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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 Missing People and Places at the Holidays
Are you missing someone this holiday? My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Psalm 84:2 Gracious and Hospitable Lord, As Thanksgiving comes around, our family misses my mom and her home. For many...
A Prayer about Praising Jesus
How do we praise Jesus in all circumstances? Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls…Matthew 11:29 Gentle and Lowly Jesus, To praise you is to name what is true about you every day, all the...
A Prayer about Lamenting Chronic Illness
Will you join me in lament for those with chronic illness? For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. Psalm 22:24 Good Father, Today we lift up our friends who have...
A Prayer about the God Who Knows Us When We Don’t Know Ourselves
Do you ever feel like you don’t know yourself anymore? Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Heavenly Father, Thank you for this assurance: we are fully known by you. In seasons of grief or uncertainty, ...
A Prayer about the Abundant Harvest to Come
Can you see the harvest to come? “…the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.” Psalm 65:13 Lord of the Harvest, In this season of harvest, May we join together with the hills and the...
A Prayer about Seeing Our Suffering Differently
How do you respond to suffering in your life? Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope Romans 5:3-4 Holy Father, Gracious King, Suffering Servant,...