Evening prayer · May 19
Evening Prayer for May 19
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
God’s Word
Fellowship in the gospel
Today’s takeaway: Believers share one life in Christ, so love and stay close to God's family.
As the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
These words spake Jesus
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us
Before you pray
Which fellow believer could you encourage this week?
Prayer
Father, You called me into the fellowship of Your Son and into the family of all who believe. We are one body with many members. On the night before He died, Jesus prayed not only for His disciples but for everyone who would believe through them. He prayed for me. Tonight I pray for my brothers and sisters: make us one. 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.