Saint Paul said, Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice; and be ye kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
O God, incline my heart to follow in this way.
Saint Paul said, Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
O God, incline my heart to follow in this way.
Saint Paul said, I keep my body under, and bring it into subjection.
O God, incline my heart to follow in this way.
Saint Paul said, Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
O God, incline my heart to follow in this way.
Saint Paul said, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
O God, incline my heart to follow in this way.
Saint Paul said, Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ.
O God, incline my heart to follow in this way.
Amen.
“A Diary of Private Prayer” by John Baillie
