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A Prayer about Living like We’re Dying
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 if you knew you only had forty days left to live?”*...
A Prayer about Honoring the 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 elderly. Even as we age,...
Living like We’re Dying
Hi Friends, Coming to you today with a tough subject — how to prepare for death. And yet, one I believe many people want to know more about but are afraid to ask. If that’s you, I hope this gives some encouragement and guidance. (And I’d love to know…what are the...
A Gospel Legacy
A Living Legacy At ninety-something, Mrs. Sarah surely knows her days in this world are numbered. Each week I watch the frail figure with snowy white hair as she slowly, painfully, wobbles her way to her seat on the second row. Though she can no longer stand for the...
A Prayer about Endurance in Suffering
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. Revelation 1:9 Precious Jesus, In your Word, and by your...
Why Caregivers Need to Care for Themselves
Will You Care for Yourself, Dear Caregiver? In the lowest point of my caregiving season, my body cried out for help, but I refused to listen. Strands of hair came out in my hands as I washed it. Dark trenches formed under my eyes. Colds came and went like the weather....
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about the Foolishness of Sin
Do you need hope for the folly of sin? The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. Psalm 14:1 Merciful and Forgiving Lord, Thank you for this reminder that without Jesus, our Savior, we are...
A Prayer about the Joy of Believing
Has believing in Jesus brought you joy? And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God. Acts 16:34 Wonder-Working God, Help us to see ourselves in this Philippian jailer! Likely a Roman citizen, trained to bow down to the emperor (what...
A Prayer about Our Struggle to Believe
Do you sometimes struggle to believe in God’s power? “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” Genesis 18:13 All-Powerful God, Every time I read this awkward scene for Sarah in Genesis 18, I cringe, mostly because I recognize myself in her struggle to believe. The Lord...
A Prayer about Taking Our Fears to the One Who Created Us
Do you know the One who tells you not to fear? Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. Isaiah 43:1 Creator and Lord, Over and over in Scripture, we read the words, “Do not fear.” Help us to hear you speaking them to us. Help us...
A Prayer about Letting Go of Resentment
How do we let go of resentment? Love…keeps no record of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13:5 Gracious God, This morning, a wise author* pointed out that we should read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 replacing the word love with God. Indeed, when I read “God keeps no record of wrongs,” ...
A Prayer about the Hope for Our Foolish Mouths
Have you ever spoken foolish words? “A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.” Proverbs 18:6 Holy Father, How kind, helpful, and hopeful are your rebukes. While I hope my praying friends have not been as foolish as I, the fact is that we are...