Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Walking in God’s Way
Thus says the Lord: stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ Jeremiah 6:16 Merciful Lord, What a frightening passage. These are your very...
A Prayer about Thanking God for Special People
On seeing them, Paul thanked God and took courage. Acts 28:15 Author God, Since today is my husband’s birthday, and since people in Scripture often thank you for people you’ve blessed them with, it seems fitting now to thank you for the people you have written...
A Prayer about Radical Transformation
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. Acts 8:3 Merciful God, How good it is to read straight through the Bible because we return to radical redemption stories we might otherwise...
A Prayer about Seeking Shalom in Places of Exile
But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. Jeremiah 29:7 Redeeming God, What a seemingly strange command. Your rebellious people have been exiled to Babylon, ...
A Prayer about Talking about Death and Dying
The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:26 Gracious Father, You know how deathly afraid we are of death. We ask for your grace and mercy to help us talk about death and dying, well before we have any inkling that we might die. We ask you to give...
A Prayer about Missing People and Places at the Holidays
“My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Psalm 84:2 Gracious and Hospitable Lord, As Thanksgiving comes around, our family misses my mom and her home. For many years, we visited her there, but her...
A Prayer about Praising Jesus
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls…Matthew 11:29 Gentle and Lowly Jesus, To praise you is to name what is true about you every day, all the time, no matter how difficult our...
A Prayer about Lamenting Chronic Illness
For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. Psalm 22:24 Good Father, Today we lift up our friends who have searched and searched and searched, who have...
A Prayer about the God Who Knows Us When We Don’t Know Ourselves
Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Heavenly Father, Thank you for this assurance: we are fully known by you. In seasons of grief or uncertainty, of sorrow or stress, of caregiving or crisis, we...
A Prayer about the Abundant Harvest to Come
“…the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.” Psalm 65:13 Lord of the Harvest, In this season of harvest, May we join together with the hills and the meadows and the valleys, shouting and...