Evening prayer · September 8
Evening Prayer for September 8
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
God’s Word
Christ the firstfruits
Today’s takeaway: Christ rose as the firstfruits, the promise that all who belong to Him will rise too.
Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
If the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
If we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection
The Lord Jesus Christ: … shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
The firstborn from the dead
If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live
Before you pray
What hope does Christ's resurrection give you tonight?
Prayer
Lord Jesus, a grain of wheat must fall into the ground and die before it brings forth fruit. You did that for me. There are things in my life that feel like they are being buried. Let them bear fruit in Your time. You are the resurrection and the life, and I trust You with them tonight. 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.