A night night prayer book12/5/2023 ![]() Keep us under your protection, and give us now and always that everlasting rest, which you have promised to those who obey your word through Jesus Christ our Lord. You command those who love your name to cast away all fear and care, and to lay their burdens on you. Lord, you alone are God, the gracious and merciful. In Jesus’ Name, Amen ~ Max Lucado Rest for Those Who Obey Your Word Make me secure in who You are and who You’ve made me to be, and as a result, teach me what it means to truly rest. ![]() ![]() It's always a good day, even when things may not go the way I plan, or when the world seems in chaos because you are in control.ĭear Lord, break me of the need to be busy pursuing a sense of self-worth. But before I do, I have to thank you for your faithfulness today. Heavenly Father, my day is drawing to an end, and I'm ready to turn in. ~ Debbie McDaniel A Beautiful Prayer to End the Day Give us a heart of wisdom to hear your voice, and make us strong by your huge favor and grace. We pray that you would make our way purposeful and our footsteps firm out of your goodness and love. Establish the work of our hands and bring to fulfillment all that you have given us to do in these days. That you would open the right doors for our lives and for our loved ones, that you would close the wrong doors and protect us from those we need to walk away from. We ask for your guidance so that we might walk fully in your blessing and goodness today. Forgive us for sometimes forgetting that you are intimately acquainted with all of our ways, that you know what concerns us, and you cover us, as with a shield. Thank you that your favor has no end, but it lasts for our entire lifetime. Source: Liturgy of the Nestorians, fifth centuryĭear God, Thank you for your great love and blessing over our lives. O Lord, make us bold, make us worthy to offer to you pure and holy prayer through Jesus Christ our Lord. May our voices proclaim your truth, and may your cross be the guardian of our souls. O Lord, let your tranquility dwell among us, and let your peace remain in our hearts. Spread your holy protection over us and cover us with your mighty wings, that no terrors of the night may disturb us, and let your divine majesty watch over our minds while we sleep through Jesus Christ our Lord. Shepherd, Watch While We Sleepīeloved Shepherd of our souls and bodies, you never slumber nor sleep. Here are some night prayers to end your day in thanksgiving to God and asking Him for peaceful sleep in His protection: A Biblical Night-time Prayer ( 2 Timothy 1:7)įor God’s not given me a spirit of fear, but a spirit of love, and of power, and a sound mind, to live each day and glorify his name. Evening prayers also help you review all the experiences during your day and the ways that God has been present with you. Regardless of what you suffered today, talking to God through a night prayer will revive your faith and assist you to sleep in peace. Finishing your day with prayer is a powerful way to let go of anxiety and find peace before falling asleep. People: who is making the heavens and earth.Similar to why we should pray in the morning, praying at the end of the day is an opportunity to thank the Lord for the blessings He gives and the protection He provided us to live another day. Leader: My brothers and sisters, our help is in the name of the eternal God For those beloved of God are given gifts even while they sleep. Leader: It is but lost labour that we haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of anxiety. People: to lead us to peace and to glory. People: and quieten the powers of darkness. Here is the introduction (approach) to Night Prayer:Īpproach Leader: The angels of God guard us through the night, So we are taken over the threshold from daytime, not in a mood of self-centered spirituality, but as representatives of humanity, acknowledging our creaturehood before God. It celebrates the awareness that each of us who tries to pray is a part of the human whole. Night Prayer derives its content from the wisdom of the centuries in Scripture and above all in the psalms, but also from contemporary Christian experience of God. It rounds off the day and prepares us for a quiet night.Īs the psalmist wrote: I lie down in peace and take rest my rest for it is in God alone that I dwell unafraid. The offering of prayer late in the evening, by laity, religious orders or clergy, often called Compline, has sometimes been described as the ‘goodnight prayer of the Church’.
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