Be the Beginning of All My Work

Lord Jesus Christ,
today and always,
be the beginning of all my work.
Be my comforter, my blessing, my support.
Protect me and those I love from all evil,
that the devil and the wicked
may have no power over us.
Amen.

Source: Wilhelm Löhe. Freely adapted from Seed Grains of Prayer, A Manual for Evangelical Christians, Wartburg Press, Chicago, 1914 (#107)