Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Needing to Lie Down
I will make you lie down in safety. Hosea 2:18 Protecting Father, We confess, we resist lying down; we resist rest. We’d rather, to change Spurgeon’s words around a little, sit up and worry than lie down in peace. You know this about us, and that is why you “make us...
A Prayer about the Day of No More Tears
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. Revelation 21:4 Healing Lord, January now brings with it for me many memories of my mom — ...
A Prayer about Seeing the Light
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1 Glorious God, Though the twelfth day of Christmas has come and gone, the defrocked trees lie dried and withered by the curb, may we see the glory of Christ-with-us, ...
A Prayer about Caring for Aging Parents
‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.’ Exodus 20:12 Gracious Father, We confess, we don’t always know what it looks like ...
A Prayer about Hope for Temptation
For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Hebrews 2:18 Lord Jesus, We’re only five days into 2025, and most of us have already broken at least one New Year’s resolution, if we even made them. Worse still,...
A Prayer about Trusting God for Transformation:
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 Faithful God, As this new year begins, I and others are making plans, hopefully good,...
A Prayer about Becoming Wise
“…wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?” Matthew 2:2 Wise Lord, As we enter this first week of the new year, how desperately we need your wisdom. We’ve seen the bumper stickers, and they nail it— “Wise men...
A Prayer about Waiting for Redemption
And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. Luke 2:36 Heavenly Father, What an attractive old woman Anna was. She was widowed young, after only seven years of marriage, ...
A Prayer about the New Things God Will Do in 2025
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19 Lord of New Things, On this New Year’s Day, we celebrate all of the new things you have already done, and all of...
A Prayer about Suffering with the Savior
Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword shall pierce your soul also)…Luke 2:34-35 Comforting Father, As this year draws to a close, I know many who, like me, look forward to a new year, ...