Evening prayer · June 5
Evening Prayer for June 5
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
God’s Word
He knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Today’s takeaway: God knows you are made of dust, so He treats you with a father's tender patience.
The LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, … Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us?
In him we live, and move, and have our being
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Before you pray
How did you treat your body and your limits today?
Prayer
LORD God, You formed man from the dust and breathed life into him. You know my frame, and You remember that I am dust. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Tonight I am tired, and You are not disappointed in my limits. You are full of compassion. In You I live and move and have my being. Let me rest. 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.