, and … Continue reading →

Richard Alleine: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Lord, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised goodness to your servants. You have left us nothing to ask from your hands but what you have already freely … Continue reading →

Richard Alleine: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers My Lord, bring me to the place where you eat. Let me live before your face, let me feel your smiles upon my heart. Let me love you, and tell me you love … Continue reading →

Richard Alleine: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Comfort me with your fruit and your drink, my beloved, and the rest will not matter. Let your promise be my portion, and your care for my soul. Then whatever is left for … Continue reading →

Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Most blessed God and Father! I bless you, I praise you, and I desire to love you, in and through Jesus. And while my whole soul benefits and enjoys the person and work … Continue reading →

Joseph Alleine: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers O my God and my Father, I accept you with all humble thankfulness, and I am bold to take hold of you. O my King and my God, I subject my soul and … Continue reading →

Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Oh blessed Spirit, to whom I owe such unspeakable mercies, let me, Lord, contemplate you today as the gracious, kind, compassionate Comforter. For you are the Holy Spirit, the Comforter. And with mercy … Continue reading →

Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Lord, when you asked Mary in her sorrow, “Woman, why do you weep? Whom do you seek?” our souls reply with her, “We seek Jesus alone.” Oh then, to hear our own names … Continue reading →

Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Almighty Father, it is your special mercy to give your Son, and with him all things, to the highly favored objects of your everlasting love. From all eternity, you planned, ordered, willed, appointed, … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Great, glorious, everlasting Redeemer! You are indeed both the high priest and the altar, both the sacrifice and the sacrificer. Your one offering has both put out the fire of divine wrath and … Continue reading →

Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Precious Lord Jesus! Oh for grace to love you, who have so loved us! You stoop to call such poor sinful people your own, and love them as your own, and consider every … Continue reading →

Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Great Shepherd of your sheep, is this how you deal so sweetly with your little ones? That explains why young believers, in the first seasons of knowing you, find so much blessed refreshment. … Continue reading →

Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers In your beauty, blessed Lord, we see a fullness of grace, truth, and righteousness. It corresponds exactly to the wants of poor sinners—your blood, to cleanse. Your grace, to comfort. Your fullness, to … Continue reading →

Joseph Alleine: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers What nation on earth is like your people? You, God, came to redeem us as a people for yourself. You have confirmed us to yourself, to be a people for you forever; and … Continue reading →

Joseph Alleine: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Who are we, and what is our father’s house, that you have brought us here? And now, O Lord God, what will your servants say to you? We are silenced with wonder, and … Continue reading →

Richard Alleine: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers You are my Lord and God, and I will serve you. I have chosen you as my inheritance forever, and I will wait for your salvation. Hear the sighing of your prisoner, and … Continue reading →

Philip Doddridge: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Blessed God! I flee to your almighty power. Today I put myself under your protection. Let me make the shadow of your wings my refuge. Let your grace be sufficient for me, and … Continue reading →

Richard Alleine: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Lord, keep me from yielding to sin, whatever I suffer. How could I do such wickedness? How could I neglect this duty and sin against you, God? For your sake, Lord, let me … Continue reading →

William Gurnall: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Lord, I am hunted with temptation. Either you must pardon it, or I am condemned. Kill it, or I will be a slave to it. Take me into the bosom of your love … Continue reading →