WHEN YE PRAY, SAY, "OUR FATHER." Like a father, He cares for you, but, unlike any earthly father, with complete knowledge of your needs and perfect wisdom on your behalf. When cast down, remember you have a Father in heaven who loves you, has given His word to you, and is ever ready to do you good. It is truly blessed to begin this month, and every month, believing that we have a Father in heaven; and that "like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him; for He knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust." Let there be no reserve between us and our heavenly Father, but let us communicate everything to Him; let there be no hard thoughts of our Father, but let us delight in His word, which sets forth His own immutable mind, and let us rejoice. Our heavenly Father knoweth what we need; He hath provided all we need, and He will freely give all He has provided; but He will be acknowledged and sought unto. Nothing is too hard for Him to effect; nothing is too great for Him to produce; nothing is too good for Him to bestow upon His people. What a mercy that we have such a Father in this inhospitable world! To Him let us carry, and with Him let us leave, all our cares.

For Meditation:
Father, on me Thy grace bestow,
To call Thee mine while here below;
To love Thee as Thy law requires,
To this my longing soul aspires;
May every word and action prove
My soul is filled with filial love.