Heavenly Father,
I come to You tonight with a grateful heart. I thank You for Your love and grace that surrounds me each day. I thank You for the blessings You have bestowed upon me and for the struggles You have helped me overcome.
I ask that You would watch over me as I sleep and protect me from harm. I pray that You would give me peaceful dreams and that Your presence would be with me throughout the night.
I also lift up those who are in need of Your comfort and healing tonight. I ask that You would bring peace to their hearts and minds and that they would feel Your loving embrace.
I trust in Your goodness and faithfulness and know that You are always with me. I give You all the honor and glory, now and forever. Amen.
Suggested Bible Readings
Psalm 4:8 ESV
In peace I will both lie down and sleep;
for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
Psalm 121:7-8 ESV
The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore.
John 14:27 ESV
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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