Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Complicated Caregiving
You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, ‘Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…’ Matthew 5:33-34 Heavenly Father, Loving Savior, Helping Spirit, Today we lift up all of those (including...
A Prayer about the Laughter of Hope
“God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.” Genesis 21:6 Surprising Lord, At some point, we’ve all felt the despair Sarah felt after years of waiting for the child you had promised, after any physiological hope for a baby was past, and if...
A Prayer about the Countercultural Nature of Marriage
Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Genesis 2:23 Creator God, In our season of history, the idea that one woman could belong to one man, that one man could belong to...
A Prayer about Caring for Those Who Grieve
Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. Psalm 88:15 Merciful Father, Today we continue our prayer for those grieving an agonizing loss with more words from Psalm 88. For those who feel: “Your wrath lies heavy upon me; and...
A Prayer about Getting Good at Grief
I am shut in so I cannot escape; my eye grows dim through sorrow. Psalm 88:9 Compassionate Father, We don’t pray Psalm 88 enough, and maybe that’s why we’re not very good at grief. Today, we use the words of this dark yet hopeful Psalm to cry out for ourselves or...
A Prayer about the Power of God’s Grace
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 Gracious Father, Forgive me (us) for underestimating the power of your grace. Your grace is not a Southern woman with “nice manners.” Your grace is not...
A Prayer about Practicing Forgiveness throughout Our Lives
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 Forgiving Father, Secular studies have shown that people who know they are dying benefit from asking forgiveness and granting forgiveness at the end of...
A Prayer about Receiving Jesus’ Cleansing
“You will never (to eternity) wash my feet.” John 13:8 Jesus, our Faithful Servant, If we’re honest, we feel the way Peter did: you are too good, and we are too unworthy for you to wash our feet. According to Greek scholars*, Peter’s response to the idea of Jesus...
A Prayer about Spiritual Battles
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:11 Mighty God, As I’ve been dealing with some technology tangles that have me fussing and fuming, I’ve realized this could be spiritual attack. I pray for...
A Prayer about Rejoicing in Suffering
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope…Romans 5:3-4 Lord Jesus, Yesterday we prayed about rejoicing “in the hope of the glory of God” (Romans 5:2). Today...