A quiet meadow under the evening sky

Father’s Day · evening

Father to the Fatherless

A evening prayer for Father’s Day (the third Sunday in June in the United States). In the app it replaces the day’s readings automatically.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

God’s Word

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Today’s takeaway: God is a Father to the fatherless, so you are never without a perfect Father.

Before you pray

How has God been a Father to you?

Prayer

Father, You are a Father to the fatherless and a defender of widows. For those who had no father, or whose father failed them, You are enough. You never walk out, never lose Your temper, never forget. I rest tonight as Your child, safe in Your home. 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.