Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Our Hope in Broken Stories
They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. Isaiah 61:4 Restoring God, Today we lift up all who are in the middle of a story that feels like it has been...
A Prayer about Boasting in Our Weakness
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Cor. 12:10 All-Powerful God, We confess, we in Western culture crave power, control, and independence. The last thing we want is to be seen as weak. And...
A Prayer about Leaning into Brand New Things
Behold, I am doing a new thing; Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? Isaiah 43:19 Creator King, Isaiah shared your hope with the Israelites in a desperate season. May we hear his call to “remember not the former things”— old ways of entrenched sin, deeply...
A Prayer about God’s Gift of Furry Friends
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6 Comforting Creator, As I take our twelve-year-old dog to the vet today, I...
A Prayer about Knowing Ourselves
So if anyone is in Christ, that person is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! 2 Corinthians 5:17 All-Knowing God, When we begin to know you, and when we begin to understand the hope, joy, and relief of being known...
A Prayer about Being Known by God
You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. Psalm 139:1 Gracious God, As we prayed yesterday, we are so thankful that you have invited us to know you, but we are even more thankful that you know us. We confess, we often fear being known, because we are afraid...
A Prayer about Really Knowing God
Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me… Jeremiah 9:23-24 Gracious God, May we learn to boast in the wild...
A Prayer about What to Do When We’re Afraid
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3 Faithful Lord, Thank you for your compassion for our fearfulness. Today, we bring our fears to you: When we are afraid that we will fail at work, at school, as caregivers [name any failures you fear], we put our...
A Prayer about Trusting in the Lord for All Things
But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. Jeremiah 17:7 All-Wise God, Forgive us for placing our confidence or finding our security and significance in any number of idols that are not you— work, money, looks, family, friends, food,...
A Prayer about Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 Merciful God, How exquisitely you have designed your church, the body of Christ. You have called us to share our weakness with you and with one another, and you tell us that in that...