Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Believing that God Is for Us
This I know, that God is for me. Psalm 56:9 Holy and Merciful God, I admit, as I was reading this Psalm aloud in prayer the other day, I thought, how could David say these words so confidently: “This I know, that God is for me.” I thought about what a “big sinner”...
A Prayer about the Price Paid for Us
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:10 Holy God, Redeeming Son, Sanctifying Spirit, How we thank you for the precious gift of a debt fully paid for our sins. Help us to...
A Prayer about Stilling Our Souls
But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. Psalm 131:2 Heavenly Father, We live in a hectic, busy, noisy world. Screens blink at us, notifications ding and ping and ring, demanding our...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 Rejoicing in Suffering
Have you ever wondered how you can rejoice 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...