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A Prayer for the Crushed in Spirit
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 Compassionate Lord, Today we lift up, and we pray our prayers will truly lift up, those who are weighed down with the heavy burden of chronic illness or ongoing suffering in their...
A Prayer about Self-Care for Caregivers
And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. Matthew 14:23 Caregiving Jesus, Today we pray to correct a misinterpretation About self-denial we often see in caregivers. When you called us to deny ourselves, you never meant...
A Prayer of Lament 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 take young people home when it seems to us ...
A Prayer about the Day of No More Tears
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. Revelation 21:4 Healing Lord, January now brings with it for me many memories of my mom — ...
A Prayer about Caring for Aging Parents
‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.’ Exodus 20:12 Gracious Father, We confess, we don’t always know what it looks like ...
A Prayer about Suffering with the Savior
Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword shall pierce your soul also)…Luke 2:34-35 Comforting Father, As this year draws to a close, I know many who, like me, look forward to a new year, ...
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Daily Prayers
A Prayer about Being Betrayed
And as they were eating, he said, ‘Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.’ Matthew 26:21 Faithful Lord, Being betrayed makes our hearts sick. When someone we confided in, believed in, trusted in— a friend, a spouse, a co-worker, a sibling, turns on us, we...
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 Dying to Bear Fruit
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. John 12:24-25 Lord Jesus,...
A Prayer about Loving God and Loving Others
‘And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Mark 12:30-31 Triune God, In a day when hatred seems more common than...
A Prayer about a King Riding a Donkey
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Zechariah 9:9 Everlasting Father, As we approach the...
A Prayer about Honoring Jesus
In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her. Matthew 26:12-13 Lord Jesus, How often we, like the...