Daily Prayer
A Prayer about the Wonder of Christ Praying for Us
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7:25 Interceding Lord, We are awed to think that you are our chief prayer warrior! Scripture tells us that you are...
A Prayer about Forgiveness
And forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us. Matthew 6:12 Holy God, Forgive us for our disbelief in the forgiveness of sins. As C. S. Lewis points out, In the Apostles Creed, we say that we believe in the forgiveness of sins. But if we...
A Prayer about Confessing Our Sins
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. James 5:16 Forgiving Father, I recently read Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s exhortation to confess our sins to a brother or sister in Christ.* While we don’t want to make the...
A Prayer about the Necessity of Christian Community
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18 Reconciling Father, Yesterday, we prayed about your treasured gift of Christian community, today, we remember its necessity. You could...
A Prayer about the Treasure of Christian Community
I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. 2 John 1:2 Gracious God, Creator of Christian community, help us to marvel at the good gift of...
A Prayer about Clearing the Caregiver Fog
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city…. Revelation 22:1 Creator God, Today we lift up all the caregivers of hospital patients. You are...
A Prayer about Flourishing in Old Age
They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green….Psalm 92:14 Everlasting God, We live in a world that urges us to fight aging, We live in a world that promises us eternal youth, if we will only apply this wrinkle cream, walk 10,000 steps a...
A Prayer about Praying in Stories of Suffering
She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. Luke 2:36 Answering God, How we thank you for the story of Anna, the 84-year-old widow who had known deep suffering. In her world, losing a husband meant losing everything — ...
A Prayer about How to Spend Our Last Forty Days
Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. James 4:14, ESV Everlasting God, Forgive us for “boasting in our arrogance” (James: 4:13) for the ways we fail to thank you for all...
A Prayer about Living like We’re Dying
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 Heavenly Father, In the novel I just read, a professor gives her college English students a short essay question: “What would you do if you knew you only had forty days left to live?”*...