Daily Prayer
A Prayer about Letting Go of Resentment
Love…keeps no record of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13:5 Gracious God, This morning, a wise author* pointed out that we should read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 replacing the word love with God. Indeed, when I read “God keeps no record of wrongs,” your Spirit pricked my heart. ...
A Prayer about Looking to the Lord as He Looks at Us
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and his ears toward their cry. Psalms 34:15 Precious Father, We confess, in the midst of affliction we tend to turn our eyes on the trials and tragedies piling up before us. As we finish praying through Psalm 34, help...
A Prayer about the Lord Who Hears and Responds
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. Psalm 34:7 Rescuing Lord, As we continue praying through Psalm 34, we see even more reasons to bless your name “at all times” as we prayed about yesterday: We were sprawled out on the...
A Prayer about Blessing the Lord at All Times
I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 Gracious Lord, We join David today in proclaiming your goodness: May we bless you at all times— times when we’ve acted supremely foolish, times when we are crushed in spirit, ...
A Prayer about the Lord’s Guidance
You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Psalm 73:24 Faithful Lord, As we read Asaph’s words, we relate. He begins Psalm 73 confessing his envy of the wicked, who seem to prosper, their bodies “fat and sleek,” with no “trouble”...
A Prayer about Needing to Lie Down
I will make you lie down in safety. Hosea 2:18 Protecting Father, We confess, we resist lying down; we resist rest. We’d rather, to change Spurgeon’s words around a little, sit up and worry than lie down in peace. You know this about us, and that is why you “make us...
A Prayer about the Day of No More Tears
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. Revelation 21:4 Healing Lord, January now brings with it for me many memories of my mom — ...
A Prayer about Seeing the Light
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1 Glorious God, Though the twelfth day of Christmas has come and gone, the defrocked trees lie dried and withered by the curb, may we see the glory of Christ-with-us, ...
A Prayer about Caring for Aging Parents
‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.’ Exodus 20:12 Gracious Father, We confess, we don’t always know what it looks like ...
A Prayer about Hope for Temptation
For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Hebrews 2:18 Lord Jesus, We’re only five days into 2025, and most of us have already broken at least one New Year’s resolution, if we even made them. Worse still,...