Intercession: Great Designs of Love

Great Designs of Love

Lord bless Thy people. Let the fullness of Thy grace be ours. Let us not only be believers but full believers. Let us not only be saintly, but make us real saints. May we live unto God. May we rise superior to the ordinary mass of mankind, in holy obedience, doing Thy will, that we may know of Thy teaching in holy faith, accepting the teaching so that God may dwell in us and we in God. Dear Father, save this congregation. There may be some here who have put themselves to a good deal of inconvenience to come to this place, and yet are not saved. Why they should want to hear the Word and yet not receive it, we do not know; but perhaps Thou hast great designs of love for them to-day, and the hour has come when they shall be made to know Thou hast loved them with an everlasting love. They have been indifferent and careless up till now. Perhaps they have even resisted Thy Spirit. They refused Christ and provoked Him; but now, Lord, where sin abounded let grace much more abound. May this be the beginning of days to some who shall this morning see Christ, accept Him, delight in Him, receive perfect pardon through Him and become new creatures in Him, to the praise and glory of Thy grace. The Lord bless the Word to some who little expect it. May it come to them as a wonder, as the man who ploughed his field and thought only of the clods and the oxen, and the possible harvest, yet stumbled on a treasure hidden there. Amen.