The Jesus Prayer

"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. "

One thing I remember about Edward Lawlor, the Canadian-born General Superintendent, who was known as an e3loquent preacher was not any sermon or lesswon, but just this: at a ministers' retreat in New York thirty-plus years ago he said that his constant prayer for himself was: "Jesus, be Thyself to me a living, bright Reality!"

I don 't feel Jesus today . . . don't feel His guidance and Presence. But I believe He nis with me, and that He is guiding me. I don't know where he wants us to go tomorrow, but I believe that we are exactlky where we ought to be today. I will serve Hium here the best I know how...