Daily Prayer
A Prayer about the Joy of Being Rescued
So he brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with singing. Psalm 105:43 God of Joy and Rescue, How do we enjoy you? Here in this wonderful Psalm of rescue and redemption, we read about how you saved your people, the Israelites. You performed all sorts of...
A Prayer about Being United by Christ
Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction. 1 Corinthians 1:10 Uniting Lord, We...
A Prayer about Where to Turn in Danger
Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. Daniel 2:20 Saving God, Few of us have ever faced the threats of a despot king as Daniel did, but many of us have faced the threat of danger from an unjust boss, a biased system, or a...
A Prayer about the Perfection God Promises
You therefore must be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:48 Heavenly Father, As a recovering perfectionist, I confess, this verse always makes me anxious when I first read it. But then I reread a commentary on Matthew,* and the author reminds...
A Prayer about Being Open to Learning New Truths
“You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out. John 9:34 Jesus, our Glorious Teacher, Open our eyes, remove our blindness, that we may see more of your glory. Forgive us for any ways we are like the various groups in the story of the...
A Prayer about True Freedom
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 Merciful Father, When the apostle Paul told the Galatians they had been set free for freedom, he wasn’t talking politics; he was talking about the...
A Prayer about Being Truly Transformed
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2 Everlasting God, I did it again. I just scrolled away twenty minutes, looking at this and that, following this trail on someone’s post about their wayward cat, ...
A Prayer about the Wisdom We So Desperately Need
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. Proverbs 9:10 Awesome God, In this confusing and chaotic world, how desperately we need your wisdom. Parents need your wisdom to know how to help their children stay...
A Prayer about Loving Our Enemies
But I say to you, ‘Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.’ Matthew 5:44 Lord Jesus, You knew we’d struggle to love the friend who shared our shameful secret; You knew we’d struggle to pray for the boss who unjustly let us go. And yet, you commanded...
A Prayer about the Questions God Asks
Where have you come from, and where are you going? Genesis 16:8 Pursuing God Thank you for chasing after us when we try to run away. Like Hagar in the wilderness, we can run ourselves into the ground, but you seek us, and you draw us out of our hiding, asking...