REGENERATION

O God of the highest heaven,

ccupy the throne of my heart,
take full possession and reign supreme,
   lay low every rebel lust,
   let no vile passion resist thy holy war;
   manifest thy mighty power,
      and make me thine forever.
Thou art worthy to be
   praised with my every breath,
   loved with my every faculty of soul,
   served with my every act of life.
Thou hast loved me, espoused me, received me,
   purchased, washed, favored, clothed,
      adorned me,
   when I was a worthless, vile soiled, polluted.
I was dead in iniquities,
   having no eyes to see thee,
   no ears to hear thee,
   no taste to relish thy joys,
   no intelligence to know thee;
But thy Spirit has quickened me,
   has brought me into a new world as a
      new creature,
   has given me spiritual perception,
   has opened to me thy Word as light, guide,
      solace, joy.
Thy presence is to me a treasure of unending peace;
No provocation can part me form thy sympathy,
   for thou hast drawn me with cords of love,
   and dost forgive me daily, hourly.
O help me then to walk worthy of thy love,
   of my hopes, and my vocation.
Keep me, for I cannot keep myself;
Protect me that no evil befall me;
Let me lay aside every sin admired of many;
Help me to walk by thy side, lean on thy arm,
   hold converse with thee,
That I may be salt of the earth
   and a blessing to all.

—from The Valley of Vision, Arthur Bennett, editor (Banner of Truth Trust, 2002).

salme 41
(Geneva Bible)
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid.
1 Blessed is he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shall deliuer him in ye time of trouble.
2 The Lord will keepe him, and preserue him aliue: he shalbe blessed vpon the earth, and thou wilt not deliuer him vnto the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord wil strengthen him vpon ye bed of sorow: thou hast turned al his bed in his sicknes.
4 Therefore I saide, Lord haue mercie vpon me: heale my soule, for I haue sinned against thee.
5 Mine enemies speake euill of me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 And if hee come to see mee, hee speaketh lies, but his heart heapeth iniquitie within him, and when he commeth foorth, he telleth it.
7 All they that hate me, whisper together against me: euen against me do they imagine mine hurt.
8 A mischiefe is light vpon him, and he that lyeth, shall no more rise.
9 Yea, my familiar friend, whom I trusted, which did eate of my bread, hath lifted vp the heele against me.
10 Therefore, O Lord, haue mercy vpon mee, and raise me vp: so I shall reward them.
11 By this I know that thou fauourest me, because mine enemie doth not triumph against me.
12 And as for me, thou vpholdest me in mine integritie, and doest set me before thy face for euer.
13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel worlde without ende. So be it, euen so be it.

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