Helpless, Hopeless, Friendless,
Portionless By John McDuff Oh eternal everlasting God, Fountain
of all happiness, God of all grace, We desire to acknowledge
anew with grateful hearts Your undeserved mercies. You have
made our cup to overflow with blessings. From the very threshold
of our being, You have been our protector and guardian. You have
shielded us from unknown dangers. You have warded off unseen calamities. No earthly friend could have
loved us and cared for us like you. Helpless, hopeless, friendless,
portionless by nature, we cast ourselves on Him who is help
and hope and friend and portion to all who seek Him. We have
no trust but in His work. Sprinkle these polluted hearts
with His pardoning, peace-speaking blood. Hide us in the clefts
of the smitten rock. Safely sheltered there, we can
make the triumphant challenge, Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ? We mourn our distance and estrangement
from You. our guilty departures, our coldness
and insensibility. Let Your wondrous patience and
kindness lead us to repentance. Turn us, Lord, and we shall be
turned. Draw us, and we shall run after
You May every thought and affection and feeling and temper be brought
into captivity to the obedience of Jesus. May we love what He
loves and hate what He hates. May we know the happiness of
true holiness and rejoice in doing Your holy will. This Puritan devotional has been
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