Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Walking in the Light of the Lord’s Glory
Do you know that the Lord is with you? Happy are the people who know the joyful shout; Lord, they walk in the light from your face. Psalm 89:15 Everpresent Father, Jesus Immanuel, Indwelling Spirit, We confess, we often walk through our days forgetting your...
A Prayer about Surrendering Control as We Age
How do you deal with your losses to aging or with your parents’ losses? And Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.’ Luke 1:38 Eternal Lord, Mary was a young woman when she spoke these words. What wisdom and faith she...
A Prayer about Our To-Not-Do List for Today
What’s on your “to-not-do” list today? You shall not murder. Exodus 20:13 Lord God, Thank you for placing these verses in Exodus in front of me and the accompanying Heidelberg catechism question and answer 105: What does God require in the sixth commandment? “I am...
A Prayer about Not Rushing Grief
Have you ever felt like someone wanted you to get over your grief? I am shut in so that I cannot escape; my eye grows dim through sorrow. Psalm 88:8-9 Healing Father, We all know people who have lost people to death, whether anticipated or completely unexpected, ...
A Prayer about the Lord’s Right Now Delight in Us
Do you believe the Lord delights in you? The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 Lord, We believe; help our...
A Prayer about the Destruction of Death
Do you long for the day death is destroyed? The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Heavenly Father, Death is indeed our enemy. You created humans to live forever, glorifying and enjoying you. When sin entered the world, death came right...
A Prayer about Living the Legacy We Want to Leave
What kind of legacy do you 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...
A Prayer about a God Who Can Do Far More than We Ask or Think
Do you really believe God can do far more than we ask or think? Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations,...
A Prayer about Being Rooted and Grounded in Love
Do you want love to grow in you and others? …that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth… Ephesians 3:17-18 Father God As we see plump, juicy tomatoes growing on...
A Prayer for the Kind of Strength We Need
What kind of strength do we really need? I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with his power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Ephesians 3:16-17 Father God, Thank you for this...