Adorable Jesus, I acknowledge
my vileness, my worthlessness, my ingratitude. With shame and confusion of face,
I look up unto You, O bleeding Lamb, for having slighted Your
goodness and Your loving kindness towards me. Take away this earthliness
from my mind, this coldness from my heart, this insensibility
to the things of God. Preserve me from a secret alienation
of heart from a growing lukewarmness. You are the rock of ages, the
everlasting strength. Endue me with power from on high,
to overcome all my indwelling corruptions, which, like a thick
cloud, intervene between my soul and you, the sun of righteousness,
and thus prevent the rays of your consolation from gladdening
my heart and making me to abound in the fruits of righteousness.
To whom can I look? To whom can I go? But unto you,
O friend of sinners. Lord, at your sweet call I come
for pardon, peace, and holiness. Lord, I am sorely grieved that
I love you so little, That my affections move so slowly towards
you. Stir up my languid desires. Inflame my cold affections. Set my whole soul on fire with
holy love. How painful that I should be
so little affected by the agony and bloody sweat, the cross and
sufferings of my adorable Redeemer. Why is not my soul all on fire
when I think of your love? Why is it not melted into tears
when I think of my dying Savior? Am I harder than the adamantine
rock? Am I colder than the northern
ice? Lord, smite my rocky heart with
the rod of Your lovingkindness. Dissolve my frozen affections
by the melting beams of Your grace. O BLESSED JESUS, I PRAISE
YOU FOR SUCH INFINITE LOVE, SUCH ABOUNDING GRACE TO THE CHIEF
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