Evening prayer · March 29
Evening Prayer for March 29
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
God’s Word
Riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Today’s takeaway: Earthly riches do not last, so store up treasure that will never fade.
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, … For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen
To him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
A crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Before you pray
What did you spend today chasing that will not last?
Prayer
Father, riches do not last forever, and so much of what I worry about is a passing show. Set my affection on things above tonight. Help me lay up treasure in heaven, where nothing rusts or is stolen. I look at what is unseen, which is eternal. You have promised a crown of glory that does not fade. 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.