As the Day Ends “And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.” —1 Thessalonians 5:14, ESV As evening settles, I sometimes remember a conversation I wish I had handled differently. Someone needed reassurance, but I offered correction. Someone moved slowly, and I let myContinue reading “The Patience We Have Received”
Category Archives: An Evening Prayer
You Can Rest in His Welcome
As the Day Ends “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.” —Mark 10:14, ESV As evening settles around us, I wonder how much of today we are still trying to justify. Perhaps a conversation went poorly, an unfinished responsibility keeps returning to mind, orContinue reading “You Can Rest in His Welcome”
A Gentler Heart at Day’s End
As the Day Ends “Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.” —1 Thessalonians 5:14, KJV As evening settles, I sometimes remember an impatient response more clearly than everything that went well. Someone needed another explanation. A conversation interrupted my plans. WearinessContinue reading “A Gentler Heart at Day’s End”
Rest Beyond Yesterday’s Failures
As the Day Ends “But David remained at Jerusalem.” —1 Chronicles 20:1 Those few words introduce a season whose painful details appear in 2 Samuel 11–12: David’s adultery with Bathsheba and his arranging Uriah’s death. Chronicles passes over those events, but its silence does not explain why. We should therefore receive the comfort of forgivenessContinue reading “Rest Beyond Yesterday’s Failures”
The One Who Walked With You Today
As the Day Ends “Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years … Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.” — Genesis 5:22, 24 As evening settles, consider the simple description Scripture gives Enoch: he walked with God. Genesis records this continuing relationship after Methuselah’s birth, without explainingContinue reading “The One Who Walked With You Today”
Rest in the Care of Your Creator
As the Day Ends “So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.” — Genesis 2:3 At the end of a demanding day, unfinished tasks can make rest feel undeserved. Genesis 2:3 offers a different starting point. God blessedContinue reading “Rest in the Care of Your Creator”
The Light Remains When the Day Grows Dark
As the Day Ends “The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.” —John 1:9–10, ESV As evening settles around us, John invites us to consider whether we have recognized the SaviorContinue reading “The Light Remains When the Day Grows Dark”
The Light Remains When the Day Grows Dark
As the Day Ends “The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.” —John 1:9–10, ESV As evening settles around us, John invites us to consider whether we have recognized the SaviorContinue reading “The Light Remains When the Day Grows Dark”
Bring Your Desires Into the Light
As the Day Ends “Each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.” —James 1:14–15 As evening settles, we may remember moments when our desires pulled us in the wrongContinue reading “Bring Your Desires Into the Light”
Mercy Enough for This Evening
As the Day Ends “He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy.” — Titus 3:5, ESV At the end of the day, we may find it easier to remember someone else’s failures than to acknowledge our own. We replay the unkind remark, the disappointing decision,Continue reading “Mercy Enough for This Evening”