Baillie: praying for the heart

Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Meditation:
    Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden.
    —Galatians 6:1-5 (KJV)
Quotation:
    Give me a stout heart to bear my own burdens. Give me a willing heart to bear the burdens of others. Give me a believing heart to cast all burdens upon Thee, O Lord.
    ... John Baillie (1886-1960) & Donald M. Baillie (1887-1954), A Diary of Private Prayer, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1939, p. 113 (see the book)
    See also Gal. 6:1-5; Ps. 55:22; Matt. 11:29; Acts 5:29; Rom. 15:1; Eph. 3:12; Heb. 4:16; 1 Pet. 2:24
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, only You can make me able to bear my burdens. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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