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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 Very Near Word
How does the Word come near to your heart? But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it. Deuteronomy 30:14 Author of Life, As this day dawns, many words have probably already crossed the screens of our lives— words of...
A Prayer about Meditating on Good Things
What kinds of things do you give your attention to? Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable — if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything...
A Prayer about What to Do with Anxiety
How do you deal with feeling anxious? The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:5-6 Ever-present Lord, In these troubling days, Thank you...
A Prayer about Our Reason for Rejoicing
What gives you joy? Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Philippians 4:4 Gracious Lord, In these days of sorrow over wars and plagues and division, help us understand what Paul is not saying and what he is saying. He’s not saying, Cheer up! Put on...
A Prayer about the Fear that Changes All of Our Fears
Do you fear the Lord, or are you afraid of the Lord? Oh fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack. Psalm 34:9 Holy Father, We confess, especially in our culture, which loves to focus on your “nearness to the brokenhearted” (Ps. 34:18), we...
A Prayer about Being Transformed by Love
How do we become people marked by the love of God? So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 Shaping Spirit, Yesterday we meditated on the wondrous love of God. Today we ponder how that love changes us. ...