God The Source of All Good

O Lord God, Who inhabits eternity,

The heavens declare your glory,
   The earth your riches,
The universe is your temple;
Your presence fills the vastness
Yet it pleased you to create life,
   and communicate happiness;
You have made me what I am,
   and have given me what I have;
I you I live and move and have my being;
Your loving care has determined the structure of my life
   and wisely governs my affairs.
I thank you for your riches to me in Jesus,
   for the unclouded revelation of him in your Word,
   where I behold his person, character, grace, glory
   humiliation, sufferings, death and resurrection;
Please help me to feel my need of his continual saving
   and cry with Job, 'I am vile',
   with Peter, 'I perish',
   with the tax collector, 'Be merciful to me, a sinner'.
O Subdue in me the love of sin,
Let me know the need of renovation
   as well as forgiveness,
   in order that I may serve and enjoy you forever.
I come to you, Father, in the all-prevailing name of Jesus,
   with nothing of my own to offer,
   no works, no worthiness, no promises.
I am often straying,
   often knowingly opposing your authority,
   often abusing your goodness;
Much of my guilt arises from the spiritual advantages that I have,
   how little I value them,
   and my failure to use them to my advantage,
But I am not careless of your favor or regardless of your glory;
Will you impress me deeply with a sense of your
   omnipresence, that you are near to me in my path,
   my ways, my lying down, and my end.

God The All

There  is no comfort in anything apart from enjoying you
   and working in service to you.
You are All in all, and all enjoyments
   are pleasant to the degree that you are in them, and no more.
I am well pleased with your will, whatever it is,
   or at least I should be in everything
And if you ask me to decide for myself in anything,
   I would choose to submit those things to you,
   for you are infinitely wise and cannot choose wrong,
   as I am in danger of doing.
I rejoice to think that all things are at your disposal,
   and it delights me to leave them there.
Then my prayer turns wholly into praise,
   and all I can do is to adore and bless you.
What shall I give you for all your benefits?
   I am caught between two things,
   knowing not what to do;
I long to give you something in return,
   but have nothing to offer,
   and can only rejoice that you do all things,
   that none in heaven or on earth shares your honor;
I can do nothing of myself to glorify your blessed name,
   but I can, through grace, cheerfully surrender soul and body to you,
I know that you are the author and finisher of faith,
   that the whole work of redemptions is yours alone,
   that every good work or thought found in me
      is the result of your power and grace,
   that your sole motive in working in me to will and to work is for your good pleasure.
O God, it is amazing that people can talk so much
   about man's creaturely power and goodness,
   when, if you did not hold us back every moment,
   we should be demons incarnate.
This, by bitter experience, you have taught me
   concerning myself.

The Trinity

Three in One, One in Three, God of my Salvation,

Heavenly Father, blessed Son, eternal Spirit,
   I adore you as one Being, one Essence,
   one God in three distinct Persons,
   for bringing sinners to know you intimately and to be members of your kingdom
O Father, you have loved me and sent Jesus to redeem me;
O Jesus, you have loved me and took on my human nature,
   shed your own blood to wash away my sins,
   and brought forth your righteousness to cover my unworthiness;
O Holy Spirit, you have loved me and entered my heart,
   implanted there eternal life,
   revealed to me the glories of Jesus.
Three Persons and one God, I bless and praise you,
   for love so unmerited, so unspeakable,
   so wondrous, so mighty to save the lost
   and raise them to glory.
O Father, I thank you that in fullness of grace
   you have given me to Jesus, to be his sheep, his jewel, his portion;
O Jesus, I thank you that in fullness of grace
   you have accepted me, joined me to your Bride, and bound me to yourself;
O Holy Spirit, I thank you that in fullness of grace
   you have
      revealed Jesus as my salvation,
      planted faith within me,
      subdued my stubborn heart,
      and made me one with him for ever.
O Father, you are enthroned to hear my prayers,
O Jesus, your hand is outstretched to take my petitions,
O Holy Spirit, you are willing to help my weaknesses,
   to show me my need,
   to supply words,
   to pray within me,
   and to strengthen me so that I do not give up in bringing you my needs.
O Triune God, who commands the universe,
   you have commanded me to ask for those things that concern your kingdom and my soul.
Please let me live and pray as one baptized into the threefold Name.