Prayers for the New Year

We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.To thee all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein;To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry,Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth;Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory.The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee.The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee.The noble army of Martyrs praise thee.The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee;The Father, of an infinite Majesty;Thine adorable, true, and only Son;Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst humble thyself to be born of a Virgin.When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge.We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, in glory everlasting.O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage.Govern them, and lift them up for ever.Day by day we magnify thee;And we worship thy Name ever, world without end.Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in thee.O Lord, in thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded.

Ever-living God, by whose mercy we have come to the gateway of another year; grant that we may enter it with humble and grateful hearts; and confirm our resolution, we beseech thee, to walk more closely in thy way, and labor more faithfully in thy service, according to the teaching and example of thy Son our Lord. Let not the errors and offenses of the past cling to us, but pardon us and set us free, that with a purer purpose and a better hope, we may renew our vows in thy presence, and set forth under the guidance of thy Spirit, to travel in that path which shineth more and more unto the perfect day of thy heavenly kingdom. Through Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, God of time, God of eternity, with whom a thousand years are as one day and one day as a thousand years; we the children of a day would draw near to thee as we stand at the threshold of another year and seek thy guidance. Teach us so to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Help us to realize the infinite significance of life's opportunities. Give us calm minds, and courageous hearts, and contented spirits as we go forward to face the unknown experiences of the New Year. May we have in our own lives a great renewal; so that old duties may become fresh, and old affections ardent, and old aspirations filled with new power, and old faith abundantly satisfying. And above all, teach us to walk this year in trustful fellowship with thee. We ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Our dear heavenly Father, we thank thee for all that thou hast done for us in the year just finished. We thank thee for the successes we have had. And we thank thee, too, for the failures that we have overcome. May we take into this New Year many lessons from past successes and past failures. We have learned that true success comes only when we do thy will. Help us to fill all our acts this New Year with the motive of service. We pray thee to help us to be a blessing to all we meet. And above all we pray that this New Year may be devoted to serving thee in our lives. This we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

O God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mercifully grant, that we, who know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.