Let's pray together.

together.

Preserve me, oh God, for in you I take refuge.

I say to the Lord, you are my Lord, I have no good apart from you. As for the saints in the land those gathered here they are my delight. Those who choose another God multiply their sorrows, their libations of blood, I will not pour out,

or take their names upon my lips.

The Lord is my chosen portion. my places including this place tonight.

Yes, I have a beautiful inheritance.

I bless the Lord who gives me counsel.

In this night also, the Lord who gives me counsel.

In this night also, the Lord instructs me.

Keep the Lord always before me, because he's at my right hand,

I will not be moved.

You show me the path of life in your presence's fullness of joy.

At your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Would you bestow those pleasures on this people

through the life and ministry of Charles Hadden Spurgeon, I pray.

Would you strengthen this seminary?

Would you make this Nicole Institute of Baptist Studies

a stunning success in raising up reformed Baptist lovers of Christ

and of his church and of the world.

So do these things and exceedingly more than I can think to ask.

I pray in Jesus' name.

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