A pattern of Daily prayer - full texts

1       The Lord is my shepherd; ♦︎

         therefore can I lack nothing.

2       He makes me lie down in green pastures ♦︎

         and leads me beside still waters.

3       He shall refresh my soul ♦︎

         and guide me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

4       Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

         I will fear no evil; ♦︎

         for you are with me;

         your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

5       You spread a table before me

         in the presence of those who trouble me; ♦︎

         you have anointed my head with oil

         and my cup shall be full.

6       Surely goodness and loving mercy shall follow me

         all the days of my life, ♦︎

         and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

         Glory to the Father and to the Son

         and to the Holy Spirit;

         as it was in the beginning is now

         and shall be for ever. Amen.

1       Preserve me, O God, for in you have I taken refuge;  ♦

I have said to the Lord, ‘You are my lord,

         all my good depends on you.’

2       All my delight is upon the godly that are in the land,  ♦

upon those who are noble in heart.

3       Though the idols are legion that many run after,  ♦

their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,

         neither make mention of their names upon my lips.

4       The Lord himself is my portion and my cup;  ♦

in your hands alone is my fortune.

5       My share has fallen in a fair land;  ♦

indeed, I have a goodly heritage.

6        I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel,  ♦

and in the night watches he instructs my heart.

7        I have set the Lord always before me;  ♦

he is at my right hand; I shall not fall.

8       Wherefore my heart is glad and my spirit rejoices;  ♦

my flesh also shall rest secure.

9    For you will not abandon my soul to Death,  ♦

nor suffer your faithful one to see the Pit.

10     You will show me the path of life;

          in your presence is the fullness of joy  ♦

and in your right hand are pleasures for evermore.

         Glory to the Father and to the Son

         and to the Holy Spirit;

         as it was in the beginning is now

         and shall be for ever. Amen.

1       O Lord, you have searched me out and known me;  ♦

you know my sitting down and my rising up;

you discern my thoughts from afar.

2       You mark out my journeys and my resting place  ♦

and are acquainted with all my ways.

3       For there is not a word on my tongue,  ♦

but you, O Lord, know it altogether.

4       You encompass me behind and before  ♦

and lay your hand upon me.

5       Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,  ♦

so high that I cannot attain it.

6       Where can I go then from your spirit?  ♦

Or where can I flee from your presence?

7       If I climb up to heaven, you are there;  ♦

if I make the grave my bed, you are there also.

8       If I take the wings of the morning  ♦

and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

9       Even there your hand shall lead me,  ♦

your right hand hold me fast.

10     If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will cover me  ♦

and the light around me turn to night,’

11     Even darkness is no darkness with you;

         the night is as clear as the day;  ♦

darkness and light to you are both alike.

12     For you yourself created my inmost parts;  ♦

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

13     I thank you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;  ♦

marvellous are your works, my soul knows well.

14     My frame was not hidden from you,  ♦

when I was made in secret and woven in the depths of the earth.

15     Your eyes beheld my form, as yet unfinished;  ♦

already in your book were all my members written,

16     As day by day they were fashioned  ♦

when as yet there was none of them.

17     How deep are your counsels to me, O God!  ♦

How great is the sum of them!

18     If I count them, they are more in number than the sand,  ♦

and at the end, I am still in your presence.

         Glory to the Father and to the Son

         and to the Holy Spirit;

         as it was in the beginning is now

         and shall be for ever. Amen.

But now thus says the Lord,

   he who created you, O Jacob,

   he who formed you, O Israel:

Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;

   I have called you by name, you are mine.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;

   and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;

when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,

   and the flame shall not consume you.

For I am the Lord your God,

   the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour.

Isaiah 43.1-3a

‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.’ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14.1-6

Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

Philippians 4.8-9

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3.16,17

You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling-place for God.

Ephesians 2.19-22

Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honour. Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.

Romans 12.9-12

He said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. For it is the nations of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, strive for his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

Luke 12.22-31

1       Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High ♦︎

         and abides under the shadow of the Almighty,

2       Shall say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my stronghold, ♦︎

         my God, in whom I put my trust.’

3       For he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler ♦︎

         and from the deadly pestilence.

4       He shall cover you with his wings

         and you shall be safe under his feathers; ♦︎

         his faithfulness shall be your shield and buckler.

5       You shall not be afraid of any terror by night, ♦︎

         nor of the arrow that flies by day;

6       Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, ♦︎

         nor of the sickness that destroys at noonday.

7       Though a thousand fall at your side

         and ten thousand at your right hand, ♦︎

         yet it shall not come near you.

8       Your eyes have only to behold ♦︎

         to see the reward of the wicked.

9       Because you have made the Lord your refuge ♦︎

         and the Most High your stronghold,

10     There shall no evil happen to you, ♦︎

         neither shall any plague come near your tent.

11     For he shall give his angels charge over you, ♦︎

         to keep you in all your ways.

12     They shall bear you in their hands, ♦︎

         lest you dash your foot against a stone.

13     You shall tread upon the lion and adder; ♦︎

         the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

14     Because they have set their love upon me,

         therefore will I deliver them; ♦︎

         I will lift them up, because they know my name.

15     They will call upon me and I will answer them; ♦︎

         I am with them in trouble,

         I will deliver them and bring them to honour.

16     With long life will I satisfy them ♦︎

         and show them my salvation.

         Glory to the Father and to the Son

         and to the Holy Spirit;

         as it was in the beginning is now

         and shall be for ever. Amen.

1       The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear?  ♦

The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?

2       When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes,

         came upon me to eat up my flesh,  ♦

they stumbled and fell.

3       Though a host encamp against me, my heart shall not be afraid,  ♦

and though there rise up war against me,

         yet will I put my trust in him.

4       One thing have I asked of the Lord and that alone I seek:  ♦

that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,

5       To behold the fair beauty of the Lord  ♦

and to seek his will in his temple.

6       For in the day of trouble he shall hide me in his shelter;  ♦

in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me

         and set me high upon a rock.

7       And now shall he lift up my head  ♦

above my enemies round about me;

8       Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation

with great gladness;  ♦

I will sing and make music to the Lord.

9       Hear my voice, O Lord, when I call;  ♦

have mercy upon me and answer me.

10     My heart tells of your word, ‘Seek my face.’  ♦

Your face, Lord, will I seek.

11     Hide not your face from me,  ♦

nor cast your servant away in displeasure.

12     You have been my helper;  ♦

leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

13     Though my father and my mother forsake me,  ♦

the Lord will take me up.

14     Teach me your way, O Lord;  ♦

lead me on a level path,

         because of those who lie in wait for me.

15     Deliver me not into the will of my adversaries,  ♦

for false witnesses have risen up against me,

         and those who breathe out violence.

16     I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord  ♦

in the land of the living.

17     Wait for the Lord;

         be strong and he shall comfort your heart;  ♦

wait patiently for the Lord.

         Glory to the Father and to the Son

         and to the Holy Spirit;

         as it was in the beginning is now

         and shall be for ever. Amen.

You, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; leave us not, O Lord our God.

Jeremiah 14.9

Thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.

Isaiah 30.15

Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Matthew 11.28-end

Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.

1 Peter 5.6,7

Jesus said, ‘I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!’

John 16.33

God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him.

1 Thessalonians 5.9,10

Jesus said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.’

John 8.12