August 15

"Most merciful and ever-loving God, we long to live lives of service that we may relieve the opressed and lighten heavy burdens. We have been so selfish and blind that often we have depended upon the form of godliness, and denied the power thereof. May we begin to correct theis error today. For Jesus' sake. Amen."

August 14

"O God! you who have always seen the good in men their fellows failed to see, grant us, we pray you, the same insight, that we may value the worth in men. May we look beyond their outward appearance of present motives. With the vision of faith may we see in them what you can make them. For Jesus' sake. Amen."

August 13

"May we, our gracious God and Father, gain the simple, sweet spirit of your beloved disciple John. May companionship with you guarantee a loving fellowship with others in all our work for you day by day. May we make the Christian life attractive without being conscious of ourselves. In Christ's name. Amen."

August 12

"Our Father in heaven, may we be among those who bear the sick of heart and body to you. And may we have faith to believe that you will hear and answer. May we persist in praying for and bringing to you those who know not your power, and may their indifference never deter us. In Christ's name. Amen."

August 11

"Deliver us, O God, from unscrupulous and wicked devices which seek to hide under your name. May they cease to prey upon men's souls and lives. Help us to remember that we fight against spiritual wickedness in high places. Give to your Church insight and intelligence to discern sincerity and denounce hypocricy. In Christ's name. Amen."

August 10

"Almighty God, we praise you that you have the power to touch the heart and change the life. May we as your disciples use right your great power, that high and low may be one in you. In Christ's name. Amen."

August 9

"Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we thank you that you have planned and fulfilled with the unity of your Triune Being. We thank you for the fatherhood that gave, the sonship that saved, and the spiritual guidance that leads. May we, each faithful to his own task, keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Amen."

August 8

"Grant, our loving God, that we may be willing to make sacrifices for you. May no possessions of ours become debarring burdens to keep us from entrance to your kingdom. We thank you that some of the humble last here will be the exalted first there. May we be willing to forsake all for you. In Christ's name. Amen."

August 7

"Our God, infinite and unconquerable, may we honor you by fearless loyalty to truth, and fearful departure from evil. Save us from the subtle sin of covetousness. May we lay hold on eternal life and values. In Christ's name. Amen."

August 6

"Almighty God, give us such confidence in you that we may trust you at all times. Give us such knowledge of our own weakness that we may rely on you alone. We thank you for the sympathy and love which you have in your common suffering with us. May we give this comfort to those who know you not. Amen."

August 5

"Almighty God, give us such confidence in you that we may trust you at all times. Give us such knowledge of our own weakness that we may rely on you alone. We thank you for the sympathy and love which you have in your common suffering with us. May we give this comfort to those who know you not. Amen."

August 4

"We are grateful that You did overcome the evil one, and that through you we may also overcome. May we, like Moses of old, endure as seeing him who is invisible. May we add to self-control patience. Help us today to overcome evil with good, until we become habitual victors. Amen."

August 3

"Our Father, may we fill our lives full of right purposes and deeds; may we follow the example of Christ in properly performing first duties. Fill the future full of blessing by fulfilling present requirements. Keep us, we pray you, from omitting the proper steps in our Christian development. In Christ's name. Amen."

August 2

"O great and wonderful Creator, help us, your children, to study more reverently your laws. Teach us to work in accord with your ways, which are never spasmodic nor dilatory, but constant, quiet and forceful. We ask it in Christ's name. Amen."

Sundays in August

"We thank you, our Father, that Jesus Christ was his own natural self on the Sabbath as at all other times, that he allowed the ears of grain to be plucked, and healed the sick on your day, thus solemnizing it by deeds of necessity and mercy. Amen."

August 1

"Almighty God, our Father in heaven, we are grateful that your truth has always had its champions; that the very wilderness cries out when your Word is not honored in the sanctuary. We thank you that the people long for the Living Word. Raise up preachers, we pray you, who may fearlessly and zealously proclaim your truth. In Christ's name. Amen."