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We all know we should pray. And for most of us, we get around to it eventually, mainly in emergencies. What can we learn from a man of prayer? And how might we end the day before God on our knees? What might that prayer sound like?
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Moses and Aaron were wmong his priests, Samuel was among those who called on his name;they called on the Lord and he answered them. Psalm 99:6
This verse was penned long before Lancelot Andrewes was born, but had he been around at the time, I think he would have been added to this impressive list of "all-star" prayers!
Who was Lancelot Andrewes? He lived from 1555 until 1626 and was an English clergyman and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.
During the time of King James I, Andrewes served as successively as Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester; and oversaw the translation of the Authorized Version (or King James Version) of the Bible. Not too shabby of a credit.
But the book of devotional prayers he left behind is his great legacy, showing the richness of intentionality and habit in prayer, and his dogged determination to take Paul seriously, and pray continually. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
THE day is gone, and I give Thee thanks, O Lord.
Evening is at hand, make it bright unto us.
As day has its evening so also has life; the even of life is age; age has overtaken me, make it bright unto us.
Cast me not away in the time of age; forsake me not when my strength faileth me.
Even to my old age be Thou He, and even to hoar hairs carry me; do Thou make, do Thou bear, do Thou carry and deliver me.
Abide with me, Lord, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent of this fretful life. Let Thy strength be made perfect in my weakness.
Day is fled and gone, life too is going, this lifeless life.
Night cometh, and cometh death, the deathless death.
Near as is the end of day, so too the end of life.
We then, also remembering it, beseech of Thee for the close of our life, that Thou wouldest direct it in peace,
Christian, acceptable, sinless, shameless, and, if it please Thee, painless, Lord, O Lord,gathering us together under the feet of thine Elect, when Thou wilt, and as Thou wilt, only without shame and sins.
Remember we the days of darkness, for they shall be many, lest we be cast into outer darkness.
Remember we to outstrip the night doing some good thing. Near is judgment - a good and acceptable answer at the dreadful and fearful judgment?seat of Jesus Christ, vouchsafe to us, O Lord.
By night I lift up my hands in the sanctuary, and praise the Lord. The Lord hath granted His loving?kindness in the day time; and in the night season did I sing of Him,
and made my prayer unto the God of my life.
As long as I live will I magnify Thee on this manner, and lift up my hands, in Thy Name. Let my prayer be set forth in Thy sight as the incense, and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, our God, the God of our fathers, who hast created the changes of days and nights, who givest songs in the night, who hast delivered us from the evil of this day, who hast not cut off like a weaver my life, nor from day even to night made an end of me.
This verse was penned long before Lancelot Andrewes was born, but had he been around at the time, I think he would have been added to this impressive list of "all-star" prayers!
Who was Lancelot Andrewes? He lived from 1555 until 1626 and was an English clergyman and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.
During the time of King James I, Andrewes served as successively as Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester; and oversaw the translation of the Authorized Version (or King James Version) of the Bible. Not too shabby of a credit.
But the book of devotional prayers he left behind is his great legacy, showing the richness of intentionality and habit in prayer, and his dogged determination to take Paul seriously, and pray continually. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
THE day is gone, and I give Thee thanks, O Lord.
Evening is at hand, make it bright unto us.
As day has its evening so also has life; the even of life is age; age has overtaken me, make it bright unto us.
Cast me not away in the time of age; forsake me not when my strength faileth me.
Even to my old age be Thou He, and even to hoar hairs carry me; do Thou make, do Thou bear, do Thou carry and deliver me.
Abide with me, Lord, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent of this fretful life. Let Thy strength be made perfect in my weakness.
Day is fled and gone, life too is going, this lifeless life.
Night cometh, and cometh death, the deathless death.
Near as is the end of day, so too the end of life.
We then, also remembering it, beseech of Thee for the close of our life, that Thou wouldest direct it in peace,
Christian, acceptable, sinless, shameless, and, if it please Thee, painless, Lord, O Lord,gathering us together under the feet of thine Elect, when Thou wilt, and as Thou wilt, only without shame and sins.
Remember we the days of darkness, for they shall be many, lest we be cast into outer darkness.
Remember we to outstrip the night doing some good thing. Near is judgment - a good and acceptable answer at the dreadful and fearful judgment?seat of Jesus Christ, vouchsafe to us, O Lord.
By night I lift up my hands in the sanctuary, and praise the Lord. The Lord hath granted His loving?kindness in the day time; and in the night season did I sing of Him,
and made my prayer unto the God of my life.
As long as I live will I magnify Thee on this manner, and lift up my hands, in Thy Name. Let my prayer be set forth in Thy sight as the incense, and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, our God, the God of our fathers, who hast created the changes of days and nights, who givest songs in the night, who hast delivered us from the evil of this day, who hast not cut off like a weaver my life, nor from day even to night made an end of me.
