O God,
you divide the day from the night.
Separate us and all we do
from the gloom of darkness.
As you have awakened our bodies from sleep,
awaken our souls from sin.
As the light of the day has brightened our eyes,
illuminate our hearts with the light of your Word and the Holy Spirit.
Today, empower us as children of the light
to walk in obedience to you,
that in all our thoughts, words, and actions
we may strive to keep faith and a clean conscience
toward you, and toward all;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Source of this version: A Book of Common Order of the Church of Scotland, 1896, p. 191 #2
This prayer may be an expansion of the thoughts in “Hearts and Minds Unshadowed”
A Collection of Prayers 