Puritan prayers are some of the most beautiful things that I have ever read. My first taste of this collection was while sitting in church. An elder was doing the welcome, upcoming events, and other such things that are said before the pastor preaches, and then instead of praying from his heart, he informed us that the prayer he would be saying was The Valley of Vision.
The first thing that caught my ear was the use of language- I love the older fashioned tone of this book- but as I continued to listen to this prayer the elder was reading, the pouring out of the writer's heart was so evident. His longing to be in God's will, to glorify Him in everything, his acknowledgement of sinful nature, God's holiness, and the sweet gift of salvation was scattered throughout the prayer.
Here's a taste of the prayers written in this book. This is an excerpt of one of my favorite prayers, and is now taped to the side of my bed that I may wake up every morning to the sight of it.
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