Today’s thought is by John Wesley
Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth. – John Wesley
Gracious Father, fill your whole Church with truth and peace: where it is corrupt, purge it; where it is in error, direct it; where anything is amiss, reform it; where it is right, strengthen it; and where it is divided and torn asunder, heal it and bind up its wounds; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
William Laud (1573-1645)
Lord God, we become used to your blessings, and assume that you will continue to bless today the things you have always blessed in the past. Remove the scales from our eyes, that we may see the things you wish to bless in our own day, and give us holy imagination to perceive what you will bless tomorrow. Amen.