Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Knowing Ourselves
So if anyone is in Christ, that person is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! 2 Corinthians 5:17 All-Knowing God, When we begin to know you, and when we begin to understand the hope, joy, and relief of being known...
A Prayer about Being Known by God
You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. Psalm 139:1 Gracious God, As we prayed yesterday, we are so thankful that you have invited us to know you, but we are even more thankful that you know us. We confess, we often fear being known, because we are afraid...
A Prayer about Really Knowing God
Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me… Jeremiah 9:23-24 Gracious God, May we learn to boast in the wild...
A Prayer about What to Do When We’re Afraid
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3 Faithful Lord, Thank you for your compassion for our fearfulness. Today, we bring our fears to you: When we are afraid that we will fail at work, at school, as caregivers [name any failures you fear], we put our...
A Prayer about Trusting in the Lord for All Things
But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. Jeremiah 17:7 All-Wise God, Forgive us for placing our confidence or finding our security and significance in any number of idols that are not you— work, money, looks, family, friends, food,...
A Prayer about Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 Merciful God, How exquisitely you have designed your church, the body of Christ. You have called us to share our weakness with you and with one another, and you tell us that in that...
A Prayer about Sharing Our Stories
One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. Psalm 145:4 Author God, What exciting stories of redemption you have written in our lives. Every day of our life, may we live to tell that story, in our deeds and in our words....
A Prayer about Living the Legacy We 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 name for ourselves. We ask you, by the...
A Prayer about Caring for Those Who Care for Others
“casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you” 1 Peter 5:7 Jesus, our Great High Priest, Today we lift up pastors, priests, and ministry leaders who care for your people. We confess, we don’t think often enough about how what their days look like, ...
A Prayer about the Aging Body
If the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens 2 Corinthians 5:1 Heavenly Father, Yesterday we prayed about finding hope in the losses of aging by keeping an eternal perspective. ...