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A Prayer about the Destruction of Death
The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Heavenly Father, Death is indeed our enemy. You created humans to live forever, glorifying and enjoying you. When sin entered the world, death came right alongside it, and ever since, the devil has...
A Prayer about Grieving with Hope
Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 Comforting Lord, How kind your Word is— you know that we will grieve when we lose loved...
A Prayer about Living the Legacy We Want to Leave
And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:2 Heavenly Father, In this world, the focus of leaving a legacy is often on making a name for ourselves. We ask you, by the...
A Prayer about Caring for Those Who Care for Others
“casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you” 1 Peter 5:7 Jesus, our Great High Priest, Today we lift up pastors, priests, and ministry leaders who care for your people. We confess, we don’t think often enough about how what their days look like, ...
A Prayer about the Aging Body
If the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens 2 Corinthians 5:1 Heavenly Father, Yesterday we prayed about finding hope in the losses of aging by keeping an eternal perspective. ...
A Prayer about an Eternal Perspective on Aging
Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day 2 Cor. 4:16 Eternal Lord, The Bible is clear about the losses of aging, but it also provides hope in the midst of these losses. The apostle Paul offers an eternal perspective that...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about Why Jesus Was Tempted
Have you ever wondered why you struggle with temptation? Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Matthew 4:1 Heavenly Father, We are puzzled—why would the Spirit lead Jesus into the wilderness so that he might be tempted...
A Prayer about Work, Wealth, Women, and Wisdom
Is Solomon’s story hard for you to read? For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. 1 Kings 11:4 Author God, May we learn from Solomon: You,the...
A Prayer about Living in Faith, Hope, and Love
Do you need a little faith, a little hope, a little love? Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 Faithful Lord, In a world that nags us, “You need more, to get more, to do more, to be more,”...
A Prayer about the Possibility of Entering God’s Kingdom
Do you know how it’s possible to follow Christ? With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God. Mark 10:27 Christ our King, In Mark 10:17-31, we read of a rich young man who truly seemed to want to know how to inherit eternal life...
A Prayer about Where to Focus
Do you need help with focus? Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. Colossians 2:8 Lord Jesus, Forgive us for wasting our time...
A Prayer about Being a Comfort to Ministry Leaders
Do we see our ministry leaders’ struggles? Remember my chains. Colossians 3:18 Jesus, Great Shepherd of the Sheep, As we read the apostle Paul’s closing instructions to the Colossians, we can’t miss his reminder, which he mentions twice, that he is in chains. He...