A Method for Prayer01 Matthew Henry
for Jesus' sake, who died for me, and rose again, in whomI desire to be found living and dying. Now to God the Father, Son, and Spirit, be ascribed kingdom, power and glory, henceforth and forever. Amen.
11. AN ADDRESS TO GOD BEFORE MEAT Lord our God, in you we live and move and have our being, and from you we receive all the supports and comforts of our being: You spread our table and fill our cup and comfort us with the gifts of your bounty from day to day. We own our dependance upon you, and our obligations to you: Pardon our sins, we pray you; sanctify your good creatures to our use, and give us grace to receive them soberly and thankfully, and to eat and drink not to ourselves, but to your glory, through Jesus Christ our blessed Lord and Savior.
12. ANOTHER Gracious God, you are the protector and preserver of the whole creation, you have fed us all our life long unto this day with food convenient for us, though we are evil and unthankful. We pray you forgive all our sins by which we have forfeited all your mercies, and let us see our forfeited right restored in Christ Jesus: Give us to taste covenant-love in common mercies, and to use these and all our creature-comforts to the glory of our great benefactor, through the grace of our great Redeemer. Amen.
13. AN ADDRESS TO GOD AFTER MEAT