Matthew 20:25-28
In the morning
Eternal God, grant that we may count it a day wasted when we do not learn something new, and when we are not a little further on the way to goodness and to Thee. Help us to try to do our work better every day. Help us to try to add something to our store of knowledge every day. Help us to try to know some one better every day. Grant unto us each day to learn more of self-mastery and self control. Grant unto us each day better to rule our temper and our tongue. Grant unto us each day to leave our faults farther behind and to grow more neary into the likeness of our Lord. So grant that at the end of this day, and at the end of every day, and at the end of every day, we may be nearer to Thee than when the day began, through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN
In the evening
O God, our Father, forgive us for the failures of today. Forgive us for any failure in self-control, through which we said or did things for which we are sorry now. Forgive s for any failure in self-discipline, through which we were slack, when we should have been doing with our might that which our hand found to do. Forgive us for any failure in obedience, through which we listened to our desires rather than to Thy will. We give Thee thanks for anything of good that has been in this day. We thank Thee for any temptation which Thou didst enable us to overcome. We thank Thee for any help Thou didst enable us to give, and for any service Thou didst enable us to render. We thank Thee for any good word which Thou didst enable us to speak, and any good deed which THou didst enable us to do. So now we render this day back to Thee, with all its dark times and all its shining moments, that Thou mayest accept its goodness and forgive its sin, through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN
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