August 3 – Hear My Prayer, O Lord – 12 Supplications

Hope for Today: A Daily Devotion from Reasons for Hope*Jesus

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Lord, hear my prayer:

“Lord, all my desire is before You.” Psalm 38:9

“Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name.” Psalm 86:11

Encouraged by Your blessed word of promise, O Lord, that before men call, You will answer, and while they are yet speaking, You will hear (Isaiah 65:24), I now draw near to You and present my supplication before You.

• Teach me, by Your word and Spirit, the things of my everlasting peace;
• Let my soul be cast in the mold of the gospel and let me be obedient to Your will in all things.
• Manifest Yourself unto me, as You do not to the world;
• Show me my inward corruptions and let me see into the depth of iniquity that is in my heart;
• Grant me that fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom;
• Incline my heart unto Your testimonies
• Lead me into all truth;
• Help me to learn that he that believes will not make haste; 
• Restrain the impetuosity of my natural temper, that I may do all things deliberately, as becomes one that fears always, that is ever looking unto You for direction.
• Preserve me calm in my spirit, gentle in my commands, and watchful that I speak not unadvisedly with my lips;
• Moderate in my purposes, yielding in my temper, and at the same time steadfast in my principles.
• Grant me Your protection, and may Your blessing rest upon me.

I pray that I walk honorably through the wilderness and pass triumphantly over Jordan into Canaan. Amen.

Devotion by Karl Heinrich von Bogatzky (1690—1774)