It is a blessing to be able to pray alongside God's people through the ages. Sometimes their words are what we wanted to say, but we couldn't express it ourselves. Sometimes their words are the words that we should be praying, but we didn't even realize it. God uses others' prayers to shape us and our prayers. This prayer is attributed to W. Perkins in A.W. Pink's book The Lord's Prayer. I'm also including a quote from that book from Pink himself that ends with a prayer. May God kindle our prayers and our lives as we pray with these brothers.
O Lord, open our eyes that we may know Thee aright and may
discern Thy power, wisdom, justice, and mercy; and enlarge our hearts that we
may sanctify Thee in our affections, by making Thee our fear, love, joy, and
confidence; and open our lips that we may bless Thee for Thine infinite
goodness; yea, O Lord, open our eyes that we may see Thee in all Thy works, and
incline our wills with reverence for Thy name appearing in Thy works, and grant
that when we use any one of them, that we may honor Thee in our sober and
sanctified use thereof. Amen
(W. Perkins quoted by A.W. Pink in The Lord’s Prayer).
“It is now obvious
why this is the first petition in the Lord’s Prayer, for it provides the only
legitimate basis for all our other requests. The glory of God is to be our chief
and great concern. When we offer this petition to our heavenly Father, we are
saying, ‘Whatever comes to me, however low I may sink, no matter how deep the
waters be through which I may be called to pass, Lord, magnify Thyself in and
through me.’” (A.W. Pink. in The Lord's Prayer)
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