Evening Prayer: June 19th

Holy and awesome God, this day, your gift to me, is nearly done. As we come to the closing of this day, O Lord, we see the sins of the world in the light of your only Son. Since his coming to be your mercy toward us, we have come to suspect how hard and unrelenting we are toward each other. We ask you to renew us according to his example. Let us grow like him and no longer repay evil with evil, but make peace and live in truth, every day of our lives. Break, we pray you, the cycle of evil that holds us captive and let sin die in us as the sin of the world died in Jesus, your Son. Thank you that he lives with us today, shelters us beneath his wings, and blesses us with peace. Grant us rest and renewal this night. In the name of Jesus. Amen.