A Prayer for Every Day
My God, I offer thee today,
Whate’er I think or do or say.
Teach me, dear Lord, thy holy will,
Help me my duty to fulfill. Amen.
A Daily Prayer
O God, my loving Father, bless me at school today and help me to be attentive; bless me at home today and help me to be obedient; bless me at games today and help me to be unselfish; bless me at meals today and help me to be thankful, for Jesus’ Sake. Amen.
John Oxenham
For Religious Education
O God, inspirer and teacher of men, who art the truth thou lovest; Send out thy light and illumine us. Give us a deep and clear knowledge of ourselves. Help us to a growing knowledge of our world. Confirm in us the holiness of true reason. Strengthen in us the aspiration towards noble and spacious thinking, and in thy good time bring us to thy holy hill, where lifted above the clouds of prejudice and the mists of passion we shall think thine own thoughts after thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
H. S. Nash
For Fearlessness
Lord of all power and might, in whose honor and for whose love we give our best, grant us strength and fearlessness when hard things face us, and keep us mindful of him who gave life itself for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Christian Nurture Series
Give me clean hands, clean words and clean thoughts. Help me to stand for the hard right against the easy wrong. Save me from habits that harm. Teach me to work as hard and play as fair in thy sight alone as if the whole world saw. Forgive me when I am unkind and help me to forgive others who are unkind to me. Send me chances to do a little good every day and so grow more like Christ. Amen.
For Foreign Students
O God, the Father of all mankind, we would remember before thee the men and women who come from many lands to study in our universities. Guide and protect them in the difficulties and temptations which beset them in their new surroundings. Keep alive in their hearts the love of all that is good in their home life, and give them also insight to appreciate and share that which is good in ours. Pardon the faults of temper and manners by which we so often offend them; and grant unto us true humility, love and patience, that we may welcome them in the spirit of the Master whom we desire to serve. Amen.
Prayers for Students
For Teachers
O God the Holy Ghost, who dost enlighten the hearts of the faithful; Grant, we beseech thee, to all teachers insight alike into the truths they are to teach and the minds they are to guide. May their tongues be touched by Pentecostal fire, that they may be understood of all whom they instruct. Let no monotony of routine stifle their ardour, but do thou, who dost forever breathe life into thy creation, renew their power and their love from day to day. Preserve them in patience, fidelity, and ever fresh delight in their high calling and lead them, with all who have been under their care, until that day when all pilgrims of truth shall rejoice together in the unveiled vision of the Wisdom which is above. This we beseech thee who dost lead us into all truth, and whom with the Father and the Son we worship and glorify, world without end. Amen.
To Be Led By Christ
O Eternal God, who hast set within us a spirit which answers to thine own, give us the faith to follow that image of Jesus which thy spirit can keep so plainly before us. To our questioning hearts he is ever the answer. Teach us to be led by him in pursuit of thee until we find thee, and let the whole world feel and see, that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which have grown old are being made new, through him whose good cheer can overcome the world, the same Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Grey Book
For Goodness
O Heavenly Father, make us, we pray thee, such children as Jesus was; quick to obey, glad to be taught, and never afraid to speak the truth. May we hurt nobody by word or deed, but all day long be good to others, as thou, dear Lord, hast been most kind to us. We ask it in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Christian Nurture Series
For Freedom Through the Truth
Break, O Lord, we beseech thee, the bonds of every tyranny that enslaves the faith, and scatter all superstitions which corrupt the truth; that rejoicing in that liberty wherewith thy Son hath made us free, we may learn to worship thee in spirit and in truth; through the same, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
A Book of Collects
For Steadfastness
O God, who in thy wisdom hast ordained the course of the world in a wonderful and orderly manner; We thank thee for the changeful seasons of the year, for seed-time and harvest, summer and winter, night and day. As thou, amid recurring changes, ever remainest the same, grant that we, amid the changes of this mortal life, may ever remain steadfast in the Faith, and unshaken in our love of thee and of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayers for Schools and Colleges
For Truth
O God of all wisdom and knowledge, teach us to know that every discovery of truth is a discovery of thee, and that the more we learn of thy laws and thy ways among men, the nearer we are brought to an understanding of thy divine Being; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayers for Schools and Colleges
For the Church School
Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, who art the only Source of light and life; Send down upon this school the rich gifts of thy good Spirit, that thy Truth may be sincerely sought, faithfully received, and obediently followed. Endue its teachers with wisdom, zeal, and patience. Inspire its scholars with the spirit of truth, honor and humility. May they, day by day, grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.
For Guidance in Learning
God of truth, who hast guided men in knowledge throughout the ages, and from whom every good thought cometh, help us in our study to use thy gifts of wisdom and knowledge. Let us read good books carefully, and listen to all wise teaching humbly, that we may be led into all truth, and strengthened in all goodness of life, to the praise of thy holy Name. Amen.
Rowland Williams
To Glorify God
O Thou, who art the Lord of our lives, help us to glorify thee in all the thoughts of our minds, in all the desires of our hearts, in all the words of our lips, in all the work of our hands, and in all the ways of our feet, as becometh those who are trying to follow our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Book of Prayers for Schools
For Schools and Colleges
Further, O Lord, with thy blessing the work of our schools, colleges and universities (especially —— ); that students and teachers alike may follow after thy wisdom, and grow into knowledge of the truth; to the advancement of thy purpose in Church and State; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Westminster Prayers
For Confidence
Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ came into the world to be the Light of the World and to teach men the abiding values of life; Grant unto us the confidence and courage which these days demand. Let us remember that as the darkness of the world in those far-off days could not extinguish the light of thy love, so today, if we can only lift up our eyes in confidence, we may behold it still shining and still seeking to guide us towards the true values of life as revealed to us in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Bishop Page
For a School
Almighty God, in whom we live and move and have our being, make this school as a field which the Lord hath blessed, that whatsoever things are true, pure, lovely, and of good report may here forever flourish and abound. Preserve in it an unblemished name, enlarge it with a wider usefulness, and exalt it in the love and reverence of all its members as an instrument of thy glory, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Henry Hayman
For Teachers and Children
Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, who hast committed to thy holy Church the care and nurture of thy children; Enlighten with thy wisdom those who teach and those who learn, that rejoicing in the knowledge of thy truth, they may worship thee and serve thee from generation to generation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer
For Our Work
O God, who workest in love unceasingly, and dost give to each man his appointed task; help us steadfastly and as in thy sight to fulfill the duties of our calling; so that when our Lord shall take account of us, we may be found faithful in this little thing and enter into his eternal joy; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Grey Book
Teach Us to Be Still
O Lord, teach us to be still before thee until our ears have caught thine accents and our eyes have glimpsed thy truth. Then, O God, open thou our lips and our mouths shall show forth thy praise, and bear witness to thy glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For a Blessing on Our Work
O Good and gracious Father; Be present with us, and grant that all things that we take in hand may begin in knowledge, proceed in fear of thee, and end in love, that all our work may be blessed by thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
J. Norden (Adapted)
For Courage
O God, our Father, quicken, we beseech thee, in us the spirit of courage. May we perform with hopeful minds the duties of this day, believing that with thy help we can fashion something good out of whatever material the day provides; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For Knowledge of the Truth
O God Eternal, grant us such a love of thy truth that we may learn the truth of thy love, and find the path beneath our feet rising to the light, until at last, by thy good grace, we shall know the truth that sets us free; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Joseph Fort Newton
For Loyalty
O Jesus Christ, the Lord of all good life, who hast called us to build the city of God: Do thou enrich and purify our lives and deepen in us our discipleship. Help us daily to know more of thee, and through us, by the power of thy Spirit, show forth thyself to other men. Make us humble, brave, and loving: make us ready for adventure. We do not ask that thou wilt keep us safe, but that thou wilt keep us loyal: who for us didst face death unafraid, and dost live and reign for ever and ever. Amen.
The Grey Book
For Knowledge
Grant to us, O Lord, to know that which is worth knowing, to love that which is worth loving, to praise that which can bear with praise, to hate what in thy sight is unworthy, to prize what to thee is precious, and above all to search out and to do what is well-pleasing unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Thomas à Kempis
For the Spirit of Gladness
O God, Master of life, thou hast given us a work to do. Give us strength to do it with gladness and singleness of heart. And when it is done, grant that we may be worthy of a place in thy Kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
H. S. Nash (Adapted)
Religious Education
O God, who hast sent thy beloved Son to be unto us the Way, the Truth and the Life; Grant that we, looking unto him, may set forward the teaching power of thy Church, to the nurture of thy children, the increase of thy Kingdom and the glory of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For Instruction
Thou Holy Spirit of God, that dost prefer before all temples the upright heart and pure, instruct us in all truth; what in us is dark, illumine, what is low, raise and support; what is shallow, deepen; that every chapter of our lives may witness to thy power and justify the ways of God to men. In the name of Jesus, the giver of all grace. Amen.
John Milton
For Imagination
Lord Jesus, who in little children didst behold the symbol of the Kingdom of heaven; Grant unto us the gift of imagination. Help us to see, as thou didst, the possibilities of saintliness in all sorts and conditions of men, the heroic in the commonplace, and the glamour of the eternal in the incidents of daily life. May we see thine image in those around us, and behold the glory of God in the common round and humble duties of the life we live; for thy Name’s sake, who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, art one God, world without end. Amen.
Prayers for Schools and Colleges
For a Conference Group
Grant, O Lord, we pray thee, that as we seek for truth we may find that the search leads us to thyself. Give us courage to seek honestly and reverence to seek humbly; and when our minds are perplexed, and we cannot find thee, give us patience and light to go on with our work until at length we come into thy Presence; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayers for Students (Adapted)
For God’s Commission
Master and Lord,
Keep us this day in thy presence,
Fence round our hearts with thy love and thy purity
That no evil thing may come near us.
Purge us from all selfish motive and ambition;
Teach us to love our fellowmen
With a love that shall be thy love breaking into the world through us.
Illumine our souls with a clear and glorious perception of spiritual reality,
With a knowledge of thy divine beauty and truth,
That shall fill us with joy and peace,
Make us messengers of thy grace,
Ambassadors of God among men.
Make us doorways through which thou, thyself, mayest enter freely into thy world.
Amen.
Prayers for an Indian College
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