Daily Prayer
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; ...
A Prayer about Trusting the Lord to Protect Children
She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. Exodus 2:3b Compassionate Father, As loving parents and grandparents, we desperately want to protect our children. And yet, you alone are powerful enough, wise enough, and merciful enough ...
A Prayer about the One Thing We Need
Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.’ John 6:35 Lord Jesus, Bread of life; manna from heaven, Forgive us when we are like the grumbling people in this story, people who have...
A Prayer about Preparing for Glory
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 1 Peter 5:10 Eternal and Everlasting God, You knew all along how people might respond ...
A Prayer about Caring for the Mentally Ill
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 Comforting Father, We lift up all who are affected by mental illness. Sadly, because of our ignorance about mental illness, many of the mentally ill suffer “secondary wounds.” Both the afflicted and...
A Prayer about the Good News for Robbers, Liars, and Cheats
Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father’s household gods. Genesis 31:19 Author God, What a story, a true story, you have given us in your Word. For all of those reading through the Bible in a year, we have now gone through much of Genesis, ...
A Prayer about God’s Plans for Us
‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord. ‘They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.’ Jeremiah 29:11. Sovereign Lord, It’s not even the end of January, and some of the plans and goals we made for this year have...
A Prayer about the Foolishness of Sin
The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. Psalm 14:1 Merciful and Forgiving Lord, Thank you for this reminder that without Jesus, our Savior, we are all fools. Our sin nature, the...