Jude St. John

Christian because of Christ. Husband of one, father of five. Lead Pastor at West London Alliance Church, London, Ontario.

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Hey @WestJet you have left a bunch of us on a plane for 4.5 hours in Winnipeg. You can’t leave us on here indefinitely. Do something.

[Jude St. John @judestjohn]

Lord Jesus, Bring to nothing all hypocrisy and lies, and give peace and unity, so that your honor may advance and your kingdom may flourish and increase without ceasing against the gates of hell. Amen. —Philip Melanchthon

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“Lord, be within me to strengthen me, without me to guard me, above me to shelter me, beneath me to uphold me, before me to direct me, after me to bring me back, and round about me to secure me. Amen.” —Lancelot Andrewes in Grace from Heaven

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Give us new hearts instead: soft hearts, faithful hearts, merciful hearts. Obedient, pure, holy hearts. True, simple, lowly, and penitent hearts. Give us hearts to fear and trust you forever. Write your law in our hearts, graft it in our minds.” - John Bradford

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“Take from us our hard hearts, our stony hearts, our unrepentant hearts, our distrusting and doubtful hearts. Take our carnal, our secure, our idle and foolish hearts. Take away our impure, arrogant, envious, impatient, covetous hearts.

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@markkprater Always ready to pray with you for Josh!

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We give you thanks, Almighty God and eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, founder of your church … Together with your coeternal Son and the Holy Spirit, you gather a heritage for your Son from among the human race, you maintain the ministry of the gospel - Philip Melanchton

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“ Lord, would you keep and rule our churches, our government, and our schools? Bestow a wholesome peace and leadership upon them. And then gather and preserve an everlasting Christian church unto yourself in these lands.”

- Philip Melanchthon in Grace from Heaven

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“Make us strong and bold in your cause, to maintain the gospel against those friends of hell who oppose you and against the tyrants of the world. Amen.”

John Wycliffe in Grace from Heaven

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John Bradford: “ Increase and make perfect in me that which is wanting. Raise up in me that which is fallen. Restore to me that which I have lost. Make alive in me that which is dead and should live.” (Grace from Heaven: Prayers of the Reformation)

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“ Kindle our hearts fervently with your love, so our only delight is you and your glory—and whatever matches your commands. May you be our only love, our delight, our joy, our happiness, our comfort.” - Thomas Becon in Grace from Heaven: Prayers of the Reformation

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“I am blind; enlighten me. I am naked; clothe me. I am wounded; heal me. I am dead; raise me up. I know of no light, medicine, or life but you. Accept me graciously. Grant me your mercy, your favor and faith, your fullness, and your good will, O Lord. Amen.” — Menno Simons

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“before the world, before you and the angels, before glory—may we demonstrate how we are that peculiar people that you have favoured with your adoption, and that you may to the end carry on in us the work of your grace, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” —John Calvin

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Menno Simons: “O Lord of hosts, when I am buoyed up in the waters of your grace, I cannot fathom or measure them. Your mercies are greater than all your works … You received me in love, converted me to another mind, led me by the hand, and taught me by your Holy Spirit.”

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“By my own power have I offended you, but by my own power has it been impossible to please you. So you in Christ are reconciling me to yourself…My sins deserve the severest punishment at your hands, but far more has the devotion of my Redeemer merited your mercy.” Johann Gerhard

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See, Lord Jesus, how poorly I have treated your suffering? My heart is deeply pained & my soul greatly saddened because I have no works or merits of my own to offer for my salvation. Yet since your suffering, Jesus, may be my work, let your works also be my merit. -Johann Gerhard

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“So often as I hear or read of your admonitions or exhortation, let me take them to heart, acknowledging my own shortcomings. And seeing how I cannot myself will or do what you urge me to do, let me fly to you in prayer.” —Henry Airay

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A prayer from John Knox… he would pray on his way to work: “Merciful Father & Savior, in your grace I ask you to bless my labor. I cannot go on without your blessing. May it be a witness of your bounty and support, & by it may we come to know the fatherly care you have for us.”

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Lord, give us grace when we look to the death of Christ, that we may get a sense of our own misery. May we mourn that our sins pierced the sides of the innocent—the God of glory, even! Help us to know that we may have recourse to this … and to get grace in our Lord. R. Rollock

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John Calvin: “Almighty God, though we are constantly tossed about by various trials, and Satan always tries to shake our faith, help us still to stand firm on the promise you gave us: that you will forever encourage and offer us hope. You will always be our reconciler.”