# “Strengthen Your servants to boldly declare Your name” by Columba (A.D. 521-597)

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- Published: 2018-12-07T12:00:11-06:00
- Author: tollelege

“O Lord,

Holy and true,
 Who opens and none can shut, As You have set before Your church 
an open door, Strengthen Your servants to boldly enter in And to declare Your name,
That they who oppose may yet come to worship And may know that You love Your church.

Grant to Your people patience to keep Your Word,
 And keep them from the hour of
trial which is coming Upon the whole world to try them who dwell on the earth, And
encourage all Christians in every land To hold fast that which You have given, That
the crown of glory be not taken away, But that having overcome, they may stand before
You As pillars in the temple of God And bear the name of the heavenly city And Your
own new name, O Christ our God.

Father, we commend to You all who are joined to us
 By natural bonds of love; The
little children dear to our hearts, And all who for our sakes daily deny themselves.
May all our kindred, Having Your Holy Spirit as their helper, Be at peace and have
unfeigned love among themselves. And grant them, O Lord, not only what is sufficient
to supply The needs of this present life but also the good And eternal gifts that
are laid up for them who do Your commandments Through the same Jesus Christ, our
Lord.

Amen.”

–Columba, as quoted in Sinclair Ferguson, [_Love Came Down at Christmas: Daily Readings For Advent_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/178498289X?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Epsom, U.K.: Good Book Company, 2018), 155-156.

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