Daily Prayer
A Prayer about What Justifies Us
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. Galatians 5:4 Faithful Lord, May it never be! May we never be alienated— cut off from, severed from, estranged from our one and only Savior, Jesus Christ!...
A Prayer about Telling the Wondrous Works of God
On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. Psalm 145:5 Our God and Our King, Thank you for the words of Psalm 145 to give voice to our awe and gratitude at the wondrous works you have done. If we will pause to meditate, ...
A Prayer about Walking by the Spirit
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:25 Merciful Lord, Sin has twisted us, contorting our desires so that we limp along, trying out crutches like sex and drink and gossip and envy and strife and shopping (Galatians 5:19-21) which will...
A Prayer of Lament for the Abused and Betrayed
When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me. Psalm 142:3 Holy and Just God, We use the words of Psalm 142 to cry out to you on behalf of all who have suffered injustice, betrayal, and abuse: We pour out our...
A Prayer about Facing Our Mortality
…for dust you are and to dust you will return. Genesis 3:19 Merciful and Everlasting God, While this verse, part of the curse you pronounced after Adam and Eve rebelled against you, sounds pretty dismal, open our ears to hear the hope beyond these words. In a world...
A Prayer about All the Peoples of God
Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” 1 Peter 2:10 Heavenly Father, Psychologists say we need to belong to someone or something, but we resist losing our autonomy, our...
A Prayer about Being Delivered from Distress
Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things, let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord. Psalm 107: 43 Heavenly Father, Thank you for Psalm 107, which teaches us that we become wise by remembering the stories of how we cried out to you in trouble, and you...
A Prayer about the Best Father for Father’s Day
But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. Luke 15:20 Good and Faithful Father, On this day when some celebrate their earthly fathers while some grieve fathers who’ve left this earth and...
A Prayer about Being Motivated by Gratitude
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 Dear Father, As a woman who can tend to be motivated by guilt, I am so thankful for the book of Romans! Paul lays out his argument so clearly: grace reigns through righteousness and...
A Prayer about the Grace in Which We Stand
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:1-2. Lord Jesus Christ,...