Daily Prayer
A Prayer about the Lord’s Discipline
How do you feel about God’s discipline? Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son, and do not loathe his discipline; for the Lord disciplines the one he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights. Hebrew 12:5-6 Heavenly Father, Although your...
A Prayer about Understanding Sickness and Healing
Have you ever been confused or hurt by wrong thinking about healing? ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ John 9:2 Healing Lord, Thank you for the compassion you show the sick and those who need healing. Correct wrong assumptions...
A Prayer about Laughing without Fear of the Future
What makes you laugh? “She laughs without fear of the future.” Proverbs 31:25 Mighty and Merciful God, You truly make us awe-some (literally, “full of awe.”) We know the verse, “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it,” (Ps. 118:24), but...
A Prayer about Peace for Troubled Hearts
Do you need peace? Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. John 14:27 Lord Jesus, Thank you for this profound promise for troubled hearts: You leave us...
A Prayer about Christ Our Life
Who or what is your life? “When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” Colossians 3:4 Jesus, Our Lord and Life, We confess – as earthly citizens, we often hear and even ascribe to sayings like, “Life is good,” “Life is...
A Prayer of Lament for Those Who Die Young
How do we grieve for those who die young? He who testifies to these things says, ‘Surely I am coming soon. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!’ Revelation 22:20 Merciful God, We believe you to be merciful; help our unbelief. We admit, we struggle to understand why you would...
A Prayer about the Pain of Living in a Fallen World
Do you ever struggle with the sense of futility? For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. Romans 8:21 Compassionate Father, We who live in Western culture are keenly aware that we don’t suffer the way people...
A Prayer about Unspoken Prayer Requests
Do you have unspoken prayer requests? For we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Romans 8:26 Heavenly Father, Today we come to you on behalf of all of the people who have “unspoken prayer...
A Prayer about Living and Dying in Faith
Have you ever thought about what it means to live and die in faith? These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. Hebrews...
A Prayer about Not Being Haughty
How do we remain humble? For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down. Psalm 18:27 Humble Savior, We confess, our eyes are often haughty: We see others and think we are somehow more righteous, more beloved, more acceptable than they are. We...