Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Learning to Forgive
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. Mark 11:25 Heavenly Father, On this Tuesday of Holy Week, as Jesus taught his disciples essential lessons they...
A Prayer about Becoming Fruitful Fig Trees
And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, ‘May no fruit ever come from you again!’ And the fig tree withered at once. Matthew 21:18 Creator God, We confess, many of us are as confused as...
A Prayer about Perfect Peace
Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.’ John 20:21 Heavenly Father, Even as Holy Week begins, may we remember its conclusion. In the days leading up to his death, Jesus suffered physical, mental, and...
A Prayer about a King who Wins by Dying
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:30 Author God, Who would think to write such a story— the hero completes his mission by dying? And yet, this is just the true story you wrote. “It...
A Prayer about the Humiliation Jesus Endured
And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him. Mark 15:19-20 King of the...
A Prayer about Faithlessness and Faithfulness
Peter answered, ‘Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Truly, I tell you, the very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.’ Matthew 26:33-34 Faithful Lord, How like Peter we all are, ...
A Prayer about Watching Jesus’ Sorrow
“And he said to them, ‘My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.’” Mark 14:34 Father God, This scene in the Garden of Gethsemane the night before Jesus’ arrest both challenges and comforts me. Jesus first confessed to Peter, James, and John ...
A Prayer about the Hope of the Last Supper
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take, eat, this is my body.’ Matthew 26:26 Lord God, I confess, I too often read past Jesus’ profound words to his disciples without stopping to think ...
A Prayer about Doing the Lowly Things
If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. John 13:14 Lord Jesus, You know not many of us in Western culture understand about washing feet. Most of us wear shoes and take showers regularly. Help us to see...
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...