A Prayer about the Reviving Word
My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word! Psalm 119:25
Author God,
We’ve all felt like the sojourner on earth who,
even as he walked through trials
such as “soul-melting sorrow,”
“scorn and contempt,”
and the “dread of reproach,”
pleaded with you,
“strengthen me according to your word” (Psalm 119:19, 22, 28).
We join him in praying that you would
“put false ways far from us,
and graciously teach us your law” (Psalm 119:29).
May we set your rules before us
and cling to your testimonies,
that we might not be put to shame.
Enlarge our hearts,
that we may run in the way of your commandments,
remembering that the first and greatest
is to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul,
and with all your mind,”
and the second is like it:
“Love your neighbor as yourself”
In the name of Jesus, the Word-made-flesh. Amen.
Read Psalm 119:29-32; Matthew 22:37-39.
![Have you ever felt forsaken?
He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:8
Faithful Father,
In times that we feel forsaken,
whether because of betrayal or abandonment or loss,
may we remember,
“It is the Lord who goes before [us],”
and you will never leave us or forsake us.
You are a God who made a covenant,
a promise of love to your people
that you alone upheld.
Even after Adam and Eve disobeyed you in the garden,
you promised to send your Son to destroy Satan (Gen. 3:15).
You promised Abraham to make him a great nation (Gen. 12:2),
and you continued to love your people, the Israelites,
even though they continued to rebel against you:
“For the mountains may depart,
and the hills may be removed,
but my steadfast love will not depart from you” (Isaiah 54:10).
In your most stunning proof of your commitment
to bring your people back to you,
you allowed your Son to be forsaken on the cross,
to die for our sins,
that we might become your children.
Because you will never leave nor forsake
your children in Christ,
when we feel lonely
or exiled
or forgotten,
we need not “fear or be dismayed” (Deuteronomy 31:8).
In Jesus’ faith-full name we pray. Amen.
Read Deuteronomy 31:8; Isaiah 54.
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