Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Praying God’s Promises Back to Him
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever. Exodus...
A Prayer about Preventing Bitterness
See to it than on one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and by it many become defiled… Hebrews 12:15 Merciful Lord, May we hear your dire warning to guard our hearts from the toxic root of bitterness....
A Prayer about the Lord’s Discipline
"Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son, and do not loathe his discipline; for the Lord disciplines the one he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights." Hebrews 12:5-6 Heavenly Father, Although your discipline, your correction, your...
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 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 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...