A Verse
1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.
A Comment
Many of us have drunk so deep of the things of the world that we are no longer sober-minded. We need to be aroused from our stupor and alert so that we might pray as a people who live with a holy expectation of the return of our Lord.
A Prayer
O merciful God, revive us. Have mercy on us according to your steadfast love. Let us not continue to walk according to the deeds of our flesh, according to the ways of this world. Let us be alert. For the sake of Your glory and our good. In Jesus’ holy name, Amen.
A Blessing
May the God of peace
himself sanctify you entirely;
and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The End of All Things is Near