Daily Prayer at Crossroads Abbey

Morning lessons: Psalms 59; 1 Kings 12; Hebrews 11.  Deliver me from my enemies, O God; defend me from those who rise up against me.

Evening lessons: Psalms 58, 60; Zechariah 1; Matthew 15:29-16:12.  Do you indeed decree righteousness, O you rulers, and do you judge uprightly, O children of men?

Morning lessons: Psalms 56, 57; Hebrews 10:19-39; Matthew 9:9-13.  Be merciful to me, O God, for my adversaries are treading me down; they are daily fighting and troubling me.

Evening lessons: Psalms 55; Haggai 2; Matthew 15:1-28.  Hear my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my petition.

Morning lessons: Psalms 52, 53, 54; 1 Kings 11; Hebrews 10:1-18.  Why do you boast, O tyrant, that you can do evil?

Evening lessons: Psalms 51; Haggai 1; Matthew 14.  Have mercy upon me, O God, in your great goodness; according to the multitude of your mercies wipe away my offences.

Morning lessons: Psalms 50; 1 Kings 10; Hebrews 9:15-28.  The Lord, even the most mighty God, has spoken and called the world, from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.

Evening lessons: Psalms 49; Zephaniah 3; Matthew 9:13:44-58.  Hear this, all you peoples; ponder it with your ears, all who dwell in the world.

Morning lessons: Psalms 47, 48; 1 Kings 9; Hebrews 9:1-14.  O clap your hands together, all you peoples; O cry aloud unto God with shouts of joy.

Evening lessons: Psalms 46; Zephaniah 2; Matthew 13:24-43. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Morning lessons: Psalms 45; 1 Kings 8:1-61; Hebrews 8.  My heart overflows with a noble song; I will sing my words to the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Evening lessons: Psalms 44; Zephaniah 1; Matthew 13:1-23. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us what you did in the days of old.

Morning lessons: Psalms 42, 43; 1 Kings 7; Hebrews 7.  As the deer pants for the water brooks, so longs my soul for your, O Lord.

Evening lessons: Psalms 39, 41; Habakkuk 3; Matthew 12:22-50. I said, “I will take heed to my ways, that I may not offend with my tongue.

Morning lessons: Psalms 40; 1 Kings 6; Hebrews 5:11-6:20.  I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined to me, and heard my call.

Evening lessons: Psalms 37:18-41; Habakkuk 2; Matthew 12:1-21. The Lord knows the day of the godly, and their inheritance shall endure forever.

Morning lessons: Psalms 37:1-17; Hebrews 4:14-5:10; John 12:23-33.  Fret not yourself because of the ungodly, neither be envious of those who are evildoers.

Evening lessons: Psalms 38; Habakkuk 1; Matthew 11. Rebuke me not, O Lord, in your anger, neither chasten me in your weighty displeasure.

Morning lessons: Psalms 32, 36; 1 Kings 5; Hebrews 4:1-13.  Blessed is the one whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sin is covered.

Evening lessons: Psalms 35; Nahum 3; Matthew 10:24-42. Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me, and fight against those who fight against me.

Morning lessons: Psalms 34; 1 Kings 4; Hebrews 3.  I will always give thanks unto the Lord; his praise shall ever be in my mouth.

Evening lessons: Psalms 33; Nahum 2; Matthew 9:35-23. Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous; it is fitting for the just to be thankful.

Morning lessons: Psalms 29, 30; 1 Kings 3; Hebrews 2.  Ascribe unto the Lord, O you mighty, ascribe unto the Lord, worship and strength.

Evening lessons: Psalms 31; Nahum 1; Matthew 9:18-34.  In you, O Lord, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion; deliver me in your righteousness.

Morning lessons: Psalms 26, 28; 1 Kings 2; Hebrews 1.  Be my judge, O Lord, for I have walked innocently; my trust has been in the Lord; therefore I shall not fall.