EVERYDAY CHRISTIAN PRAYERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS: Jun 17, 2007

Sunday, June 17, 2007

EVENING PRAYER FOR THE DAY 17/06/2007 - by William Barclay

Forgive me,

O God, if today

By being irritable and unreasonable,

I made trouble in the family circle;

By being careless and slack and inefficient at my work,

I made the tasks of others more difficult;

By being self-willed and stubborn and too set on my own way,

I was a problem to my friends and my companions.

Forgive me if today

I was too impatient with someone who was doing his best;

I have been too quick to take offense,

and to see slights where no slight was intended;

I did things badly, and caused others trouble,

because I was not attending to my instructions

and to my work as I ought to have been.

Help me tomorrow to be more strict with myself;

more understanding to others;

more faithful to my work than ever before;

through Jesus Christ my Lord.

Amen.

MORNING PRAYER FOR THE DAY 17/06/2007 - by William Barclay

O God,

my Heavenly Father,

make me more appreciative of others.

Help me never to fail to say thanks for everything that is done for me,

and never to take anything for granted,

just because it comes to me unfailingly every day.

Help me always to be ready to speak a word of praise,

whenever a word of praise is possible

and sometimes even when it is not possible.

Help me to be quick to notice things.

Help me to be quick to see

when someone is depressed and discouraged and unhappy.

Help me to be quick to see it

when someone is lonely and shy and is left out of things.

O Lord Jesus,

all through today help me to see people with Your eyes.

This I ask for Your love’s sake.

Amen.

Apostles" Creed

I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried: He descended into hell: The third day he rose again from the dead:He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead: I believe in the Holy Ghost: I believe in the holy catholic church: the communion of saints: The forgiveness of sins: The resurrection of the body: And the life everlasting. Amen.

The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.