4.29 | Thank God for the Ministry and Other Ordinances
A Method for Prayer | Section 4 | Thanksgiving Adjust Font Size For the institution of ordinances, and particularly that of the ministry. Read Translations
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- Preface
- Adoration
- 1.0 | Introduction to Adoration
- 1.1 | Address God with Reverence and Awe
- 1.2 | Reverently Adore God
- 1.2 | Reverently Adore God (continued)
- 1.3 Acknowledge God’s Eternality and Omnipresence
- 1.4 Recognize God’s Perfect Knowledge and Unsearchable Wisdom
- 1.5 Acknowledge God’s Incontestable Sovereignty and Irresistible Power
- 1.6 Acknowledge God’s Purity and Justice
- 1.7 Acknowledge God’s Unchanging Truth and Greatness
- 1.8 | Praise God for His Heavenly Splendor and Glory
- 1.9 | Give Glory to God as the Creator of the World
- 1.10 Give Honor to the Triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
- 1.11 | Acknowledge your Dependence on God and your Obligations to Him
- 1.12 | Own your Relation to God
- 1.13 | Acknowledge the Privilege of Drawing Near to God in Prayer
- 1.14 | Express your Unworthiness to Draw Near to God
- 1.15 | Humbly Profess the Desire of your Heart for God
- 1.16 | Profess your Believing Hope and Confidence in God
- 1.17 Entreat God’s Favorable Acceptance
- 1.18 Beg for the Spirit’s Assistance in Prayer and Aim for God’s Glory
- 1.19 | Rely on Jesus Alone for Acceptance with God
- Confession
- 2.0 | Introduction and Acknowledgement of the Need for Lowliness before God
- 2.1 | Take Hold of the God-Given Encouragement you Have to Confess Sin
- 2.2 | Confess and Bewail your Original Corruption
- 2.3 | Lament your Disposition to Evil and Confess your Blind Understanding and Stubborn Will
- 2.4 | Lament and Confess your Vain Thoughts and Carnal Affections
- 2.5 | Lament and Confess the Corruption of your Entire Being
- 2.6 | Lament and Confess your Sins of Omission
- 2.7 | Bewail your Many Actual Transgressions, Especially your Pride
- 2.8 | Bewail your Anger, Love of the World, and Love of the Flesh
- 2.9 | Bewail your False Security, Fretfulness, and Impatience
- 2.10 | Bewail your Lack of Love for Others
- 2.11 | Bewail your Sins of the Tongue and Spiritual Sloth
- 2.12 | Acknowledge the Great Evil of Sin, its Sinfulness and Foolishness
- 2.13 | Acknowledge the Great Evil of Sin, its Unprofitableness and Deceitfulness
- 2.14 | Acknowledge that Sin is an Affront to the Holy God and Damages the Soul
- 2.15 | Consider your Evil Sins in Light of your Moral Knowledge and Profession of Faith
- 2.16 | Consider your Evil Sins in Light of the Mercies and Warnings of God
- 2.17 | Consider your Evil Sins in Light of the Corrections you have Received and the Vows you have Made
- 2.18 | Understand the Condemning Nature of your Sin
- 2.19 | Give Glory to God for His Patience and Willingness to be Reconciled
- 2.20 | Humbly Profess your Sorrow and Shame for Sin
- Petition
- 3.0 | Introduction to Petition
- 3.1 | Earnestly Pray for the Forgiveness of your Sins
- 3.2 | Plead with God His Goodness and Readiness to Forgive Sin
- 3.3 | Plead with God the Merit and Righteousness of Jesus Christ
- 3.4 | Plead with God His Promises of Pardon
- 3.5 | Plead with God your Misery Because of Sin, Along with the Blessed Condition of Pardoned Sinners
- 3.6 | Pray for Reconciliation with God that you may Know His Peace
- 3.7 | Pray for Reconciliation with God that you may be in Covenant with Him and Know His Favor
- 3.8 | Pray for Reconciliation with God that you may Have His Blessing and Abiding Presence
- 3.9 | Pray for a Sense of Assurance
- 3.10 | Pray for a Well-Grounded Peace of Conscience
- 3.11 Pray for God’s Grace to Fortify you Against Everything Evil
- 3.12 Pray for God’s Grace to Fortify you Against Satan’s Temptations
- 3.13 Pray for God’s Grace to Equip you for Everything Good and to Beget and Sustain New Life
- 3.14 | Pray for Grace to Instruct you in the Things of God
- 3.15 | Pray for Grace to Keep you in the Way of Truth
- 3.16 Pray for Grace to Bring God’s Truth to your Memory
- 3.17 | Pray for Grace to Direct your Conscience and Make you Wise
- 3.18 | Pray for Grace to Sanctify your Nature
- 3.19 | Pray for Faith
- 3.20 | Pray for the Fear of God and for the Love of God to be Rooted in you
- 3.21 | Pray for a Tender Conscience and God-Wrought Love
- 3.22 | Pray for the Grace of Self-Denial and Humility
- 3.23 | Pray for the Graces of Contentment and Patience
- 3.24 | Pray for the Grace of Hope
- 3.25 | Pray for Grace to Preserve you from Sin
- 3.26 | Pray for Grace to Govern your Tongue
- 3.27 | Pray for Grace to Direct, Quicken, Strengthen, and Assist you that you may Walk Wisely
- 3.28 | Pray for Grace to Assist you that you may be Honest in your Duty
- 3.29 | Pray for Grace to Assist you that you may be Diligent in your Duty
- 3.30 | Pray for Grace to Assist you that you may be Courageous in your Duty
- 3.31 | Pray for Grace to Assist you that you may be Cheerful in your Duty
- 3.32 | Pray for Grace to Assist you that you may do your Duty Always and Everywhere
- 3.33 | Pray for Grace to Assist you that you may be Universally Conscientious
- 3.34 | Pray for Grace to Make you Wiser and Better Every Day
- 3.35 | Pray for the Support and Comfort you Need in your Afflictions
- 3.36 | Pray for Preserving Grace
- 3.37 | Pray for the Grace Needed to Die Well
- 3.38 | Pray for Grace to Fit you for Heaven
- 3.39 | Pray for the Good Things of Life and Preservation in Calamities
- 3.40 | Pray for Daily Supplies of Comfort and Support
- 3.41 | Plead the Promises of God for the Enforcing of your Petitions
- Thanksgiving
- 4.0 | Introduction and Exhortation to Stir Yourself Up to Praise God
- 4.1 | Be Particular in your Thanks to God, Marvel at His Good Nature and Kind Providence
- 4.2 | Thank God for the Many Instances of His Goodness and Kind Providence
- 4.3 | Thank God for the Many Instances of His Goodness and Kind Providence (continued)
- 4.4 | Thank God for Making you in His Image
- 4.5 | Thank God for Preserving you
- 4.6 | Thank God for Granting you Recovery from Danger
- 4.7 | Thank God for the Supports and Comforts of this Life
- 4.8 | Thank God for your Successes and Good Relationships
- 4.9 | Thank God for the Measure of Peace you Experience
- 4.10 Thank God for His Grace to your Soul and for Designing Man’s Redemption and Salvation
- 4.11 Thank God for His Eternal Purposes and Counsels Concerning Man’s Redemption
- 4.12 | Thank God for the Appointing of the Redeemer and His Gracious Condescension
- 4.13 | Thank God for the Early Indication of His Gracious Design
- 4.14 | Thank God for the Many Glorious Instances of His Favor to the Old Testament Church
- 4.15 | Thank God for the Wonderful Incarnation of the Son of God
- 4.16 | Thank God for His Gracious Owning of Christ in His Undertaking
- 4.17 Thank God for Christ’s Holy Life, Excellent Doctrine, and Glorious Miracles
- 4.18 Thank God for the Great Encouragement Christ Gave to Poor Sinners to Come to Him
- 4.19 | Thank God for the Cross of Christ and All Its Benefits
- 4.20 | Thank God for the Cross of Christ and All Its Benefits (continued)
- 4.21 Thank God for Christ’s Resurrection
- 4.22 Thank God for Christ’s Ascension into Heaven
- 4.23 Thank God for Christ’s Intercession
- 4.24 | Thank God for the Dominion and Sovereignty to which the Redeemer has been Exalted
- 4.25 Thank God for the Assurance you have of Christ’s Second Coming
- 4.26 | Thank God for the Sending of the Holy Spirit
- 4.27 | Thank God for the Covenant of Grace
- 4.28 | Thank God for the Scriptures
- 4.29 | Thank God for the Ministry and Other Ordinances
- 4.30 | Thank God for Planting His Church in the World
- 4.31 | Thank God for the Preservation of Christianity in the World to this Day
- 4.32 | Thank God for the Martyrs and Confessors who have Gone Before you
- 4.33 | Thank God for the Communion of Saints
- 4.34 | Thank God for the Hope of Eternal Life and for the Work of the Spirit within you
- 4.35 | Thank God for Every Spirit-Wrought Inward Change
- 4.36 | Thank God for the Remission of Sins and Peace of Conscience
- 4.37 | Thank God for the Powerful Influences of Divine Grace
- 4.38 | Thank God for Sweet Communion with Him in Holy Ordinances
- 4.39 | Thank God for Gracious Answers to your Prayers
- 4.40 | Thank God for Support Under your Afflictions
- 4.41 | Thank God for the Performance of His Promises
- Intercession
- 5.0 | Introduction and Exhortation to Pray for the Whole Lost World of Mankind
- 5.1 | Pray for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Lands
- 5.2 | Pray for Jewish Conversions, Churches Threatened by Islam, and Churches on the Mission Field
- 5.3 | Pray for the Universal Church
- 5.4 | Pray for the Conversion of Non-Christians who are Hostile to Christianity
- 5.5 | Pray for the Health, Purity, and Holiness of the Church
- 5.6 | Pray for the Defeat of the Enemies of the Church
- 5.7 | Pray for the Relief of Suffering Churches and Persecuted Christians
- 5.8 | Pray for the Nations of the World and for Your Own Nation
- 5.9 | Pray Earnestly for National Mercies and the Blessing of the Gospel Ministry in your Nation
- 5.10 Pray for the Continuance of your Nation’s Outward Peace and Tranquility
- 5.11 | Pray for the Moral Decency and Civility of your Nation
- 5.12 Pray for the Healing of your Nation’s Unhappy Divisions and Success Against your Nation’s Enemies
- 5.13 | Pray for your Head of State
- 5.14 | Pray for the Safe and Righteous Continuation of your Civil Government
- 5.15 | Pray for all who are Employed in the Conduct of Public Affairs
- 5.16 | Pray for your Judges and Judicial Rulers
- 5.17 Pray for the Ministers of God’s Holy Word and Sacraments
- 5.18 | Pray for the Educational Institutions and Common Citizens of your Nation
- 5.19 | Pray for the Young and the Old
- 5.20 | Pray for the Rich and the Poor, your Enemies and your Friends
- Conclusion
- 6.0 | Introduction and Comprehensive Petitions Of the Conclusion of My Prayers
- 6.1 Beg for the Acceptance of your Prayers for Christ’s Sake
- 6.2 | Beg for the Forgiveness of what has been Amiss in your Prayers
- 6.3 | Commend Yourself to the Grace of God
- 6.4 | Conclude with Solemn Praises of God
- 6.5 Sum up your Prayer with the Lord’s Prayer
- Lord’s Prayer
- 7.0 | Introduction and Our Father
- 7.1 | Our Father (Part 2)
- 7.2 | Hallowed be Your Name
- 7.3 | Hallowed be Your Name (Part 2)
- 7.4 | Your Kingdom Come
- 7.5 | Your Kingdom Come (Part 2)
- 7.6 | Your Will be Done
- 7.7 | Your Will be Done (Part 2)
- 7.8 | Give us This Day our Daily Bread
- 7.9 | Give us This Day our Daily Bread (Part 2)
- 7.10 | Forgive us our Debts
- 7.11 | Forgive us our Debts (Part 2)
- 7.12 | Lead us Not into Temptation
- 7.13 | Lead us Not into Temptation (Part 2)
- 7.14 | For Yours is the Kingdom
- Occasional Addresses
- 8.0 | Introduction to Occasional Addresses
- 8.1 | Morning Prayers
- 8.2 | Evening Prayers
- 8.3 | Before Eating
- 8.4 | After Eating
- 8.5 | For Travelling
- 8.6 Evening Before the Lord’s Day
- 8.7 Morning of the Lord’s Day
- 8.8 Public Worship on the Lord’s Day
- 8.9 For the Lord’s Supper
- 8.10 | For the Baptism of a Child
- 8.11 | For a Funeral
- 8.12 | For a Wedding
- 8.13 For a Minister’s Ordination
- 8.14 | For Rain, Disease, and Disaster
- 8.15 | For those Weighed Down and Burdened
- 8.16 | For those under Conviction of Sin
- 8.17 | For those who are Sick and Weak
- 8.18 | For those who are at the Point of Death
- 8.19 | For those who have Lost their Reason and for Sick Children
- 8.20 | For those Being Touched by Death
- 8.21 | For Women Near the Time of Child Birth
- 8.22 | For those who have Recovered from Sickness or have been Spared in Child-Bearing
- 8.23 | For Parents Concerned about their Difficult Children
- 8.24 | For those who are in Prison
- 8.25 | For those Condemned to Die
- 8.26 | For those who are at Sea
- Short Forms of Prayer
- 9.0 | A Prayer to be Used by Children
- 9.1 Paraphrase on the Lord’s Prayer
- 9.2 | Another Prayer for Children
- 9.3 | Morning Prayer for a Family
- 9.4 | Evening Prayer for a Family
- 9.5 Family Prayer for the Lord’s Day Morning
- 9.6 Family Prayer for the Lord’s Day Evening
- 9.7 | Parents Praying for their Children
- 9.8 Before Partaking of the Lord’s Supper
- 9.9 After Receiving the Lord’s Supper
- 9.10 | Before Eating
- 9.11 | After Eating
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