Matthew 6:9-15
In the morning
O God, our Father, who dost desire us to love and to serve one another and who hast created us for fellow-ship with Thee and with our fellow-men, grant unto us all through this day the gifts and the graces which will make us easy to live with. Grant us courtesy, that we may live every moment as if we were living at the court of the king. Grant us tolerance, that we may not be so quick to condemn what we do not like and what we do not understand. Grant unto us considerateness that we may think of the feelings of others even more than of our own. Grant unto us kindliness that we may miss no opportunity to help, to cheer, to comfort and to encourage a brother man. Grant unto us honestly, that our work may be our best, whether there is anyone to see it or not. Grant unto us so to live this day the world may be a happier place because we passed through it, through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN
In the evening
O God, our Father, We thank Thee that Thou didst keep us ths day in our going out and in our coming in. We thank Thee that Thou didst enable us to do our work, and Thou didst keep us in safety on our journey to our work, and on the busy city streets. We thank Thee for things to do for friends to meet, and for all good pleasures to enjoy. We thank Thee clothes to wear for food to eat, for a home from which we go out and to which at evening tme we return, and for loved ones who ever care for us and take through for all things for our comfort. Grant that we may never take for granted all the things which come to us so regularly each day, but that we mayever remember Thee, the Giver of every good and perfect gift. So grant unto us this night to lay ourselves down in gratitude, and on the morrow to wake in resolution to serve Thee better for all Thy love to us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN
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