Sunday Evening Together – 23 March 2024 6.00 pm
Join us on Zoom for Evening Prayers, led by Revd Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga. The link to the meeting is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87485858204?pwd=ZCRltj1kzfbWatRZ3lgU0kT03sNO5c.1
You may follow us with the prayers below or use them for your own prayer time.
WELCOME
Come, bring your praises and your pains.
Come, bring your joys and your sorrows.
Come, bring your thanks and your regrets.
Come, bring your hopes and your fears.
Come, bring all you are to God, and find blessing.
Silence
Merciful God, who directs our life,
we adore you.
Faithful God, who never changes,
we adore you.
Glorious God of forgiveness and second chances,
we adore you.
God of all nourishment,
we adore you.
All powerful, abundant God,
we adore you.
Amen.
We play a Hymn…
CONFESSION
Merciful God, we have:
heard your Word, but not obeyed it;
seen your works, but not appreciated them;
received your grace, but not shared it;
known your love, but not shared it.
We have been blind to your presence, and deaf to your call.
We have been selfish in our desires, and careless in our actions.
Forgive us, O God, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Restore us, O God, and renew us in your image.
Silence
Loving God, thank you that you do not treat us
as our sins deserve, but as your children whom you love.
We thank you that you sent your Son Jesus Christ
to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification.
Thank you that you have opened our eyes to see your grace,
and our ears to hear your voice.
Amen.
READING
Psalm 63
A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
1 You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
3 Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
5 I will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6 On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
7 Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
8 I cling to you;
your right hand upholds me.
9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;
they will go down to the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the sword
and become food for jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God will glory in him,
while the mouths of liars will be silenced.
Conversation…
Prayers
Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That you, with steadfast love, would keep
Your watch around us while we sleep.
From evil dreams defend our sight,
From fears and terrors of the night;
Tread underfoot our deadly foe
That we no sinful thought may know.
O Father, that we ask be done
Through Jesus Christ, your only Son;
And Holy Spirit, by whose breath
Our souls are raised to life from death.
Silence
Visit this place, O Lord, we pray,
and drive far from it the snares of the enemy;
may your holy angels dwell with us and guard us in peace,
and may your blessing be always upon us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
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.
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the
glory are yours now and forever.
Amen.
We play a Hymn…
The Conclusion
In peace we will lie down and sleep;
for you alone, Lord, make us dwell in safety.
Abide with us, Lord Jesus,
for the night is at hand and the day is now past.
As the night watch looks for the morning,
so do we look for you, O Christ.
The Lord bless us and watch over us;
the Lord make his face shine upon us and be gracious to us;
the Lord look kindly on us and give us peace.
Silence
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
be with us all evermore.
Amen.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
