A Prayer about the Guidance We Need
Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Psalm 25:4-5
All-Wise God,
You know that every morning
I look at my weather app
to help me plan for my day—
how to dress,
where to work out,
when to walk my dog.
So many of us seek guidance for life
in little metal and glass boxes—
scanning the news headlines,
scrolling through social media,
seeking peace for our worries
and guidance for living.
Help us, Lord!
Draw us to the truth
that teaches and leads us
to your holiness, kindness,
and grace.
Your Word instructs sinners (Psalm 25:8);
your Word shows us how to walk on your path,
the path of “steadfast love and faithfulness” (Psalm 25:10).
Your Word teaches the humble your way (Psalm 25:9).
Your Word shows us the way we should choose—
what to do about that problem at work,
how to show our children love through discipline,
who to ask about help with depression and anxiety…
Lord, you have already turned to us
and been so very gracious to us
through the Living Word,
your Son, our Savior.
May we find comfort in affliction
and companionship in loneliness
as we embrace your wonderful Word.
In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Read Psalm 25.
![Dear Friends,
This began as a personal prayer, but I invite you to insert your own gratitude for God making you a saint.
All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you. Psalm 145:10
Author God,
You and I both know that in the world’s sense of the word,
I am no saint.
And yet, on this All Saints’ Day,
as I celebrate 60 years of being in the world,
I stand in awe of “your abundant goodness,”
in choosing me to be one of your saints in Christ (Romans 1:7).
Not only did you place me in a Christian school
where I would hear the good news of the gospel and begin studying the Bible,
[name some of the specific ways God has shown you the good news of the gospel]
but you surrounded me with “a great cloud of witnesses,”
wonderful saints, ordinary people redeemed in Christ,
who were living stories that led me to see my need and desire for a Savior.
[Name some of the saints who have shown you redemption in Christ.]
Not only did you draw me to Christ,
literally raise me from spiritual death,
but you have continued to write your story of “steadfast love,”
showing me day after day
that your “mercy is over all that you have made” (Psalm 145:9).
[Name some of the ways he has written his story of “steadfast love” and “mercy” into your life.]
How grateful I am/we are
that you have called us to be your “saints in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 1:1).
In Jesus’ holy name. Amen.
Read Psalm 145.
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