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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about Our Struggle to Believe
“Is anything too hard for the Lord?” Genesis 18:13 All-Powerful God, Every time I read this awkward scene for Sarah in Genesis 18, I cringe, mostly because I recognize myself in her struggle to believe. The Lord has promised Abraham and Sarah descendants as...
A Prayer about Taking Our Fears to the One Who Created Us
Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. Isaiah 43:1 Creator and Lord, Over and over in Scripture, we read the words, “Do not fear.” Help us to hear you speaking them to us. Help us to know in our very bones that we can trust...
A Prayer about Letting Go of Resentment
Love…keeps no record of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13:5 Gracious God, This morning, a wise author* pointed out that we should read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 replacing the word love with God. Indeed, when I read “God keeps no record of wrongs,” your Spirit pricked my heart. ...
A Prayer about Looking to the Lord as He Looks at Us
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and his ears toward their cry. Psalms 34:15 Precious Father, We confess, in the midst of affliction we tend to turn our eyes on the trials and tragedies piling up before us. As we finish praying through Psalm 34, help...
A Prayer about the Lord Who Hears and Responds
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. Psalm 34:7 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...
A Prayer about Blessing the Lord at All Times
I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 Gracious Lord, We join David today in proclaiming your goodness: May we bless you at all times— times when we’ve acted supremely foolish, times when we are crushed in spirit, ...