Many Christians began this day, as they do many days, with a prayer to God we call "A Collect for Grace" which (in its classic form) reads:
O Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God,
Who has safely brought us to the beginning of this day:
Defend us in the same with thy mighty power;
and grant that this day we fall into no sin,
neither run into any kind of danger;
but that we, being ordered by thy governance,
may do always what is righteous in thy sight;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
I commend this prayer to you (modernize it, if you desire), as one good way to begin each day.
If you wish to read more about this prayer and how it has been prayed by various Christian faith groups over the centuries, Click Here. The article is by a friend and colleague, Rev. Taylor Burton-Edwards, OSL, of the General Board of Discipleship of the United Methodist Church.
