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A Prayer about Our Comfort in Life and in Death
A Prayer about Our Comfort in Life and in Death What is your greatest comfort when faced with sad news? For we don’t live for ourselves or die for ourselves. If we live, it’s to honor the Lord. And if we die, it’s to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we...
A Prayer about Hope in Dark Valleys
A Prayer about Hope in Dark Valleys Do you need hope in dark places? Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me. Psalm 23:4 Lord, our Good Shepherd, As we walk...
A Prayer about Rejoicing in Suffering
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope…Romans 5:3-4 Lord Jesus, Yesterday we prayed about rejoicing “in the hope of the glory of God” (Romans 5:2). Today...
A Prayer about the Destruction of Death
A Prayer about the Destruction of Death Do you long for the day death is destroyed? The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Heavenly Father, Death is indeed our enemy. You created humans to live forever, glorifying and enjoying you. When sin...
A Prayer about the Humiliation Jesus Endured
And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him. Mark 15:19-20 King of the...
A Prayer for the Crushed in Spirit
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 Compassionate Lord, Today we lift up, and we pray our prayers will truly lift up, those who are weighed down with the heavy burden of chronic illness or ongoing suffering in their...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about the Day of No More Tears
Do you look forward to the day of no more tears? He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. Revelation 21:4 Healing Lord, January now...
A Prayer about Seeing the Light
Can you see the light? Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1 Glorious God, Though the twelfth day of Christmas has come and gone, the defrocked trees lie dried and withered by the curb, may we see the...
A Prayer about Falling in Love with God’s Word
Does reading the Bible ever seem dry to you? “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 Loving Father, As many of us begin a new season of Bible study, help us to grasp deeply the best reasons for studying your Word. ...
A Prayer about Hope for Temptation
How do you feel when you give in to temptation? For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Hebrews 2:18 Lord Jesus, We’re only five days into 2026, and most of us have already broken at least one New Year’s...
A Prayer about Trusting God for Transformation
Do you want to see transformation this year? Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 Faithful God, As this new year begins, I and others...
A Prayer about Becoming Wise
Do you know where true wisdom comes from? …wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?” Matthew 2:2 Wise Lord, As we enter this first week of the new year, how desperately we need your wisdom. We’ve seen the...