Eternal Father, let my first thought today be of You. Let my first impulse be to worship You. Let my first speech be Your Name. Let my first action be to kneel before You in prayer.
For Your perfect wisdom and perfect goodness; for Your love for man;
For Your love for me; for the great and mysterious opportunity of my life; For the indwelling of Your Spirit in my heart; for the sevenfold gifts of Your Spirit:
I PRAISE AND WORSHIP YOU LORD!
Yet let me not, when this morning prayer is said, think my worship ended and spend the day forgetting You. Rather from these moments of quietness, let light go forth and joy and power that will remain with me thru all the hours of the day,
keep me chaste in thought; keep me temperate and truthful in speech;
keep me faithful and diligent in my work; keep me humble in my estimation of myself
keep me honourable and generous in my dealings with others;
keep me loyal to every hallowed memory of the past;
keep me mindful of my eternal destiny as a child of Yours.
O God, be my Refuge today in every time and circumstance of need. Be my Guide thru all that is dark and doubtful. Be my Guard against all that threatens my spirit's welfare. Be my Strength in time of testing. Gladden my heart with Your peace; thru Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen
O Lord and Maker of all things, from whose creative power the first light came forth, who did look upon the world's first morning and see that it was good, I praise You for this light that now streams through my windows to rouse me to the life of another day!
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