Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Where to Turn in Danger
Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. Daniel 2:20 Saving God, Few of us have ever faced the threats of a despot king as Daniel did, but many of us have faced the threat of danger from an unjust boss, a biased system, or a dread...
A Prayer about Not Repaying Evil for Evil
1 Thess 5:15: See to it that no one repays evil for evil, but always seek to good to one another and to everyone. Good Father, Not only are you “abundantly good,” you sent your Son to defeat evil, in our hearts, and in this world. We know our hearts are “deceitful”...
A Prayer about True Freedom
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 Merciful Father, When the apostle Paul told the Galatians they had been set free for freedom, he wasn’t talking politics; he was talking about the...
A Prayer about the Perfection God Promises
You therefore must be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:48 Heavenly Father, As a recovering perfectionist, I confess, this verse always makes me anxious when I first read it. But then I reread Dr. Dan Doriani’s commentary on Matthew, and he reminds...
A Prayer about Being Truly Transformed
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2 Everlasting God, I did it again. I just scrolled away twenty minutes, looking at this and that, following this trail on someone’s post about their wayward cat,...
A Prayer about the Wisdom We So Desperately Need
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. Proverbs 9:10 Awesome God, In this confusing and chaotic world, how desperatelywe need your wisdom. Parents need your wisdom to know how to help their children stay safe...
A Prayer about the Questions Jesus Asks
Where have you come from, and where are you going? Genesis 16:8 Pursuing God Thank you for chasing after us when we try to run away. Like Hagar in the wilderness, we can run ourselves into the ground, but you seek us, and you draw us out of our hiding, asking...
A Prayer about Help When We’re Vulnerable
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1 Maker of Heaven and Earth, Whatever makes us feel vulnerable, weak, frail: Our jobs, our health, our finances, our families, our...
A Prayer about the Miracle of Life
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:13 Lord and Giver of Life, As the grandparents of one baby born in February, and two more to be born in the fall, We’re more blown away than ever at...
A Prayer about Avoiding Foolish Controversy
Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. 2 Timothy 2:23 Gracious and Wise God, Give us the wisdom the apostle Paul urged young Timothy to have. May we “run away from infantile indulgence” (2 Tim. 2:22,The MSG) by...