This is part of the series,
“Prayers from John Bradford”.
Who was John Bradford?
"How Fair You Are!"—Adoration
“When the Roots of Our Lusts”—Confession
“What Shall I Say?”—Confession
“Open Our Eyes to See Our Great Need”—Illumination
“You Are Our Most True Pilot”—Illumination
“Who Has Revealed Yourself to Humanity”—Intercession
“You Use All Means Possible”—Intercession
“We Most Heartily Ask”—Intercession
“My Watcher and Keeper”—Intercession
"Whom our Savior Christ Approached”—Intercession
When the congregation of St. John’s Church in Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario, celebrated two hundred years of Presbyterian presence in their area, they returned to their roots and used prayers of the 16th C. English Reformer, John Bradford, in their worship. This is one of the prayers of intercession.
Dear God,
we most heartily ask and humbly pray
for your goodness to make our body such a companion,
or rather minister of godliness to our souls in this present life,
that in the life to come
it may partake with the same everlasting happiness
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
—“Private Prayers for the Morning and Evening, and for Other Times of the Day,” in The Writings of John Bradford, Cambridge University Press, 1843, p. 230. Public Domain. Language updated.
