Daily Prayer
A Prayer of Lament for Those Who Die Young
He who testifies to these things says, ‘Surely I am coming soon. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!’ Revelation 22:20 Merciful God, We believe you to be merciful; help our unbelief. We admit, we struggle to understand why you would take young people home when it seems to...
A Prayer about Living and Dying in Faith
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. Hebrews 11:13 Heavenly Father, Whatever our age, Make us ready always to “die...
A Prayer about Not Being Haughty
For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down. Psalm 18:27 Humble Savior, We confess, our eyes are often haughty: We see others and think we are somehow more righteous, more beloved, more acceptable than they are. We see others’ mistakes and...
A Prayer about How God Created Our Bodies
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14 Creator God, You have intricately fashioned our bodies, beginning in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13). You have counted the hair on our heads and our tears in your bottle (Luke 12:7; Psalm 56:8)....
A Prayer about Trusting the Lord to Protect Children
She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. Exodus 2:3b Compassionate Father, As loving parents and grandparents, we desperately want to protect our children. And yet, you alone are powerful enough, wise enough, and merciful enough ...
A Prayer about the One Thing We Need
Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.’ John 6:35 Lord Jesus, Bread of life; manna from heaven, Forgive us when we are like the grumbling people in this story, people who have...
A Prayer about Caring for the Mentally Ill
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 1 Peter 5:10 Comforting Father, We lift up all who are affected by mental illness. ...
A Prayer about the Good News for Robbers, Liars, and Cheats
Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father’s household gods. Genesis 31:19 Author God, What a story, a true story, you have given us in your Word. As I begin a new reading program this year*, going through much of Genesis over a two-week...
A Prayer about God’s Plans for Us
‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord. ‘They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.’ Jeremiah 29:11. Sovereign Lord, It’s not even the end of January, and some of the plans and goals we made for this year have...
A Prayer about Clearing the Caregiver Fog
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city…. Revelation 22:1 Creator God, Today we lift up all the caregivers of hospital patients. You are...