Liturgical Evening Prayer - Day 4

Evening prayers (online only) will be at 20:45 (check for your local time):
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Welcome to evening prayers

God is Jehovah Shalom, ‘the Lord is Peace’. We approach God tonight remembering that the peace he offers is more than an absence of conflict but includes wellness and wholeness. We approach God in confidence that his peace guards our hearts and our minds.

Together we pray

Calm me, O Lord, as You stilled the storm.
Still me, O Lord, keep me from harm.
Let all the tumult within me cease.
Enfold me, Lord, in Your peace.

Pause

Look over the day, asking God to bring clarity and understanding. Review the day through the lens of gratitude. Think of every detail for which you can be thankful; for the things that bring you joy, thank him. For the things that bring sadness or have been challenging, thank him that you had that opportunity to trust him.

Pause to pray

Together we pray

Lord as we think through all that has happened today our hearts are overwhelmed with thanksgiving that you offer us rest, time to delight in you, space to enjoy community and to worship you together. We have truly been blessed by you today.

Now we have the opportunity to become aware of how we are feeling. Try to name that emotion and give it to the LORD.

Pause to pray

Lord, we praise you that your peace is a counterbalance to all the negative emotions we encounter. Thank you for wanting us to be whole. 

Now choose a feature of today, maybe it’s a joy or it could be a burden or something that he has provoked in you due to the things we have been discussing today. Talk to the Lord about it.

Pause to pray

Psalm 29:1-2 and 10-11 (NIV)

Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings,
     ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
     worship the Lord in the splendour of his holiness.

10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
     the Lord is enthroned as King forever.

11 The Lord gives strength to his people;
     the Lord blesses his people with peace.

Psalm 4:8 (NIV)

In peace I will lie down and sleep,
     for you alone, Lord,
     make me dwell in safety.

Finally, as we look towards tomorrow, consider what is coming up. Through the lens of hope, trust and expectation, offer up all you will do, trusting him to be involved and for his will to be done.

Pause to pray

Together we pray

May God shield me;
may God fill me;
may God keep me;
may God watch me;
may God bring me this night
to the nearness of His love.

The peace of the Father of joy,
the peace of the Christ of hope,
the peace of the Spirit of grace,
the peace of all peace
be mine this night.

Amen.

Acknowledgements: 

The opening prayer is taken from the Northumbria Community Wednesday Compline: https://www.northumbriacommunity.org/offices/wednesday-the-felgild-compline/

The final prayer is taken from the Northumbria Community Saturday Compline: https://www.northumbriacommunity.org/offices/saturday-the-patrick-compline/