An Unknown Prayer (In Blue Below) I Prayed to the Trinity (It Is Very Similar to What I Said to God Alone) When I Gained Assurance of Salvation in January 2005

"...I come to the Father who sent His Son

Through Jesus my God and Sovereign

By the Holy Spirit Who is Advocate, Helper and Counselor

I come on bended knee to worship Thee

I find myself lacking prayer time

Because of the weakness of my sinful flesh

Yet it is the sweetness and happiest memories

To spend time with Thee is never unforgettable

Unless I am left to the deadness of my mind

I thank and praise Thee for my assurance

Fallen sinners argue and doubt it

Thy Word proclaims it true

May Thou continue to make me convinced of my election..."

In Jesus' name.  Amen (Mike's Bible Prayer).

A Unknown Historical, Biblical and Theological Puritan Prayer:

"...Dear God, whom I hate with all my being precisely because you hate and threaten me with hell, I hate this punishment perhaps even more than I hate you. Or, maybe I should say that I love my comfort even more than I hate you. For that reason I am asking a favor of you. I want you to make me love you, whom I hate even when I ask this and even more because I have to ask this. I am being frank with you because I know it is no use to be otherwise. You know even better than I how much I hate you and that I love only myself. It is no use for me to pretend to be sincere. I most certainly do not love you and do not want to love you. I hate the thought of loving you but that is what I'm asking because I love myself. If you can answer this 'prayer' I guess the gift of gratitude will come with it and then I will be able to do what I would not think of doing now—thank you for making me love you whom I hate. Amen..."   (John H. Gerstner. The Rational Biblical Theology of Jonathan Edwards, Volume III, (Virginia: Berea Publications, 1993), p. 81).