Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Persistent Prayer
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7 Good Father, What a gift you have given us in prayer. We are timid and doubtful and rarely dare to ask or seek or knock for the things we really need or...
A Prayer about Becoming an Oak of Righteousness
That they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified… Isaiah 61:3 Lord Jesus, As we prayed yesterday, we have much to mourn in our days on this earth: our sinful, rebellious hearts; our sorrow over injustice, poverty, ...
A Prayer about an Eternity of the Lord’s Favor
…to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn…Isaiah 61:2 Lord Jesus, Two days ago we began praying about your merciful mission: to bind up hearts broken by sin and sorrow, to free us from hearts imprisoned...
A Prayer about Finding Freedom
He has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound… Isaiah 61:1 Lord Jesus, May we stop our scrolling for one minute to consider your merciful mission: When a bully taunts our...
A Prayer about the Mission of Jesus
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor…Isaiah 61:1 Lord Jesus, Dazzle us again with this strange but good news: You weren’t just a man who decided to go about preaching. You were “anointed,” set apart for a...
A Prayer about the Age of Exaltation
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted. Luke 18:14 Almighty King, We live in the Age of Exaltation, especially self-exaltation. We need inversion therapy— we need our ways of thinking and acting to be turned...
A Prayer about the Fast God Chooses
"Is this not the fast I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?" Isaiah 58:6-7 Holy Lord, in this season before Easter, those who observe Lent may choose to fast. Whether we...
A Prayer about True Repentance
Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand. Matthew 3:2 Heavenly Father, Sadly, some have stood on street corners screaming at us to repent, so much so that we cringe at the word. And yet, you call us to repent as a bright yellow road sign cautions, “Turn around....
A Prayer about the Good Shepherd
"I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father and I lay down my life for the sheep." John 10:14-15 Good Shepherd, We’re so glad that you know your sheep. You know everything about us— you count every one ...
A Prayer about Seeing the Light
And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Isaiah 60:3 Glorious King, As we revisit the story leading up to your death on a cross and your rising in glory, we’re still a long way away from your triumphal entry into...