Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915 Give me an open ear, O God, that I may hear Thy voice calling me to high endeavor. Give me an open mind, O God, a mind ready to receive and to welcome such new light of knowledge as it is Thy will to reveal to me. Give me open eyes, O God, eyes quick to discover Thine indwelling in the world which Thou hast made. Give me open hands, O God, hands ready to share with all who are in want the blessings with which Thou hast enriched my life.
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Related O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good l... SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with... BIBLE O Christ, my life, possess me utterly. Take me and make a little Christ of me. If I am anything bu... GEORGE MACDONALD O thou great, unknown Power! Thou Almighty God, who hast lighted up reason in my breast and blessed ... ROBERT BURNS O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday. HENRY ARTHUR JONES O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday. HENRY ARTHUR JONES Feast of John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, & his Companions, Martyrs, 1871 For th... JOHN BAILLIE I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression... BIBLE Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have m... BIBLE Thou hast prevariated with thy friend,
By underhand contrivances undone me:
And while my open ... NICHOLAS ROWE Thou that so stoutly hast resisted me,
Give me thy gold, if thou hast any gold;
For I have bou... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence? UNKNOWN O God, give me words to make my dream-children live. JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER, JR. For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the opp... BIBLE Lord, Thou hast made this world below the shadow of a dream,
An', taught by time, I tak' it so--ex... RUDYARD KIPLING The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to... BILLY GRAHAM O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thin... BIBLE Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784 ... SAMUEL JOHNSON Drink to me with thine eyes alone; or if thou wilt, having put it
to thy lips, fill the cup with ki... PHILOSTRATUS O God open our eyes to see the wonders of your holy word. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to... BILLY GRAHAM Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast red... SAINT AMBROSE From all that dims Thy calvary O Lamb of God deliver me. AMY CARMICHAEL For thou, o Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an... BIBLE Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 My God, I love Thee -- not because I hop... MEISTER ECKHART O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am p... A.W. TOZER O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my... BIBLE O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. BIBLE That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according ... BIBLE Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grac... BIBLE O God, don't allow a sinner to do good to me as my mind may wish to love him MUHAMMAD Feast of John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Poets, Teachers, 1791 & 1788 Matthew xi. 27. JESUS, th... CHARLES WESLEY Easter Almighty and everlasting God, Who hast preserved me by Thy fatherly care through all the ... SAMUEL JOHNSON O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget
me. UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with... BIBLE Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 Gi... JOHN BAILLIE And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not fo... BIBLE Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915 All love in general hath an assimi... JOHN OWEN Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropis... CHARLES WESLEY And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: becau... BIBLE For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou has tried us, as silver is tried. Psalms 66:10 BIBLE Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk ... BIBLE O Winter! bar thine adamantine doors:
The north is thine; there hast thou build thy dark,
Dee... WILLIAM BLAKE Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my li... SAINT AMBROSE When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt ... BIBLE O, thou hast damnable iteration, and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much har... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE [I]f thou loiter when thou shouldst labour, thou wilt lose the crown. O fall to work then speedily a... RICHARD BAXTER O Conscience, into what abyss of fears
And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which
I find no... JOHN MILTON Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the wo... VENERABLE BEDE Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for th... BIBLE Deep unto deep, O Lord, Crieth in me, Gathering strength I come, Lord, unto Thee. Jesus of ... AMY CARMICHAEL Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. BIBLE And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor la... BIBLE Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my... FRANCIS OF ASSISI O blessed Saviour, give me grace like Thee, to make Religion my first, and chiefest care, and devout... THOMAS KEN O beautiful rainbow;--all woven of light!
There's not in thy tissue one shadow of night;
Heave... MRS. SARAH JOSEPHA HALE And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Beca... BIBLE Give me a stout heart to bear my own burdens. Give me a willing heart to bear the burdens of others.... JOHN BAILLIE Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me; / The lips of those t... BIBLE And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou ha... BIBLE I’ve learned to fall like the BJJ player, to protect the body through controlling the distribution... CAMERON CONAWAY O thou who passest through our valleys in
Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat
... WILLIAM BLAKE Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380 O abyss, O eternal Godhead, O sea profound, w... CATHERINE OF SIENA Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Ni... JEREMY TAYLOR Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the fi... BIBLE O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. BIBLE Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again... BIBLE If thou desirest to be safe, turn at once in thy emptiness to God. If thou hast been inconsistent, h... JOHANNES TAULER O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul. ANNE BOLEYN When thou cam'st first,
Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me
Water with berri... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O Lord open our hearts to heed to thy holy word. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA O villain, thou hast stol'n both mine office and my name!
The one ne'er got me credit, the other m... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what ... MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. BIBLE Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Gros... G. T. MANLEY O Lord my God, tell me what you are to me. Say to my soul, I am your salvation . Say it so tha... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and sa... BIBLE Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall... BIBLE Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. BIBLE O God, my mind is fascinated with Thy lotus feet as the bumble-bee with the flower; night and day I ... GURU NANAK Give me yourself, O my God, give yourself back to me. Lo, I love you, but if my love is too mean, le... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO O thou Sun, send me as far over the earth as is my pleasure and thine, and may I make the acquaintan... APOLLONIUS OF TYANA Speak to me as to thy thinkings, As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts The w... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in m... BIBLE O God, Thou art a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in Thy being, wisdom, power, holiness,... GEORGE GILLESPIE Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast... BIBLE O God give us our daily bread. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Christmas Eve A God must have a God for company. And lo! thou hast the Son-God to thy friend. Tho... GEORGE MACDONALD In treat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I wil... BIBLE In treat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I wil... BIBLE Continuing a short series on forgiveness: When on my day of life the night is falling, And, in t... JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. BIBLE Show us Thy ways oh Lord; teach us Thy ways to walk faithfully; teach us, O Lord, how to walk; lead ... WILLIAM PENNINGTON O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. BIBLE Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on ... BIBLE Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. BIBLE Believing in God and trusting in him has giving me strength and peace. He has showed me things about... CLAUDIA ALAN
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