{"id":291,"date":"2025-09-30T00:27:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianregency.com\/blog\/?p=291"},"modified":"2025-09-30T00:27:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:27:24","slug":"jane-austens-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/30\/jane-austens-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Austen’s Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"

JANE AUSTEN’S PRAYERS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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We are all familiar with Sense and Sensibility<\/em>, Pride and Prejudice<\/em>, and Northanger Abbey<\/em> \u2013 but did you know that Ms. Austen also wrote three prayers? Jane likely penned her three prayers as \u201cevening prayers,\u201d intending them to be read aloud.\u00a0Let\u2019s take a look:<\/p>\n

JANE AUSTEN\u2019S FIRST PRAYER<\/strong><\/span>
\n(Abridged version.\u00a0The full text can be read here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Give us grace almighty father, so to pray, as to deserve to be heard, to address thee with our hearts, as with our lips. Thou art everywhere present, from thee no secret can be hid. May the knowledge of this, teach us to fix our thoughts on thee, with reverence and devotion that we pray not in vain.<\/em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

May we now, and on each return of night, consider how the past day has been spent by us, what have been our prevailing thoughts, words and actions during it, and how far we can acquit ourselves of evil.<\/em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Have we thought irreverently of thee, have we disobeyed thy commandments, have we neglected any known duty, or willingly given pain to any human being? Incline us to ask our hearts these questions oh! God, to save us from deceiving ourselves by pride or vanity.<\/em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Give us a thankful sense of the blessings in which we live, of the many comforts of our lot; that we may not deserve to lose them by discontent or indifference. Hear us almighty God, for his sake who has redeemed us, and taught us thus to pray. Amen.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t that beautiful? This prayer holds true to Austen\u2019s moving and articulate style and offers wonderful insight to the types of prayers spoken during the Regency. It is important, however, to remember that while the words themselves are indeed lovely, it is not the eloquence of the words that is pleasing to God \u2013 it is the attitude with which the prayer is spoken.<\/p>\n

You see, prayer is an outpouring of faith, and we pray to strengthen our relationship with God. And how do you strengthen relationships?\u00a0By sharing your dreams, fears, and desires. God is faithful to hear our prayers, and even if we do not always have the perfect words, God knows our hearts. So I challenge you:\u00a0Find somewhere quiet where you can be alone with God and have a conversation. Share your heart with Him, and listen for what He has to say.<\/p>\n

Want to read more about what God has to say about prayer?\u00a0 Here are some verses to get you started.
\nMatthew 6:5-14 <\/a>| Romans 8:26<\/a> | Philippians 4:6-7<\/a>\u00a0| Psalm 107:28-30<\/a>
\nMatthew 7:7\u00a0<\/a>| John 14:13-14<\/a> | Mark 11:24<\/a> |\u00a0Ephesians 6:18<\/a><\/p>\n

Originally posted 2012-02-17 10:00:00. <\/small><\/p>

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JANE AUSTEN’S PRAYERS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We are all familiar with Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Northanger Abbey \u2013 but did you know that Ms. Austen also wrote three prayers? Jane likely penned her three prayers as \u201cevening prayers,\u201d intending them to be read aloud.\u00a0Let\u2019s take a look: JANE AUSTEN\u2019S FIRST PRAYER (Abridged version.\u00a0The full text […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291\/revisions\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}