A Prayer about a Safe Place

by | Oct 22, 2025 | Daily Prayer

A Prayer about a Safe Place

Where can we find a safe place?

For in you my soul takes refuge; In the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, Till the storms of destruction pass by. Psalm 57:1

Redeeming Lord,

We pray for all who need a safe place right now, 

not just any safe place, 

but the safest place of resting 

in your mercy and grace.

While many throughout the world

are seeking to find safe places, 

after homes and lives were destroyed in war and natural disasters,

others throughout the world have suffered the destruction 

of families, careers, relationships, lives. 

When we feel that our souls are “in the midst of lions” 

or that we “lie down amid fiery beasts” (Ps. 57:4),  

may we cry out to you, “God Most High” (Ps. 57:2).

For indeed, you will send from the heavens and save us; 

you have already “put to shame the one who tramples on us” (Ps. 57:3).  

You have shown us your “steadfast love and faithfulness” 

in Jesus (Ps. 57:3), our one true safe place, 

our refuge at all times. 

You have cast your weighted blanket of glory across the earth, 

and our souls awaken with new hope 

to sing your praises (Ps. 57:6-8). 

In Jesus’ safe name we pray. Amen.

Read Psalm 57.

A Prayer about the Lord’s Generosity

by | Oct 21, 2025 | Daily Prayer

A Prayer about the Lord’s Generosity

How do we thank God for his generosity?

Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the first fruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine. Proverbs 3:9-10

Generous Father,

How kind and generous you have been with us! 

You have [blessed us in the city, 

blessed us in the field,

 blessed the fruit of our womb 

and the fruit of our ground 

and the fruit of our cattle…

You have blessed our basket

and our kneading bowl. 

You have blessed us 

when we came in 

and when we went out.] (See Deuteronomy 28:2-6). 

Protect us, Lord, from the temptation to believe 

that our money belongs to us. 

Help us to remember always 

that you are the giver of all good gifts. 

Help us to return to you 

a healthy portion of what you have first given us. 

In so doing, 

we may find our barns filled with plenty 

and our vats bursting with wine, 

or we may not. 

But we will most definitely know 

the profound joy of being freed 

from the “love of money,” 

which can lead us 

to greediness and self-destruction. (See 1 Timothy 6:10). 

Even more, may we treasure most 

the inheritance of grace we have in your Son, 

our Savior, Jesus Christ. 

In his sacrificial name we pray. Amen. 

Read Proverbs 3:9-10; Deuteronomy 28:1-14; 1 Timothy 6:10. 

A Prayer about Living in a Landscape of Loss

by | Oct 20, 2025 | Daily Prayer

A Prayer about Living in a Landscape of Loss

Do you need “good cheer”?

These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. John 16:33.

Merciful Lord,

Today we pray for all who find themselves living in a landscape of loss. 

Whether recovering from natural disaster or unnatural explosions, 

a body-wrecking diagnosis, 

the ripping apart of a marriage by an affair, 

the frequent flood of tears over a rebellious teenager,

unholy wars destroying people and land.

Lord, in a landscape of loss, 

in this world filled with tribulation, 

you make a startling promise: 

you have overcome the world. 

You tell us “Yes, you will suffer in this world, 

but in my world, 

my kingdom, 

which has already come and will soon be consummated,

you will never suffer again. 

Everything lost in the fall will be redeemed. 

For this reason, we can 

“be of good courage,” 

“take heart,” 

“not be afraid,” 

for you have indeed overcome the world 

by your death and resurrection. 

How we look forward to the day of renewal that awaits.

In your restoring name. Amen.

Read John 16. 

A Prayer about Our Real Superpower

by | Oct 19, 2025 | Daily Prayer

A Prayer about Our Real Superpower

What does the “I can do all things” verse really mean?

I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

Lord Jesus,

Forgive us. 

Like many in our Western individualistic culture. 

we have taken Paul’s proclamation 

about learning to be content 

in all sorts of circumstances 

and misapplied it. 

We tend to use these words 

like a superpower verse 

emblazoned across our superpower uniform. 

And then we treat you as if you are our super-strength. 

In humility, we come to you 

asking your Spirit to give us the ability 

to know “how to be brought low,” 

and to know “how to abound. 

“In any and every circumstance…

to learn the secret of facing plenty and hunger, 

abundance and need” (Philippians 4:11-12). 

May we learn that you give us strength 

to endure slow traffic

and slow test results 

with patience and kindness,

May we learn that you give us strength 

to trust that you will supply 

all of our financial needs, 

all of our health needs, 

all of our energy needs, 

“according to [your] riches in glory in Christ Jesus”

May we discover, 

as your followers must, 

that in our weakness, 

your grace is sufficient for us.

And may we boast in that very all-sufficient grace  (2 Corinthians 12:9), 

which is in fact, the only “superpower” we have. 

In your super-strong name we pray. Amen.

Read Philippians 4. 

A Prayer about the Temptations Jesus Endured

by | Oct 18, 2025 | Daily Prayer

A Prayer about the Temptations Jesus Endured

How do you escape temptation?

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews 4:15

Sovereign Lord,

How we thank you for Jesus’ temptations, 

first, because as we prayed yesterday, 

it is through them that we are able 

to overcome our temptations. 

They do not merely offer a good example; 

they show us the way out. 

Through Christ, 

the second Adam, 

who, like the first Adam,

endured temptations,

and yet resisted. 

Jesus was tempted 

to provide sustenance through miraculous means (see Matt. 4:3);

while we cannot do this trick, 

we are often tempted to believe 

that you are not good 

when you do not provide 

what we think we need 

when we think we need it. 

Our Savior reminded us of our central hope

when he told Satan, 

“Man does not live by bread alone 

but by every word that comes 

from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). 

We must trust in your goodness 

even when we don’t see your provision.

Jesus was tempted to gain knowledge 

that you loved him 

by demanding you protect him (Matt. 4:5-7). 

He resisted that temptation, 

choosing to trust 

that you protect him 

even in suffering. 

We must trust in your protection 

even when we live 

in the midst of uncertainty and confusion.

Jesus was tempted to gain glory 

by worshiping Satan, 

the father of lies (Matt. 4:8-9).

He refused, 

naming his central focus 

as the glory of God: 

“You shall worship the Lord your God 

and him only shall you serve” (Matt. 4:10). 

We must refuse to seek glory 

that belongs to you alone.

Thank you, good Father, 

for giving us a sympathetic high priest 

who has endured temptation. 

May we run to his sheltering mercy and grace 

to find help in our time of need (Heb. 4:16). 

Amen. 

Read Hebrews 4:14-16; Matthew 4:1-11

A Prayer about Why Jesus Was Tempted

by | Oct 17, 2025 | Daily Prayer

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 by the devil? 

Didn’t our Savior himself teach us to pray, 

“Lead us not into temptation” (Matthew 6:13)?

As we ask, “Why was Jesus tempted,” 

we see at least four reasons:

First, because he was praying, 

and he was full of the Holy Spirit: 

Luke tells us that right before his temptation, 

Jesus had been baptized 

and was praying (Luke 3:21). 

At that time, the heavens were opened, 

and the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus, 

and you proclaimed, 

“You are my beloved Son; 

with you I am well pleased” (Luke 3:22). 

We too, when we pray, 

can expect to be tempted, 

for as Charles Spurgeon says, 

“Why, your prayers…. 

have been instrumental in opening blind eyes, 

quickening dead hearts, 

unlocking the doors of spiritual prison houses, 

and shaking the gates of hell, 

and do you not think that Satan will attack you now?*

Jesus was also tempted 

because he was beginning his public ministry, 

and the devil would do anything to stop him. 

When we are beginning a new spiritual discipline 

or a new way of sharing the gospel, 

we will likely be tempted, 

for the devil wants to destroy hope.

Jesus was also tempted 

because he was your “Beloved Son.” 

Adopted by you through our union with Christ, 

we can expect temptation to come. 

But when it does, 

we know that we are your beloved children (Ephesians 1:4-5).

Finally, Jesus was tempted 

so that he could be 

“tempted in every way, 

just as we are—

yet was without sin” (Heb. 4:15). 

When we are tempted, 

it is Jesus’ temptation 

that gives us hope for the way out—

while we cannot resist temptation 

in our own strength; 

we can through the strength of the One 

who was tempted in every way.

Father, thank you for allowing Jesus 

to be tempted. 

Today, we bring you all of our temptation and sin, 

asking you to protect us from the evil one 

and to forgive us our sin.

In the name of our Savior who resisted temptation. Amen. 

 *Quote from Charles Spurgeon’s sermon, “Tempted by the Devil”.

Read Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13.