Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday.

O Father, 

Thou hast made man for the glory of thyself, and when not an instrument of that glory, he is a thing of nought; 

No sin is greater than the sin of unbelief, for if union with Christ is the greatest good, unbelief is the greatest sin, as being cross to thy command; I see that whatever my sin is, yet no sin is like disunion from Christ by unbelief. Lord, keep me from committing the greatest sin in departing from Him, for I can never in this life perfectly obey and cleave to Christ.  

When thou takest away my outward blessings, it is for sin, in not acknowledging that all that I have is of thee, in not serving thee through what I have, in making myself secure and hardened. 

Lawful blessings are the secret idols, and do most hurt; the greatest injury is in the having, the greatest good in the taking away. 

In love, divest me of blessings that I may glorify thee the more; remove the fuel of my sin, and may I prize the gain of a little holiness as overbalancing all my losses. 

The more I love thee with a truly gracious love - the more, I desire to love thee, and the more miserable I am, at my want of love; 

The more I hunger and thirst after thee, the more I faint and fail in finding thee, The more my heart is broken for sin, the more I pray it may be far more broken. 

My great evil is that I do not remember the sins of my youth, nay, the sins of one day I forget the next. Keep me from all things that turn to unbelief or lack of felt union with Christ. 

In the precious name of Jesus we pray, Amen.