A Prayer

for God's help

I should have posted this prayer on October 31st (Reformation Day) but I didn’t. It is still a good one to pray in light of the onslaught of apostasy and cultural attacks on the Christian faith. We need to be able to stand, and we need God’s help to be able to stand. Martin Luther prayed this while he was in the throes of battling against the entrenched powers of his day.

Do, my God, stand by me against all the world’s wisdom and reason. Oh, do it! Yes, you alone must do it! Not mine, but yours is the cause. For my own self, I have nothing to do with these great and earthly lords. I would prefer to have peaceful days, and to be out of this turmoil. But yours, O Lord, is this cause; it is righteous and eternal. Stand by me, true eternal God! In no man do I trust. All that is of the flesh and savors of the flesh is here of no account. God, O God, Do you not hear me, O my God? Are you dead? No. You cannot die; you are only hiding yourself. Have you chosen me for this work? I ask you how I may be sure of this, if it be your will; for I would never have thought, in all my life, of undertaking anything against such great lords. Stand by me, O God, in the name of your dear Son, Jesus Christ, who shall be my defense and shelter, yes my mighty fortress, through the might and strength of your Holy Spirit. God help me.

Amen