Protection

May we
be rich in faith,
be strong in faith,
live by faith,
walk by faith,
experience the joy of faith,
do the work of faith,
hope through faith.

First Day Morning - Worship

We are going to the house of instruction,
give testimony to the Word preached,
and glorify it the heart of all who hear,
may it enlighten the ignorant,
awaken the the careless, reclaim the wandering,
establish the weak, comfort the feeble-minded,
make ready a people for their Lord.

A Minister's Bible

O God of Truth,

I thank thee for the Holy Scriptures,
their precepts, promises, directions, light.
In them may I learn more of Christ,
be enabled to retain His truth
and have grace to follow it.

Help me to lift up the gates of my soul
that He may come in
and show me Himself when I search
the Scriptures,
for I have no lines to fathom its depths,
no wings to soar to its heights.

A Minister's Prayer

There is much unconquered territory
in my nature,
scourge out the buyers and seller
of my soul's temple,
and give me in return pure desires,
and longings after perfect holiness.

A Minister's Strength

Root and tear out the poisonous weed
of self-righteousness,
and show me my utter nothingness;
Keep me sensible of my sinnership;
Sink me into penitence and self-abhorance;
Break the Dagon of pride in pieces
before the ark of thy presence;
Demolish the Babel of self-opinion,
and scatter it to the wind;
Level to the ground my Jericho walls
of a rebel heart;
Then grace, grace, will be my experience and cry.

A Minister's Prayer

Water the hearts of those who hear thy Word,
that seeds sown in weakness may be raised
in power.