“Gracious God,
You are the Protector and Preserver of the whole creation.
You have nourished us throughout our lives up to the present day with sufficient food, though we are evil and unthankful.
Forgive all our sins, for by them we have forfeited Your mercies.
Restore our right standing with you in Christ Jesus.
Enable us to taste covenant love in commonplace mercies.
Give us the grace to use these mercies and all the comforts of Your creation to the glory of Christ, our great Benefactor and Redeemer.
Amen.”
–Matthew Henry, A Way to Pray: A Biblical Method for Enriching Your Prayer Life and Language by Shaping Your Words with Scripture, Ed. O. Palmer Robertson (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1710/2015), 373.
