I HAVE PRAYED FOR THEE.

 
MARCH 8.
 
I have prayed for thee.
Luke 22:32
 

JESUS prayed for Peter and the prospect of his fall.
 
He knew the designs of Satan,
  he knew that enemy had desire to have him
  that he might shift him as wheat,
  but as the great Intercessor he pleaded
  with his Father for him; and what
   he did for Peter, he does for us.
 
Sweet thought this,
  Jesus knows all Satan’s designs and movements,
  and he prays for us that our faith might not fail!
 
He watches that foe, and
  he watches over us.
 
Whenever he pleads he prevails,
  for the Father always hears him.
 
This is our comfort when our hearts are cold,
  straitened, and prayerless;
  we have one in heaven who pleads for us.
 
We may lose the prayers of a godly father, or
   a fondly attracted mother;
  but the prayers of Jesus can never be lost.
 
There are prayers filed in heaven for us this morning,
  which are to be answered this day;
  nor should we get beyond the prayers of Jesus,
  until we are with him where he is to behold his glory.
 
Let us comfort ourselves with this,
  under all our sorrows, in all our trials,
  in the midst of all our bereavements,
  -- Jesus has prayed for me.
 

Jesus my Advocate hath been,

And by the fiery darts assail’d

Of Satan, and the world, and sin,

My faith hath never wholly fail’d;

Jesus, on whom I still depend,

Shall keep me faithful to the end.

 
James Smith 1849