…to all who receive him, who believe in his name, he gives the right to become children of God.1
In peace I will both lie down and sleep;
for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.2
reviewing the day with God
Search me O God, and know my heart this night; enable me to know my heart this night…3
as you have lived it and as it has worked out in the world in which you live…,
giving thanks
for what has been good in your life, how you have seen God in your life,
for what has been good in the world, how you have seen God in the world,
confessing what you would like to have done differently,
passing over to God what saddens you in the world.
In peace I will both lie down and sleep;
for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.2
looking forward to tomorrow with God
We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our abilities. We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realising that. This enables us to do something, and to do it well – a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for your grace to enter and do the rest.4
prayer to end the day
Keep watch, Lord, with those who work or watch or weep this night
and give your angels charge over those who sleep.
Tend the sick, give rest to the weary, bless the dying,
soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted,
shield the joyous, and all for your love’s sake. 4
Amen
- after John 1
- Psalm 4.8
- after Psalm 139
- adapted from Compline, Book of Common Prayer
