Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Not Wearing Purple When We’re Old
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 Holy God, With all due respect to the delightful poet Jenny Joseph, who wrote the humorous poem, “Warning” about how she would become a rebel when she was old and “wear...
A Prayer about Encouraging the Faint-Hearted
Encourage the fainthearted, and help the weak… 1 Thessalonians 5:14 Heavenly Father, At times, our burdens become so great that we struggle to pray, to believe, to hope. At such times, we thank you for the church, the community of believers called to bear our...
A Prayer about Answers to Prayer
Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Mark 11:23 Miracle-Working Father, We confess, we’re a little...
A Prayer about Surrendering Control as We Age
And Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.’ Luke 1:38 Eternal Lord, Mary was a young woman when she spoke these words. What wisdom and faith she had, even though she was “troubled” at the news that she would give...
A Prayer about Our To-Not-Do List for Today
You shall not murder. Exodus 20:13 Lord God, Thank you for placing these verses in Exodus in front of me and the accompanying Heidelberg catechism question and answer 105: What does God require in the sixth commandment? “I am not to belittle, hate, insult, or...
Story Feast
A Story about Slowing Down to Give and Get a Hug I was in a hurry. My morning walk at Bayview Park had lasted a few minutes too long, and now I needed to get to my golf clinic. But first, I needed to make a restroom stop, and since the senior center at the park...
A Prayer about the Lord’s Right Now Delight in Us
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 Lord, We believe; help our unbelief. We believe you have already come into...
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 the Destruction of Death
The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:27 Heavenly Father, Death is indeed our enemy. You created humans to live forever, glorifying and enjoying you. When sin entered the world, death came right alongside it, and ever since, the devil has...
A Prayer about Endurance in Suffering
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. Revelation 1:9 Precious Jesus, In your Word, and by your...