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A Prayer about Being Dusty
Eternal Lord, We don’t like to admit it, but we’re a little dusty. Thankfully, though, you are transforming our dusty bodies into new beings. As the apostle Paul explains, we were born of the first Adam, a living being who was condemned by his sin to death, but...
Something Worth Waiting For
Hi Friends, in this season after a year of so many canceled celebrations, many of us are anticipating graduations and reunions and vacations. But I'm aware that some are still stuck in very painful, anxiety-inducing waits. Wherever this day finds you, I pray this...
A Prayer about Joy in Trial
Father of All Comfort, We admit, “joy” is not often our first response when our car won’t start or when we receive a difficult diagnosis or when our child struggles in school or when we have a bad day at work… And yet, you call us to “consider it a great joy” ...
A Prayer Thanking God for Light in Darkness
Merciful Lord, Thank you for how you come to us all, Whether we have known the shattering of shalom in the split of divorce or divided relationships, the confusion and chaos of crisis, the loss of peace, hope, and flourishing: You sent your sunrise to visit us from...
A Prayer about Spiritual Depression
God our Creator, You formed us and knew us even before we were in our mother’s womb. You, better than any counselor, understand our emotional and mental struggles. When we struggle to put one foot in front of the other in a spiritual desert, help us to know that...
5 Ways to Address Spiritual Depression
Do you ever have those days…weeks…years, when your spiritual blood runs cold, when your deer-panting-thirst has itself seemingly dried up? Or when you’re parched, dying for a drink from God but his springed-up-well seems to be saturating other cracked hearts but not...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about Hope in a Dark World
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:13-14 Father, I confess, sometimes the darkness of this world seems all-encompassing. The...
A Prayer about Not Repaying Evil for Evil
How do you not repay evil for evil? See to it that no one repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. 1 Thessalonians 5:15 Good Father, Not only are you “abundantly good,” you sent your Son to defeat evil, ...
A Prayer about the Peace of God
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 Peace-bringing God, We have all been there, whether in the waiting room while a loved one undergoes a big surgery or in a living room hearing...
A Prayer about Longing for a Better Place
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord… Psalm 84:1 Heavenly Father, As we read the words of the pilgrim psalmist, who longed to be with you in your beautiful temple, to live with you forever in...
A Prayer about Thanking God for Unanswered Prayers
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? Luke 11:10 Good Father, I’ve been thinking a lot about prayers I prayed that you didn’t answer the way I wanted or prayers that you answered with those two hard words, “not...
A Prayer about Trustworthy and True Promises
And he who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ Revelation 21:5 Lord Jesus, We do need to “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true” (Revelation 21:5). Sadly, many people who say they know you teach and preach words...