Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Sharing Our Stories
One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. Psalm 145:4 Author God, What exciting stories of redemption you have written in our lives. Every day of our life, may we live to tell that story, in our deeds and in our words....
A Prayer about Living the Legacy We Want to Leave
And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:2 Heavenly Father, In this world, the focus of leaving a legacy is often on making a name for ourselves. We ask you, by the...
A Prayer about Caring for Those Who Care for Others
“casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you” 1 Peter 5:7 Jesus, our Great High Priest, Today we lift up pastors, priests, and ministry leaders who care for your people. We confess, we don’t think often enough about how what their days look like, ...
A Prayer about the Aging Body
If the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens 2 Corinthians 5:1 Heavenly Father, Yesterday we prayed about finding hope in the losses of aging by keeping an eternal perspective. ...
A Prayer about an Eternal Perspective on Aging
Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day 2 Cor. 4:16 Eternal Lord, The Bible is clear about the losses of aging, but it also provides hope in the midst of these losses. The apostle Paul offers an eternal perspective that...
A Prayer about Receiving Christ
Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him. Colossians 2:6 Precious Lord, May we not rush past the first two clauses of this profound verse in our hurry to finish our daily Bible reading. First, let’s pause and ask, “Have we received...
A Prayer about Finding Rest in Prayer
…and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” Mark 1:37 Rest-giving Jesus, Today we return to our theme of finding rest in an anxious world. As we witness what you did, empower us to do the same: You rose very early in the morning, and you...
A Prayer about Knowing Our God-given Limits
So Jesus healed many people who were sick with various diseases, and he cast out many demons. Mark 1:33 Precious Jesus, As we live in your strength through your Spirit, may we learn to follow your lead in knowing when to say “enough.” Not too long ago, I heard some...
A Prayer about the God Who Hears Our Groans
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel—and God knew. Exodus 2:24–25 All-knowing God, We are so grateful that we know that you know our very groans. You hear our groans, ...
A Prayer about Ageism
Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity. 1 Timothy 5:1-2 Good Father, Forgive us for the ways we sometimes marginalize...