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A Prayer about Coming Alongside Caregivers
….four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on the mat, right down in front of Jesus. Mark 2:4. Gentle Jesus, Bring to mind...
A Prayer about Grieving an Approaching Death
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. Psalm 94:19 Everlasting Father, Your word calls us to “rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep,” and today, we weep with those who watch and wait powerlessly as a loved one’s...
A Prayer about Clearing the Caregiver Fog
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city…. Revelation 22:1 Creator God, Today we lift up all the caregivers of hospital patients. You are...
A Prayer about Flourishing in Old Age
They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green….Psalm 92:14 Everlasting God, We live in a world that urges us to fight aging, We live in a world that promises us eternal youth, if we will only apply this wrinkle cream, walk 10,000 steps a...
A Prayer about Praying in Stories of Suffering
She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. Luke 2:36 Answering God, How we thank you for the story of Anna, the 84-year-old widow who had known deep suffering. In her world, losing a husband meant losing everything — ...
A Prayer about How to Spend Our Last Forty Days
Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. James 4:14, ESV Everlasting God, Forgive us for “boasting in our arrogance” (James: 4:13) for the ways we fail to thank you for all...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about Flourishing in Old Age
Do you want to bear fruit in old age? They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green….Psalm 92:14 Everlasting God, We live in a world that urges us to fight aging, We live in a world that promises us eternal youth, if we will only apply this...
A Prayer about Praying in Stories of Suffering
Why should we pray in stories of suffering? She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. Luke 2:36 Answering God, How we thank you for the story of Anna, the 84-year-old widow who had known deep suffering. In her world,...
A Prayer about How to Spend Our Last Forty Days
Friends, today we continue yesterday’s meditation on how we would spend our days if we knew we had only forty left. Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. James 4:14, ESV ...
A Prayer about Living like We’re Dying
What would you do if you knew you had 40 days to live? So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 Heavenly Father, In the novel I just read, a professor gives her college English students a short essay question: “What would you do...
A Prayer about Honoring the Aging
How do we honor our aging? The glory of the young is their strength; the gray hair of experience is the splendor of the old. Proverbs 20:29 Everlasting Father, In a world that often marginalizes or mocks the elderly, transform us into people who honor and value the...
A Prayer about Our Worst Fears
Where do you go with your worst fears? Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. Isaiah 43:1 Redeeming Lord, We come to you today bringing our very worst fears: Fears of a terrible diagnosis, Fears of a terrorist attack, Fears of a...