A Year of Prayer by John MacArthur

Author:John MacArthur
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780736958660
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

OUR FATHER, You have displayed

Your wisdom, Your eternal power,

Your deity, and Your goodness in nature.1

All creation proclaims Your glory,

and the heavens declare the works of Your hands.

There is no speech or words; no actual voice is heard,

but the message has gone out throughout all the world.2

The proof of Your existence is there in abundance for all to see.

Only an utter fool would ever say in his heart,

“There is no God.”3

Still, the truth of the gospel is disclosed to us explicitly

only by special revelation in the written Word.

The Scriptures are no human invention,

but under the sovereign guidance of Your Spirit

the very words You chose were penned4

and have been preserved, translated, published, and multiplied

so that through the ages the promise of

forgiveness and eternal life

has likewise gone out throughout all the world.

In nature we see evidence of

Your infinite wisdom,

Your vast, eternal power,

Your love of beauty,

Your wonderful greatness,

and Your sovereign command

of all that You have made.

But it is only through the gospel

that we begin to understand the wonder of Your grace,

Your tenderhearted love for sinners like us,

and the mysteries of divine wisdom that decreed

the entire plan of salvation long ages ago, in eternity past.5

In accord with that perfect design and sovereign decree,

You now grant full and free pardon to sinners

while upholding the inflexible demands

of perfect righteousness.

You justify sinners in a way that perfectly vindicates

the spotless perfection of Your own holiness.6

You accomplished this through the sacrifice of Christ,

the spotless lamb of God, who paid the price of sin in full.7

Thank You, Lord, for drawing us to Yourself.

You opened our blind eyes to see our desperate need for salvation.

You moved our stubborn wills to repent of our sin.

You awakened our cold, dead hearts to believe in Christ.

As we come now to worship You in prayer, we approach with

profound gratitude,

heartfelt contrition,

and deep humility.

Yet we come with the holy boldness of those who know by faith

that You pardon iniquity and graciously pass over

our rebellious acts.

You do not retain your anger forever,

because You delight in unchanging love.8

You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,

and abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.9

So we come to worship You as those who have been saved,

ever mindful and forever grateful that Christ our Savior

has rescued us from sin, Satan, death, and hell.

You have chosen to magnify Your name in us.

You have chosen to favor us.

You have poured out Your mercy and grace upon us.

There are no words adequate to express our praise and gratitude,

and we are too weak and sinful to honor You as we should.

Therefore we long to be glorified,

so that in the bliss of a heavenly eternity,

we will finally be able to praise You

with true and unceasing praise,

in a manner that befits Your glory.

Meanwhile, we thank You for patiently loving us with an

undying, unstinting, unbreakable, and inseparable love.

We long to love You as You love us.

But knowing the feeble infirmities of our own fallen hearts,

we can only look by faith to the once-for-all forgiveness

purchased for us at the cross of Christ,

and pledge our eternal love to Christ by faith.

Seal that commitment by Your Spirit

even as we worship You now in Your Son’s name.

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