Daily Prayer
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 Hope that Doesn’t Shame Us
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Romans 5:5 Father God, What a kind promise: Hope does not put us to shame… Many of us have known the shame of hoping for things on...
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...
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,...
A Prayer about the Perfect Father
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 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 Not Trusting in Our Own Righteousness
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt Luke 18:9 Merciful God, Open our hearts and show us any ways we “trust in ourselves,” any ways we think we are “righteous”— thoughts like, “I’m a...
A Prayer about Holy Touch
Greet one another with a holy kiss. Romans 16:16 Loving Father, After being asked for a hug by an elderly woman outside a senior center recently, I am more aware than ever of the “famine of touch” many in our world experience. Those of us who are married or who...
A Prayer about the Occupied Throne
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” Revelation 5:13 Lord Our Heavenly King,...