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A Prayer about Grieving with Hope
Comforting God, How kind your Word is— you know that we will grieve when we lose loved ones, and you don’t tell us not to grieve. and yet, you remind us that Jesus gives us every reason to hope for a brighter day even as we grieve. For we know that our loved ones...
A Prayer for When We’re Afraid
Faithful Lord, Thank you for your compassion for our fearfulness. Today, we bring our fears to you: When we are afraid that we will fail at work, at school, as caregivers [name any failures you fear], we put our trust in you. When we are afraid that we have made the...
A Prayer about Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Merciful God, How exquisitely you have designed your church, the body of Christ. You have called us to share our weakness with you and with one another, and you tell us that in that weakness we find our greatest strength —strength in dependence on Christ, ...
A Prayer about Worshiping the God Who Delivers Us
Merciful God, Today, as we gather, whether in-person or apart, we remember your steadfast love which endures forever (Psalm 107:1). We have been in distress, from our own foolish and “sinful ways” (Psalm 107:17), from prisons of our own making and prisons of...
Hope for Hard Times: Be of Good Cheer
Dear Friends, In this season of Lent/preparation for Easter, it's a good time to reexamine our reason for hope, even when we are facing disastrous circumstances. Enjoy this excerpt from my devotional, From Recovery to Restoration: 60 Meditations for Finding Peace...
Counting Our Losses: The Hope of Lament
Dear friends, as we move through the season of Lent toward Easter, as many continue to experience loss in 2021, it seemed like a good time to share this excerpt from The Waiting Room: 60 Meditations for Finding Peace & Hope in a Health Crisis. I hope it meets you...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about the Prince of Hope
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I will restore to you double. Zechariah 9:12 Holy Lord, Zephaniah and Zechariah have fierce warnings for your people about what will happen if they don’t repent of their rebellion and turn back to you. But these...
What makes your life meaningful?
There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who come after. Ecclesiastes 1:11 Eternal God, As my daily Bible reading takes me to Ecclesiastes, I am reminded of how easily we set our hopes on...
A Prayer about Enjoying God
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 God Who Delights in Us, Yesterday, my friends and I prayed to believe in your delight in us through your Son Jesus...
A Prayer about the Lord’s Right Now Delight in Us
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 Lord, We believe; help our unbelief. We believe you have already come into...
A Prayer about Mistaking Jesus for a Ghost
But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, ‘It is a ghost!’ And they cried out in fear. Matthew 14:26 Precious Jesus, How kind you are to your weary and confused disciples. The disciples had earlier that day watched as you...
A Prayer about Drawing Near to Jesus
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16 King Jesus, Yesterday, my daily prayer gang and I wondered at your sympathy, your capacity to suffer with us, to get inside...