Dear Father.
Dear Father, take this day’s life into your own keeping.
Control all my thoughts and feelings.
Direct all my energies.
Instruct my mind.
Sustain my will.
Take my hands and make them skilful to serve you.
Take my feet and make them swift to do your bidding.
Take my eyes and keep them fixed on your everlasting beauty.
Take my mouth and make it eloquent in testimony of your love.
Make this a day of obedience,
A day of joy and peace.
Make this day’s work a little part of the work
Of the Kingdom of my Lord Christ,
In Whose name my prayers are said.
John Baillie.