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A Prayer about How Long Grief Lasts
How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Psalm 13:2 O Lord, How long indeed? It’s been just over two weeks since the tragic shooting at a school in Nashville. The news cycle has...
A Prayer about Marvelous Nonsense
“But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.” Luke 24:12 Lord, We rejoice today, remembering the early days after your resurrection. The women had gone to the tomb looking for you and had been told by angels that you...
A Prayer about Missing the Obvious
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke 24:27 Risen Lord, This story reminds us that William Shakespeare was not the first person to use dramatic irony to humorous effect. You...
A Prayer about Joy on Easter Monday
So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!”…Matthew 28:8-9 Risen Lord, On this Easter Monday, the day after we celebrated your resurrection, enlarge our imaginations...
A Prayer about the Surprise of a Risen Lord
Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?’ John 20:15 Gracious, Powerful, Startling, Risen Lord, It is almost funny to think of how your unbelieving enemies might have scurried around on that first Resurrection Day, making last-ditch...
A Prayer about Silent Saturday
He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever. Revelation 21:4 Heavenly Father, It’s the Saturday before Easter, the day Christians historically call “Silent Saturday.” That...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about Being Busy
Do you like being busy? “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but only one thing is necessary.” Luke 10:41 Gentle Jesus, How many times must you beckon us to come to you, to lay down our heavy burdens of busying about, and to pick up your...
A Prayer about Worshipping like We’re in Heaven
Would you like to worship like you’re already in heaven? After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with...
A Prayer about Comfort for Caregivers
A Prayer about Comfort for Caregivers Do you know a caregiver who needs comfort? In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. Matthew 26:12 Precious Jesus, Thank you for this affirmation of Mary’s tender caregiving actions. May we...
A Prayer about Becoming Weak and Inefficient
Do you love to be efficient and strong? …but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint Isaiah 40:31. Gracious Lord, I remember memorizing this...
A Prayer about God’s Grace for Our Sin
Will you join me in asking God to examine our hearts? They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty,...
A Prayer about Who God Is and Why It Matters
Do you know how praising the Lord can change you and your prayers? Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long. Psalm 146:1 God-Above, Maker of Heaven and Earth, How often do we...