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A Prayer about Waiting Patiently on the Lord
Most merciful Lord, How glad we are that you hear our cries. Many are moaning in these days, weary of racism, weary of riots, weary of ravaging disease. How glad we are that you lean toward us and respond to our pain. You sent your Son Jesus to come near to...
A Prayer for Those Who Fight Disease
Almighty God, We lift up friends, family, and strangers, any who are fighting Covid, cancer, or other dread diseases. Bring rest to their bodies as they fight off the destructive invaders Seeking to do them harm, bring clarity to their minds as they face a...
A Prayer about the God Who Hears Our Cries
Rescuing Lord, As we continue praying through Psalm 34, we see even more reasons to bless your name “at all times” as we prayed about yesterday: We were sprawled out on the sofa, choking on sobs of grief, of regret, of disappointment, of frustration, and you...
A Prayer about the Day of No More Tears
Healing Lord, As our family gathers today, almost a year after my mom’s death, to mourn her passing and remember her life, I am camping out in the hope of the Day to come when there will be no more death, nor mourning, nor crying, nor pain. In these remarkable...
A Prayer about Jesus Suffering Temptation
Lord Jesus, We’re only five days into 2022, and most of us have already broken at least one New Year’s resolution, if we even made them. Worse still, we’ve all already succumbed to temptation— to speak ill of a friend or an enemy, to eat or drink more than is...
6 Opportunities of Aging
Dear Friends, How do you feel about aging? What’s your least favorite or most favorite thing about aging? Please share in the comments, or hit reply to this email. Your answers help me know how to serve you better. Leave a comment This month, I want to share six...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about Confessing Our Sins
Do you need to confess your sins? Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. James 5:16 Forgiving Father, I recently read Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s exhortation to confess our sins to a brother or sister in Christ.* ...
A Prayer about the Necessity of Christian Community
Have you ever thought about how much you need others to strengthen your faith? All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18 Reconciling Father, Yesterday, we prayed about your...
A Prayer about the Treasure of Christian Community
Do you treasure Christian community? I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. 2 John 1:2 Gracious God, Creator of Christian community, help us...
A Prayer about Clearing the Caregiver Fog
Will you join me in praying for caregivers today? Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city…. Revelation 22:1 Creator God, Today we lift up...
A Prayer about Flourishing in Old Age
Do you want to bear fruit in old age? They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green….Psalm 92:14 Everlasting God, We live in a world that urges us to fight aging, We live in a world that promises us eternal youth, if we will only apply this...
A Prayer about Praying in Stories of Suffering
Why should we pray in stories of suffering? She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. Luke 2:36 Answering God, How we thank you for the story of Anna, the 84-year-old widow who had known deep suffering. In her world,...