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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 the Surprise of a Risen Lord
Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?’ John 20:15 Gracious, Powerful, Startling, Risen Lord, It is almost funny to think of how your unbelieving enemies might have scurried around on that first Resurrection Day, making last-ditch...
A Prayer about Silent Saturday
He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever. Revelation 21:4 Heavenly Father, It’s the Saturday before Easter, the day Christians historically call “Silent Saturday.” That...
A Prayer about the Good in Good Friday
‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ Matthew 27:46 Tear-wiping God, Many people have asked through the years, “How can we call it ‘Good Friday’ when it’s the day our Savior died?” In the same way, grieving friends may ask if there is anything good in these...
A Prayer about the Hope of the Cross
Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?’ And they paid him thirty shekels of silver. Matthew 26:14-15 Merciful Father, This scene ranks right up there as one of...
A Prayer about Learning to Forgive
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. Mark 11:25 Heavenly Father, On this Tuesday of Holy Week, as Jesus taught his disciples essential lessons they...
A Prayer about Becoming Fruitful Fig Trees
And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, ‘May no fruit ever come from you again!’ And the fig tree withered at once. Matthew 21:18 Creator God, We confess, many of us are as confused as the...