Friday Evening Prayer

The Lord is my light and my salvation –
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life –
of whom shall I be afraid?.
(Psalm 27:1, NIV)
 
As the day closes, I centre again on the Presence of the Three
I worship you God,
the keeper of my soul.
I embrace you Jesus,
my constant companion.
I inhale you Spirit,
promise of the world to come.
 
God of grace
Who loves extravagantly
Christ of grace
Who befriends utterly
Spirit of grace
Who lures irresistibly                               (Repeat)
 
Pause in silence
 
As I listen to your word
may I hear your gentle whisper.
 
Readings from the Lectionary
 
May your word be in my sleeping,
my dreaming and my waking this night,
that it may watch over and replenish my soul.
 
Time for reflection
 
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord …
 (Jeremiah 29:11-13, NIV)
 
Pause in silence
 
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and forever.  Amen.
 
Silence or Prayer for others
 
Healer
of ragged hopes
and tattered ideals,
 
Nurse
of faint faith
and fractured creeds,
 
Physician
of listless lives
and limping love,
 
At evening,
before the sun is set,
lay your hands on us.
(“Healer,” Bruce Prewer in Jesus the Future: Prayers for the twenty-first century)
 
And the peace of God,
which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and minds
in Christ Jesus.  Amen.
(Philippians 4:7, NIV)