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A Prayer about Light in Dark Days
Son of Righteousness, In these dark and distressing days, many are feeling the “gloom of anguish”— grief over lost loved ones; sorrow over meanness and division, weariness over work frustrations… In this stark dark season, we embrace the good news Isaiah gave...
A Prayer for When We’re Overburdened
God of All Comfort, Thank you! You know we are plagued by weakness and weariness. You know our world demands that we be strong, independent, powerful, competent. You know some Christians boast, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” (Philippians...
A Prayer about What Happens When We Die
Resurrecting Lord, We admit, we sometimes get a little confused about what happens when we die. We know we “will be with you in Paradise” (Luke 23:43). We understand that for a season, our souls will be with you, enjoying your presence, but our bodies will await...
A Prayer about Praying Lament Back to God
Today, we are praying one of the lament Psalms back to God. Maybe you are hurting, or maybe you know someone who is. Sometimes when we're hurting, we are afraid to be honest with God. The Psalms of lament can help us know what to say in such a time. How long, O Lord?...
Numbering Our Days: Gospel Comfort for Caregivers
Dear Friends, This month's Numbering Our Days post is for all of you caregivers and all of the caregivers you love. Don't forget to sign up if you want to receive the monthly column, Numbering Our Days: A Gospel Perspective on Aging, Caregiving, and End of Life in...
Hope for Recovery: God Is With Me
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about Doing the Lowly Things
If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. John 13:14 Lord Jesus, You know not many of us in Western culture understand about washing feet. Most of us wear shoes and take showers regularly. Help us to see...
A Prayer about Being Betrayed
And as they were eating, he said, ‘Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.’ Matthew 26:21 Faithful Lord, Being betrayed makes our hearts sick. When someone we confided in, believed in, trusted in— a friend, a spouse, a co-worker, a sibling, turns on us, we...
A Prayer about Answers to Prayer
Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Mark 11:23 Miracle-Working Father, We confess, we’re a little...
A Prayer about Dying to Bear Fruit
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. John 12:24-25 Lord Jesus,...
A Prayer about Loving God and Loving Others
‘And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Mark 12:30-31 Triune God, In a day when hatred seems more common than...
A Prayer about a King Riding a Donkey
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Zechariah 9:9 Everlasting Father, As we approach the...