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A Prayer about the Good in Good Friday
‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ Matthew 27:46. Tear-wiping God, Many people have asked through the years, “How can we call it ‘Good Friday’ when it’s the day our Savior died?” In the same way, grieving friends may ask if there is anything good in these...
A Prayer about the Hope of the Cross
Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?’ And they paid him thirty shekels of silver. Matthew 26:14-15 Merciful Father, This scene ranks right up there as one of...
The Aroma of Heaven: Leaving a Legacy that Spreads the Fragrance of Christ
Dear Friends, This month I’m thinking about the type of legacy I want to leave. As I do so, I think about the people in my life who have been an aroma of heaven to me. I’d love to hear from you: who are the people in your life who have left an aroma of heaven? You can...
A Prayer about Believing God’s Love is Unfailing
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39...
A Prayer of Lament about the Covenant Presbyterian School Shooting
Dear friends, in these days when words are hard to find for our grief, we make the words God has given us in his holy and loving Word our own. Please join me in an attempt at lament: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John1:5 O...
A Prayer about Jesus’ Determination
And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise. Mark 10:34. Lord Jesus, Enlarge our imaginations so that we might walk with you on the day you told your disciples this alarming news. You were marching...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about Being a Peace-publisher
Are you a peace-publisher? How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness… Isaiah 52:7 Lord God, What a happy calling you have given us as your church: To bring good news, to publish...
A Prayer about What Jesus Came to Do
Do you know what Jesus came to do? The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. He raises up the poor from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. 1 Samuel 2:7-8 Holy and Just God, You bring death, and you bring life...
A Prayer about Finding Freedom in the Long-Expected Jesus
What freedom do you find in Christ? But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. Romans 6:22 Lord Jesus, This morning we are meditating on the good news about you— our...
A Prayer about Making Room for Jesus
Can you make room for Jesus? And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7 Lord Jesus, Sometimes I think the innkeeper has gotten a bad rap in all of our...
A Prayer about the Lord’s Majesty, Might, and Mercy
Will you join me in magnifying the Lord? And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.’ Luke 1:46-47 Majestic Lord, On this third Sunday in Advent, we join with Mary in magnifying you, in proclaiming your greatness. Indeed, you...
A Prayer about “God-with-us”
What does it mean that the Lord is with us? Greetings, O favored one. The Lord is with you! Luke 1:28 Lord God, Around this time every year, many of us need to remember Gabriel’s assurance to Mary: “The Lord is with you!” You are with us, and in Christ, you are in...