Sabbath Sentiments

God has set all things for our good and for our salvation. In our very selves, we feel His power and grace, His great unnumbered benefits freely conferred upon us. All praise and thanks be unto God. What else can we then do but stir ourselves to trust, to praise, and to love Him. For all God’s handiwork is made for man. Even in the six days He shows a father’s care for His child as yet unborn. All praise and thanks be unto God. Away, ingratitude and forgetfulness of Him. Away with craven fear He may fail us in our need. For He has seen to it that nothing will be lacking to our welfare. All praise and thanks be
unto God. Whenever we call on God, creator of heaven and earth, we must be mindful that all He gives us is in His hand to give. Our every trust and hope we hang on Him alone. All praise and thanks be unto God. Whatever we desire, we are to ask of Him and thankfully receive each benefit that falls to us. Let us then strive to love and serve Him with all our hearts. All praise and thanks be unto God.
~A prayer of Calvin as quoted by Dr. David Calhoun