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A Prayer about Praising Jesus
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls…Matthew 11:29 Gentle and Lowly Jesus, To praise you is to name what is true about you every day, all the time, no matter how difficult our...
A Prayer about Lamenting Chronic Illness
For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. Psalm 22:24 Good Father, Today we lift up our friends who have searched and searched and searched, who have waited and...
A Prayer about Our Tear-Counting God
You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book. Psalm 56:8 Tear-Counting God, It has been a long season of loss for many. Our friends are mourning, as are we… We’ve lost homes in fires...
A Prayer about Not Being Forsaken
He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:8 Faithful Father, In times that we feel forsaken, whether because of betrayal or abandonment or loss, may we remember, “It is the Lord who goes before [us],” and you will never leave us or...
A Prayer for Veterans and Current Military Personnel
Please join me in praying for our veterans and current military personnel. May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace! Psalm 29:11 Almighty God, Even as we celebrate and pray for our veterans today in America, we praise you for...
A Prayer about Freedom from Contempt
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt. Psalm 123:3 Merciful and Loving Lord, Many of us have suffered from daily doses of contempt, deployed by the evil one through “arrogant attackers” (Psalm 123:4). Contempt...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about the Occupied Throne
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” Revelation 5:13 Our Heavenly King, We...
A Prayer about Hospitality
Where do you get that living water? John 4:11 Lord Jesus, What a host you are! We confess, in our world, especially for those of us who live in the southern part of the U.S., we are confused about hospitality. We often think it’s all about cleaning up our homes, ...
A Prayer about the Profound Peace God Gives
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. John 14:27 God of Peace, When my kids were young, with four children in six years, sometimes all I wanted was a...
A Prayer about Not Wavering in Worry
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. Psalm 125:1 Lord, We want to be like Mount Zion, like Mount Rainier, like Mount Everest, our faith and hope so firmly planted in your grace, goodness, and generosity that...
A Prayer about Being Ready for Christ’s Return
Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, ‘The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed, nor will they say, ‘Look here it is!’ Or ‘There!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.” Luke 17:20-21...
A Prayer about the Work God Will Complete
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, What amazing grace is this! You began a good work in us. You always have been and ever will be faithful ...