The Great God
O fountain of all good,
Destroy in me every lofty thought,
Break pride to pieces and scatter it to the winds,
Annihilate each clinging shred of self-righteousness,
Implant in me true lowliness of spirit,
Abase me to self-loathing and self-abhorrence,
Open in me a fount of penitential tears,
Break me, then bind me up;
Thus will my heart be a prepared dwelling for my God;
Then can the Father take up His abode in me,
Then can the blessed Jesus come with healing in His touch,
Then can the Holy Spirit descend in sanctifying grace;
O Holy Trinity, three Persons and one God,
inhabit me, a temple consecrated to Thy glory.
When Thou art present, evil cannot abide;
In Thy fellowship is fullness of joy,
Beneath Thy smile is peace of conscience,
By Thy side no fears disturb,
no apprehensions banish rest of mind,
With Thee my heart shall bloom with fragrance;
Make me meet, through repentance, for Thine indwelling.
Nothing exceeds Thy power,
Nothing is too great for Thee to do,
Nothing too good for Thee to give.
Infinite is Thy might, boundless Thy love,
limitless Thy grace, glorious Thy saving name.
Let angels sing for sinners repenting, prodigals restored,
backsliders reclaimed, Satan’s captives released,
blind eyes opened, broken hearts bound up,
the despondent cheered, the self-righteous stripped,
the formalist driven from a refuge of lies,
the ignorant enlightened,
and saints built up in their holy faith.
I ask great things of a great God.
-The Valley of Vision
Hits home doesn’t it? I know it is convicting to me every time I read it. Just recently have I started reading this book and I am loving it!
There is also a beautiful CD based on this book that has so ministered to my soul.
Such deep yet simple truths…oh how my soul is craving just that.
Beautiful Things 
I, too, am enjoying The Valley of Vision. I became acquainted with it through another book, The Steadfast Heart by Elyse Fitzpatrick. I highly recommend that one, too. It has a CD with it as well.
This is one of my FAVORITE books! I say Amen over and over again to the words… May our Lord bring forth His sweet fragrance from your life…
Chelle gave me this book in 2007 when I was really struggling with my health condition. It was great balm to me and I have just recently started reading it again. It puts into words what I am feeling but sometimes unable to say. God be with you.
I’ve not even heard of this book! You’ve given me a new “lead” on my never ending book trail. Thanks. I’m going to check out Karen’s suggestion, too. We love music so the cd to go along with the book is interesting. Pray for us this week. Our good IA friends are headed to Russia to meet their two new children for the first time – and their other 3 kiddos are staying with us for 8 days – eek! We’re going to have so much fun but I’m not naive enough to think it will be easy. Lots of memories to be made. Hopefully the weather will give you some respite up there this week and the out doors can again be explored…stick poking, falling down, puddle jumping, you know the drill. Enjoy creation! Love you 3!
Jess,
This book is indeed AMAZING! Kari Fern introduced me to it the summer we worked at IRBC together. Powerful words! Powerful prayers! Definitely hits home-every single prayer. Thanks for a great reminder of our Great God! Love you much!