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For Guidance

O God, by whom the meek are guided in judgment, and light rises up in darkness for the godly: Grant us, in all our doubts and uncertainties, the grace to ask what you would have us do, that the Spirit of wisdom may save us from all false choices; that in your light we may see light, and in your straight path we may not stumble; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For the Acceptance of Prayer

Heavenly Father, you have promised to hear what we ask in the Name of your Son: Accept and fulfill our petitions, we pray, not as we ask in our ignorance, nor as we deserve in our sinfulness, but as you know and love us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 675

Provenance

1979 BCP (TEC)

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

This short prayer, asking God to receive our prayers even when we don't know quite how to word them, entered the American Prayer Book in 1979 as one of eight collects offered after the Prayers of the People. The ACNA's 2019 Prayer Book carries it forward unchanged among its occasional prayers "for times of prayer and worship."