Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Ignoring the Zombie Apocalypse
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. Revelation 1:1. Lord Jesus, How we thank you for the book of “apocalypse” (the Greek word for “revelation” from which the title of the book of Revelation...
A Prayer about the Necessity of Christian Community
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation… 2 Corinthians 5:18 Reconciling Father, Yesterday, we prayed about your treasured gift of Christian community, today, we remember its necessity. You could...
A Prayer about the Treasure of Christian Community
I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. 2 John 12 Gracious God, Creator of Christian community, help us to marvel at the good gift of...
A Prayer about Our Hope in Broken Stories
They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. Isaiah 61:4 Restoring God, Today we lift up all who are in the middle of a story that feels like it has been...
Leaning Into Brand New Things
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? Isaiah 43:19 Creator King, Isaiah shared your hope with the Israelites in a desperate season. May we hear his call to “remember not the former things”— old ways of entrenched sin, deeply...
A Prayer about Being Kept and Blessed
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26 Merciful Lord, This Sabbath day, we thank you for the many ways you have blessed and kept...
A Prayer about God’s Gift of Furry Friends
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6 Comforting Creator, As I take my eleven-year-old dog to the vet today, I...
A Prayer about Knowing Ourselves
So if anyone is in Christ, that person is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! 2 Corinthians 5:17 All-Knowing God, When we begin to know you, and when we begin to understand the hope, joy, and relief of being known...
A Prayer about Being Known By God
You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. Psalm 139:1 Gracious God, As we prayed yesterday, we are so thankful that you have invited us to know you, but we are even more thankful that you know us. We confess, we often fear being known, because we are afraid...
A Prayer about Really Knowing God
Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me… Jeremiah 9:23-24 Gracious God, May we learn to boast in the wild...