"The Valley of Vision"

This book was introduced to me while at our church in D.C.  It really has aided me in my prayer life.  It's a collection of Puritan prayers and devotions.  Here is one of the prayers:

Need of Grace

O Lord,

Thou knowest my great unfitness for service,

my present deadness, 

my inability to do anything for thy glory, 

my distressing coldness of heart.

I am weak, ignorant, unprofitable, 

and loathe and abhor myself. 

I am at a loss to know what thou wouldest have me do, 

for I feel amazingly deserted by thee, 

and sense they presence so little; 

Thou makes me possess the sins of my youth, 

and the dreadful sin of my nature, 

so that I feel all sin, 

I cannot think or act but every motion is sin.

Return again with showers of converting grace

to a poor gospel-abusing sinner. 

Help my soul to breathe after holiness, 

after a constant devotedness to thee, 

after growth in grace more abundantly every day. 

O Lord, I am lost in the pursuit of this blessedness, 

And am ready to sink because I fall short of my desire; 

Help me to hold out a little longer, 

until the happy hour of deliverance comes, 

for I cannot lift my soul to thee

if thou of they goodness bring me not night. 

Help me to hold out a little longer, 

until the happy hour of deliverance comes, 

for I cannot lift my soul to thee

if thou of they goodness bring me not nigh. 

Help me to be diffident, watchful, tender, 

lest I offend my blessed friend

in though and behaviour; 

I confide in thee and lean upon thee, 

and need thee at all times to assist and lead me. 

O that all my distresses and apprehensions

might prove but Christ's school 

to make me fit for greater service

by teaching me the great lesson of humility.