NIGHT PRAYER: Saturday 12/17

At sundown today we begin to celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Advent: a season of joyful expectation of Christmas; a season for renewing our hearts as Christ's dwelling place today; and a season to prepare for meeting Christ again at the end of our lives, at the end of all time... Last week we prayed for joy, this week we pray for perseverance...

Each Saturday night in this season, Night Prayer will focus on lighting the candles on the Advent wreath...  If you have an Advent Wreath at home, pray for perseverance this week as you light the fourth candle each day.  If you don't have an Advent Wreath - light any candle and pray for perseverance.  If you have no candle, use the virtual candles above and pray for perseverance each time you pray at the wreath this week... 

 

As we light the fourth candle on the Advent wreath, 
we pray for the gift of perseverance...

In the dark of night
   Lord, help me persevere...

In the dead of winter,
   Lord, help me persevere...

In the heat of the day, 
   Lord, help me persevere...

 

In confused and troubling times,

    Lord, help me persevere... 

When I just don't have a clue, 

    Lord, help me persevere...

On the uphill side of everything,
   Lord, help me persevere...

 

When opinion outweighs truth,

    Lord, help me persevere... 

In good times and in bad,

    Lord, help me persevere...

When all odds are against me, 
   Lord, help me persevere...

When others have abandoned me,
   Lord, help me persevere...

 

When nothing seems to work,

    Lord, help me persevere...

 

When I'm overcome by grief,

    Lord, help me persevere...

When I just don't know the way,
   Lord, help me persevere...

 

As I wait for things to settle down,

    Lord, help me persevere...

When I cannot find your face,
   Lord, help me persevere...

 

When no one understands,

    Lord, help me persevere... 

 

In sickness and in health,

    Lord, help me persevere...

When I can't find words for prayer,
   Lord, help me persevere...

When the news gets worse each day,
   Lord, help me persevere....

When my burdens seem too heavy,
   Lord, help me persevere...

When I fear that you've forgotten me,
   Lord, help me persevere...

When I suffer for your name,
   Lord, help me persevere...

When I hunger for your word,
   Lord, help me persevere...

When I thirst for peace and joy,
   Lord, help me persevere...

When I don't know where to turn,
   Lord, help me persevere...

When hope unravels and dissolves,
   Lord, help me persevere...

When I'm ready to give up,
   Lord, help me persevere...

When I wish the holidays were over,
   Lord, help me persevere... 

When my faith is wearing thin,
   Lord, help me persevere...

When one more step seems just too much,

   Lord, help me persevere...

 

When I've forgotten why 

    I try to persevere,

        Lord, help me persevere...

 

When the new year can't come quick enough,

    Lord, help me persevere...

Send me your Spirit, Lord:

    to strengthen my resolve,

    to give me new purpose, 

    to deepen my fidelity,

    to open my eyes,

    to shine on my path, 

    to teach me to trust,

    to give me new hope,

    to show me the way

    and to help me persevere, Lord
    to help me persevere...

 

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake

and watch over me when I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

and asleep, rest in your peace...

Amen. 

 

Do It Again by Elevation Music

 

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