Martin Luther's Prayer During Persecution
Here are the words of Martin Luther's prayer during his trail at the Diet of Worms. I took this from page 81 of Robert Charles Sproul's book "The Holiness of God". He wrote this prayer acknowledging his need for help during the times of persecution from the Unholy Inquisition: O God, Almighty God everlasting! How dreadful is the world! Behold how its mouth opens to swallow me up and how shall is my faith in Thee! Oh! The weakness of the flesh and the power of Satan! If I am to depend upon my strength of this world- all is over... the knell is struck... sentence is gone forth... O God! O God! Oh Thou, my God help me against all the wisdom of this world. Do this, I beseech Thee; Thou shouldst do this... by Thy own mighty power... the work is not mine but Thine. I have no business here... I have nothing to contend for with these great men of the world! I would gladly pass my days in happiness and peace. But the cause is Thine... and it is righteous and everlasting! O