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A Prayer about Rejoicing in Suffering
Have you ever wondered how you can rejoice 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...
A Prayer about Aging Beautifully
And there was a prophetess, Anna…advanced in years….She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. Luke 2:36-38 God of the Ages, Our world’s narrative teaches us to war against aging, fighting it with wrinkle creams and hair dye...
A Prayer about Not Wearing Purple When We’re Old
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 Holy God, With all due respect to the delightful poet Jenny Joseph, who wrote the humorous poem, “Warning” about how she would become a rebel when she was old and “wear...
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 English 101 students a short essay question: “What would you do if you knew you only had forty days left to live?”* At...
A Prayer about Joy in Trials
Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. James 1:2-3 Father of All Comfort, We admit, “joy” is not often our first response when our car won’t start ...
A Prayer about the Destruction of Death
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 entered the world, death came right alongside it, and ever since, the devil has...
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Daily Prayers
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...
A Prayer about Waiting for Redemption
What are you waiting for? And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. Luke 2:36 Heavenly Father, What an attractive old woman Anna was. She was widowed young, after only...
A Prayer about the New Things God Will Do in 2026
Are you ready to see God do a new thing? Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19 Lord of New Things, On this New Year’s Day, we celebrate all of the new...