In my reading and prayer times this morning ~

Teach me, O God, so to use all the circumstances of my life to-day that they may bring forth in me the fruits of holiness rather than the fruits of sin.

Let me use disappointment as material for patience;

Let me use success as material for thankfulness;

Let me use suspense as material for perseverance;

Let me use danger as material for courage;

Let me use reproach as material for longsuffering;

Let me use praise as material for humility;

Let me use pleasures as material for temperance;

Let me use pains as material for endurance.

Holy God, I would remember before Thee all my friends and those of my own household ~ especially ... and ..., beseeching Thee that in Thy great love all Thou wouldst keep them also free from sin, controlling all their deeds this day in accordance with Thy most perfect will. Amen.

Taken from A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie