Saturday, January 30, 2016

Evening Prayer

Evening Prayer

Before I go to sleep at night
I say a little prayer
That God will protect my family
And keep them in his care.

I do not pray for riches
Of the earthly kind
But for wisdom, and knowledge
That they are on His mind

I pray that God will place a hedge
Around them every day
To protect from sin and sorrow
And keep Satan at bay

I pray that God will guard their minds
From Satan’s evil tricks
To recall God’s Word from their heart
Where, hopefully, it sticks

I pray that God will place someone
Alongside them in their path
To remind them of God’s love
And then about His wrath

I pray that since I can’t be there
That God would put some worker
To water the seeds that have
Already been planted there

I pray the Spirit would remind
 Them that He’s very near
And come much closer still
When we say His name so dear

I pray that my family
Would most of all
Be ready to answer
When they hear the Master call.

(c) Beverly Nippard, June 23, 2015