Our heavenly Father, as the old year ends and a new year begins, forgive us for the failures of the vanished days.  Keep us from vain regrets, and let us face forward in the light of the best that we have learned from the past.

The Lord’s mercies are new every morning.

Great is Thy Faithfulness!

O God, who art from everlasting to everlasting, and hast granted to us a new beginning of days; grant us, throughout this coming year, such prosperity as Thou seest to be good for us.

The Lord’s mercies are new every morning.

Great is Thy Faithfulness!

O Lord, make us to abound in such works as are pleasing unto Thee; purge our hearts both of shallow self-confidence and of cowardly fear, so that we may know that without Thee we can do nothing, but that in Thee all things are possible.

The Lord’s mercies are new every morning.

Great is Thy Faithfulness!

O Lord, as days and years pass over us, teach us to be more thankful for past mercies, more penitent for past faults and more earnest to serve Thee in the years ahead.

The Lord’s mercies are new every morning.

Great is Thy Faithfulness!

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