Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Our Hope in Heartache
Merciful Father, Some days it feels like the news will break our hearts: the numbers of young Covid patients sick and dying, the tyrannical rule in Afghanistan and the torment inflicted, the ravaging of the beautiful land of Haiti. In the midst of such misery, we...
A Prayer Thanking the Lord for Lifting Us out of the Muck
Redeeming Lord, Help us, we pray, to wait patiently for you, to trust that you will again turn to us and hear our cry (Psalm 40:1). We remember the days when our hearts were sunk and stuck in the much of our self-centeredness, self-righteousness, and...
A Prayer about the Brevity and Eternity of Our Lives
Everlasting Father, As we continue praying through this magnificent Psalm about your benefits, about how you work righteousness and justice in us, and about the eternal kingdom that has already begun for those in Christ, we thank you and praise you. First, thank...
A Prayer about Our Comfort in Grief
[Hi friends, this prayer is based on Heidelberg Catechism Q. 1] Dear Lord, What a true comfort it is that in life and in death, in body and in soul, we belong to a faithful Savior, not just any savior, but a faithful One, who paid for our lives with his precious...
A Prayer about the Church’s Great Calling
Compassionate Lord, I’ll never forget the scene in the waiting room before our son’s first brain surgery. Because he worked at a church leading worship, and because he had friends who were pastors elsewhere, he had four pastors visiting with him and praying with...
A Prayer about Trusting in God Alone
Almighty and Merciful God, Forgive us when we trust in “chariots”— our own reputation or status, the number of followers or likes we have on social media, our position in the company or the church, the behavior of our kids, the kind of car we drive, or any other...
A Prayer about Walking in the Spirit
Holy Spirit, Help. In our sinful nature, we all limp along, our natural motion twisted by the “desires of the flesh,” things like “idolatry…strife…fits of anger…envy…drunkenness….” (Galatians 5:18-21). Thanks be to God, he has not only saved us from our sin ...
A Prayer about Stewarding Creation
Creator God, I confess, I’m not always keen on all of your creation. When I work out in my pool and find frogs or salamanders or spiders, my first instinct is to avoid them or get rid of them. But your Word reminds me, “the earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness...
A Prayer about Overflowing Blessings
[Friends, this is the third and last in a series of praying through Psalm 23. Do you enjoy this way of praying through the Bible?] Heavenly Father, You prepare a feast for us in the presence of our enemies. You tend to us by anointing our head with oil (Psalm 23:5)....
A Prayer about Walking through Dark Valleys
Lord, our Good Shepherd, As we walk through dark valleys, valleys that feel like death, valleys that lead to death, [Name some valleys you are currently walking through or have walked through] We will not be afraid, [Name any fears you have felt] For you are close...