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A Prayer about Work, Wealth, Women, and Wisdom
For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. 1 Kings 11:4 Author God, May we learn from Solomon: We remember how you, the all-powerful King of...
A Prayer about Great Trouble and Shame
"The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.” Nehemiah 1:3 For the next few days, we’ll be praying one of Nehemiah’s prayers. If you’d like to...
A Prayer about the Brevity and Eternity of Our Lives
As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. Psalm 103:15-16 Everlasting Father, As we continue praying through this magnificent Psalm about your benefits, ...
A Prayer about What We Believe
“Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26 Risen Lord, This is probably the most important question we will ever answer about the most important truth ever revealed: Martha’s brother Lazarus had died, and she was grieving. You assured her, “Your brother will rise...
A Prayer about Not Growing Weary and Fainthearted
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. Hebrews 12:3 Good Father, yesterday we prayed through our reason and hope for endurance from Hebrews 12:1 and 2. Now we come to your gentle...
A Prayer about Running the Race with Endurance
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about Submitting to the Lord’s Plan for Our Lives
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways,” says the Lord. Isaiah 55:8 All-Wise Lord, Forgive us for thinking so highly of our own thoughts and plans. We live in a culture that tells us to make a plan and work the plan, and success will...
A Prayer about Resting from Self-Reliance
Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. 2 Corinthians 1:9 Resurrecting and Rest-giving God, Forgive us for our stubborn self-reliance, our refusal to rest, our restless...
A Prayer about Seeing the Glory of Jesus
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. Matthew 17:2 Glorious Jesus, How we long to see your glory, to really see it, the way Peter, James, and John saw it in the transfiguration. You took them...
A Prayer about Days When You Can’t Take One More Thing
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me. Psalm 118:13 Lord Almighty, On those days when we can’t take one more phone call lodging a complaint, one more text sharing sad news, one more best-laid plan going awry, one more thing— Help us!...
A Prayer about How We’re Saved
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 Gracious God, Forgive us. We are so easily confused, and when we read about the Old Testament law ...
A Prayer about Keeping Our Eyes on Jesus
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18 Trustworthy Jesus, We know we need to fix and re-fix our eyes on you, our “unseen” (for now) Savior, the author and...