Daily Prayer
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...
A Prayer about Denying Self
If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Mark 8:34 Lord Jesus, It’s not very popular in our selfie culture to deny ourselves. We’re pretty committed to self-fulfillment, self-esteem, and self-promotion. Only by...
A Prayer about Needing Salvation
Do not forsake me, O Lord! O my God, be not far from me! Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! Psalm 38:21-22 Steadfastly-loving Lord, We come to you again today, as we did yesterday, with David, mourning our own sin, seeing its ravaging effects on our...
A Prayer about the Transformation of Our Anger
And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. Mark 3:5 Gentle Jesus, We are awed by your anger— first of all, many of us have never...
A Prayer about the One Who Endured Temptation for Us
And the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” Luke 4:3 Lord Jesus, Thank you for enduring temptation for us. You had been led into the wilderness by the Spirit. This forty days of fasting was planned. But that didn’t...
A Prayer for the Crushed in Spirit
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 Compassionate Lord, Today we lift up, and we pray our prayers will truly lift up, those who are weighed down with the heavy burden of chronic illness or ongoing suffering in their...
A Prayer about God Doing Impossible Things
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us… Ephesians 3:20 Almighty, Steadfastly Loving God, How often we forget that we are praying to an all-mighty, all-loving God! Because we are so weak...
A Prayer about Self-Care for Caregivers
And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. Matthew 14:23 Caregiving Jesus, Today we pray to correct a misinterpretation About self-denial we often see in caregivers. When you called us to deny ourselves, you never meant...