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A Prayer about Wisdom for Caregivers
For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. Proverbs 2:6 Wise and Gracious Lord, Thank you for the wisdom you give for all of life’s hard stories and tough decisions. Today we think of our caregiving friends, who face weighty...
A Prayer about Living in a Landscape of Loss
These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. John 16:33 Merciful Lord, Today we pray for all who find themselves living in a landscape of loss. Even as...
A Prayer about Living the Legacy We Want to Leave
and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:2 Heavenly Father, In this world, the focus of leaving a legacy is often on making a name for ourselves. We ask you, by the...
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...
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...
A Prayer about Not Rushing Grief
I am shut in so that I cannot escape; my eye grows dim through sorrow. Psalm 88:8-9 Healing Father, We all know people who have lost people to death, whether anticipated or completely unexpected, people who have lost homes and possessions to hurricanes and...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about How to Become a Baby Again
How can anyone be born who has already been born and grown up? You can’t re-enter your mother’s womb and be born again. John 3:4 Jesus, our Wise Teacher, Although we may not like to think of ourselves as Pharisees, we, like Nicodemus express our confusion about your...
A Prayer about Remembering and Telling Our Stories
For I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past— stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us. Psalm 78:2-3 Story-Writing God, Thank you for the true story of grace you have written in Scripture; Thank...
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...
A Prayer about the Lord’s Benefits
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits…Psalm 103:2 Oh, Lord, We do bless you! Thank you for reminding us of all your benefits: You forgive all our iniquity: when we tell half-truths, when we join in the coffee room gossip, when we put our trust...
A Prayer for Those Longing for a Spouse
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 about Ending Well
There was much weeping among them all; they embraced Paul and kissed him, grieving especially because of what he had said, that they would not see him again. Acts 20:36-37 Sending God, It is the season of endings. Students are graduating from high schools, colleges,...