Psalm 23
In the morning
Eternal and everblessed God, who art the Lord of all good life, we do not know what will come to us and what will happen to us today. What ever comes to us, be Thou with us to guide and to strengthen, to comfort and control. If temptation comes to us, give us grace to overcome evil and to do the right. If we have to make important decisions, give us grace ever to choose the right way, and to refuse the wrong way. If it will be difficult to witness for Thee, give us courage never to be ashamed to show whose we are and whom we serve. If things go well with us, keep us from all pride, and keep us from thnking that we do not need Thee. If we shall know sorrow, failure, disappointment, loss, keep us from all despairm, and help us never to give in. O Thou who art the Light of the World, be Thou with us today, what ever light may shine or shadow fall that we may ever live and walk as children of the light, through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN
In the evening
O God, our Father, who hast given us a life to live, and a task to do, bless us at eventide. Forgive us for the things which we have not even begun. Forgive us for the plans that we made, and did not carry out, and for the dreams which are still only dreams. Forgive us for the promises which we made to Thee and to our fellow-men and did not keep. O God, our Father, bless those who this night specially need Thy blessing. Bless those on journeys by sea and land and air, those who this night will lie down in hunger and in cold, those who are in prison and in disgrace, those who are ill and who will not sleep tonight, those who are sad and for whom the slow dark hours are very lonely. Bless each one of us, and be with us through this night, and stay with us until the day shall break and all the shadows flee away, through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN
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