For The Armed Forces
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Prayers and hymns specially selected for the Armed Forces, their families, and anyone who wishes to pray for their safe-keeping and the success of their missions.
Forth In Thy Name I Go
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Prayers in the British Army |
To be said for service personnel, by friends and family:
O God, who art in every place beholding the evil and the good, take into Thy own keeping our dear one now going into a world of strangers. Give him courage, prudence, self-control. Grant him a right judgement in all things. Raise up for him friends and deliver him from the snares and sorrows of loneliness by the power and joy of Thy presence. Grant that in every place he may find the house of God and the gate of heaven. Safeguard him with the ministry of Thy never-failing providence, now and always; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Alternative form, for a member of the armed forces to say:
O God, who art in every place beholding the evil and the good, take into Thy own keeping Thy dear one now going into a world of strangers. Give me courage, prudence, self-control. Grant me a right judgement in all things. Raise up for me friends and deliver me from the snares and sorrows of loneliness by the power and joy of Thy presence. Grant that in every place I may find the house of God and the gate of heaven. Safeguard me with the ministry of Thy never-failing providence, now and always; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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A soldier in the British Army |
FORTH in thy name, O Lord, I go,
My daily labour to pursue,
Thee, only thee, resolved to know,
In all I think, or speak, or do.
2 The task thy wisdom hath assigned
O let me cheerfully fulfil,
In all my works thy presence find,
And prove thy acceptable will!
3 Thee may I set at my right hand,
Whose eyes my inmost substance see;
And labour on at thy command,
And offer all my works to thee.
4 Give me to bear thy easy yoke,
And every moment watch and pray,
And still to things eternal look,
And hasten to thy glorious day.
5 For thee delightfully employ
Whate'er thy bounteous grace hath given;
And run my course with even joy,
And closely walk with thee to heaven.
Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
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