O Lord, how shall we speak with you, for we are dust and ashes! May your Spirit speak in us, that we may speak unto your Spirit. And how shall we draw near to you, for we have no merits? Let the merits of Jesus stand for us, that we may acceptably approach our God, being “accepted in the Beloved” (Ephesians 1:6).
Lord, we are full of infirmities, and full of wants, and full of sin; and we come and cast ourselves at your feet. Being nothing, we would ask to receive everything of you; and being altogether undeserving, we would look to your loving-kindness and tender mercy, and expect much from that divine source, through Jesus Christ your Son.
Amen.