September 11 - Evening

Tuesday Evening

Good Evening, Lord!

Words of Comfort

Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age (Matt. 28:20 ESV)

Prayer of Confession

O God, sometimes I sin during the day and I know that I did something wrong. Sometimes I feel guilty when I don’t do something that I should have done. And sometimes I don’t even know that I did something wrong. Please forgive me for all my sins, those I know and those I don’t; those things I did and those things I should have done. Wash my sins away as I remember that I am baptized, and help me to do what is right for a child of God to do. I pray this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Memory Verse

[There is …] one Lord, one faith, one Baptism. – Ephesians 4:5

A Catechism Reading

Maroon Cover – p. 204: First and Questions 239 & 240

Black Cover – p. 285: First and Central Thought

I.T.C.P. Prayer

Use the I.T.C.P. formula to guide you in prayer.

Instruction:     What did I learn? What was the reading about?

Thanksgiving: For what does this reading teach me to be thankful?

Confession:     With what sin was I confronted? Was I comforted with God’s forgiveness? How?

Petition:          What does this reading teach me to pray about?

Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer

“Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

O God, Your will is done even without our prayers, but we pray that it may be done among us also. Please break and hinder every evil plan and purpose of the devil, the world, and our sinful nature, which do not want us to hallow God’s name or let His kingdom come. Strengthen and keep us firm in Your Word and faith until we die. Let Your good and gracious will be done. Amen.

Verse of Benediction

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. (Rom. 15:13 ESV)