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A Prayer about Facing Our Mortality
…for dust you are and to dust you will return. Genesis 3:19 Merciful and Everlasting God, While this verse, part of the curse you pronounced after Adam and Eve rebelled against you, sounds pretty dismal, open our ears to hear the hope beyond these words. In a world...
A Prayer about Being Delivered from Distress
Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things, let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord. Psalm 107: 43 Heavenly Father, Thank you for Psalm 107, which teaches us that we become wise by remembering the stories of how we cried out to you in trouble, and you...
A Prayer about Hope that Doesn’t Shame Us
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Romans 5:5 Father God, What a kind promise: Hope does not put us to shame… Many of us have known the shame of hoping for things on...
A Prayer about the God Who Hears Our Groans
All-knowing God, We are so grateful that we know that you know our very groanings. When you hear our groanings, whether over grief due to a loved one’s death or the suffering of mental illness or the sorrow over wars and strivings. We who belong to you know ...
A Prayer about Suffering in the Body
Compassionate Lord, Today we lift up, and we pray our prayers will truly lift up, those who are weighed down with the heavy burden of chronic illness or ongoing suffering in their bodies. Some have chronic pain that no medication can touch, some have seen doctor...
A Prayer about Our Soul-Thirst
Thirst-filling Lord, Today we lift up all who ache for you to appear, all who remember the days we used to lead the procession of praise (Psalm 42:4), all who now suffer turmoil within and attack from without (Psalm 42:5). Restore their hope again, even as they...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about Wise Tongues
Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them. Proverbs 29:20 All-Wise God, Forgive our foolishness. Heal our tongues, which often speak “rashly, like the thrusts of a sword” (Proverbs 12:18). We have become deeply...
A Prayer about Our Reasons for Rejoicing
This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 Steadfastly Loving Lord, How many are our reasons for rejoicing! This very day, and every day, is the day you have made! As we look around, many of us see green sprigs shooting out of...
A Prayer about Grieving with Hope
Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 Comforting Lord, How kind your Word is— you know that we will grieve when we lose loved...
A Prayer about Waiting with Hope
We too wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. Romans 8:23 Gracious God, Thank you for giving us every reason to hope, even as we wait in difficult circumstances—...
A Prayer about Where to Flee in Times of Trouble
“I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill.” Psalm 3:4 Dear Father, Many of us feel as David did when his son Absalom was pursuing him to kill him: Many are our foes, many rise against us, and many tell us there is no hope for salvation in...
A Prayer about the Only Trustworthy Prophecy
And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” Revelation 22:7 Lord Jesus, You are coming soon! What reason for rejoicing! Forgive us for getting caught up in modern day “prophecy” that tries to predict when you...