Evening prayer · April 25
Evening Prayer for April 25
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
God’s Word
Our Lord Jesus Christ, … though he was rich, yet for your sakes … became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Today’s takeaway: Jesus became poor for you so that you could share His riches.
It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell
The brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation
The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
All things are your’s; Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your’s; And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
Before you pray
What did Jesus give up so that you could have what you enjoyed today?
Prayer
Lord Jesus, You were rich, yet for my sake You became poor, so that through Your poverty I might be rich. All the fullness of God dwells in You, and You uphold all things by Your powerful word. Yet You took the form of a servant and had nowhere to lay Your head. Because of You, all things are mine, and I am Yours. Thank You. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Pray as Jesus taught us
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Amen.
Blessing
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.