Holiness. Purity. Truth. To the Puritans, these were more than attributes of God, they were high aspirations in their daily walk with the LORD. Nowhere is this more clearly seen than in their prayers and devotions. The Valley of Vision is a 432-page collection of the heart cries of such theological giants as John Hart, Charles Spurgeon, Richard Baxter, and John Bunyan. This deluxe leather bound edition is an indispensable tool for use in family worship or your personal quiet times. Used as such, these uplifting prayers will undoubtedly enrich your walk with the Lord and direct your eyes towards the Throne of Grace. -Jesse

This collection of prayers has touched and challenged our family to the inner core. We have been convicted of our lack of depth, of our complacency, of our selfishness, of our worliness. This is not fluff but true heartfelt yearnings after the Lord, after purity, after righteousness, after holiness. -Crystal

 

Holy Lord, How little repentance there is in the world, and how many sins I have to repent of!

I am troubled for my sin of passion, for the shame and horror of it as an evil;

I purpose to give way to it no more, and come to Thee for strength to that end.

Most men give vent to anger frequently and are overcome by it,

bringing many excuses and extenuations for it,

as that occurs suddenly, that they delight not in it,

that they are sorry afterwards, that Godly men commit it.

Thus they seek peace after outbursts of passion

by entire forgetfulness of it,

or, by skinning over their wound, they hope for healing without peace in Christ's blood.

Lord God, I know that my sudden anger arises when things cross me,

and I desire to please only myself, not Christ;

There is in all wrongs and crosses a double cross -

that which crosses me and that which crosses Thee;

In all good things there is somewhat that pleases me

somewhat that pleases Thee.

My sin is that my heart is pleased or troubled as things please or trouble me,

without my having a regard to Christ;

Thus, I am like Eli, the subject of punishment for not rebuking sin;

whereas I should humbly confess my sin and fly to the blood of Christ for pardon and peace.

Give me, then, repentance, true brokenness, lasting contrition,

for these things thou wilk not despise in spite of my sin.

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Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly,

Thou has brought me to the valley of vision,where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights;   hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold   thy glory. Let me learn by paradox   that the way down is the way up,   that to be low is to be high,

   that the broken heart is the healed heart,   that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit,   that the repenting soul is the victorious soul,   that to have nothing is to possess all,   that to bear the cross is to wear the crown,   that to give is to receive,   that the valley is the place of vision.  

Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells,   deepest wells,   and the deeper the wells the brighter   thy stars shine;Let me find thy light in my darkness,   Thy life in my death,   that every good work or thought found in me   thy joy in my sorrow,   thy grace in my sin,    thy riches in my poverty

   thy glory in my valley.