To Be Fit For God

Thou Creator and Sustainer of all things, day and night are yours, heaven and earth declare your glory. But, as a creature of thy power and bounty, I have sinned against you, and you alone, by resisting the dictates of conscience, the demands of Revealed Truth, the calls of your gospel.

Yet I live under the dispensation of a given hope. I am born from above and bound for glory. Deliver me, therefore, from worldly dispositions. May I view and thirst after holiness as the beauty and dignity of the soul.

Let me never slumber, never lose my assurance, never fail to wear armor when passing through enemy territory. Fit me for every scene and circumstance. Stay my mind upon your glory and majesty. Turn my trials to blessings, that they may draw out my gratitude and praise as I see their design and effects.

Render my obedience to your will holy, natural, and delightful. Rectify all my principles by clear, consistent, and influential views of divine truth. Let me never undervalue or neglect any part of your revealed will. May I duly regard the doctrine and practice of the gospel, prizing its commands as well as its promises. Sanctify me in every relation, office, transaction and condition of life, that if I prosper I may not be unduly exalted, if I suffer I may not be over-sorrowful. Balance my mind in all varying circumstances and help me to cultivate a disposition that renders every duty a spiritual privilege. Thus may I be content, be a glory to you, and an example to others.

Adapted, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions