Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Understanding Sickness and Healing
‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? John 9:2 Healing Lord, Thank you for the compassion you show the sick and those who need healing. Correct wrong assumptions about sickness and healing. Sadly, too many of us have been told that...
A Prayer about Laughing without Fear of the Future
“She laughs without fear of the future.” Proverbs 31:25 “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.” (Princes) (8-9) Mighty and Merciful God, You truly make us awe-some (literally, “full of awe.”) We know the verse, “This is the day the Lord has...
A Prayer about Peace for Troubled Hearts
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. John 14:27 Lord Jesus, Thank you for this profound promise for troubled hearts: You leave us peace, your peace. In...
A Prayer of Lament for Those Who Die Young
He who testifies to these things says, ‘Surely I am coming soon. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!’ Revelation 22:20 Merciful God, We believe you to be merciful; help our unbelief. We admit, we struggle to understand why you would take young people home when it seems to us ...
A Prayer about the Pain of Living in a Fallen World
For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. Romans 8:21 Compassionate Father, We who live in Western culture are keenly aware that we don’t suffer the way people in other cultures do— we don’t have to search...
A Prayer about Unspoken Prayer Requests
For we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Romans 8:26 Heavenly Father, Today we come to you on behalf of all of the people who have “unspoken prayer requests.” In our church prayer...
A Prayer about Living and Dying in Faith
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. Hebrews 11:13 Heavenly Father, Whatever our age, Make us ready always to “die...
A Prayer about Not Being Haughty
For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down. Psalm 18:27 Humble Savior, We confess, our eyes are often haughty: We see others and think we are somehow more righteous, more beloved, more acceptable than they are. We see others’ mistakes and...
A Prayer about How God Created Our Bodies
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14 Creator God, You have intricately fashioned our bodies, beginning in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13). You have counted the hair on our heads and our tears in your bottle (Luke 12:7; Psalm 56:8)....
A Prayer about Going Places We Never Wanted to Go
Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. Daniel 6:14 Author God, Thank you for what Daniel shows us about living faithfully in frightening circumstances. When he was exiled, Daniel did not whine or grumble or become bitter; ...