Daily Prayer
A Prayer about What to do When We’re Afraid
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3 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...
A Prayer about Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 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...
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 Answers to Prayer
Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Mark 11:23 Miracle-Working Father, We confess, we’re a little...
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 How Long Grief Lasts
How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Psalm 13:2 O Lord, How long indeed? It’s been just over two weeks since the tragic shooting at a school in Nashville. The news cycle has...
A Prayer about Marvelous Nonsense
“But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.” Luke 24:12 Lord, We rejoice today, remembering the early days after your resurrection. The women had gone to the tomb looking for you and had been told by angels that you...
A Prayer about Missing the Obvious
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. Luke 24:27 Risen Lord, This story reminds us that William Shakespeare was not the first person to use dramatic irony to humorous effect. You...
A Prayer about Joy on Easter Monday
So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!”…Matthew 28:8-9 Risen Lord, On this Easter Monday, the day after we celebrated your resurrection, enlarge our imaginations...
A Prayer about the Surprise of a Risen Lord
Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?’ John 20:15 Gracious, Powerful, Startling, Risen Lord, It is almost funny to think of how your unbelieving enemies might have scurried around on that first Resurrection Day, making last-ditch...