Prayers

Father, Sometimes I don’t feel very loving. Sometimes I think I have given enough. I want to sit back and wait for others to take a stand, fill the gap, give the gift, care. Sometimes I feel pretty mean inside, and I think, “I’m NOT doing it!” Then I remember You. I remember Your consistent […]

Father God, You have been gracious to me. You have provided for and kept me according to Your grace and mercy. Your faithfulness has preserved my soul. There will be problems today that I don’t have to solve. You didn’t call me to be a problem solver but a servant. Let my service give comfort […]

Father, My soul is full today – full of the beauty of Your world – the majesty and warmth of the wind blowing tendrils of moss over branches preparing for winter – full of longing to be close to You. and, Father, so full of questions, doubts, and fears – questions about life, […]

Today is a struggle, Lord.I confess that the aches and pains of life are taking a toll on my heart.I feel the fingers of futility clutching at my soul, and I am too tired to fight.But God (I love those two words), You are not too tired. You do not slumber or sleep, and You […]

Father, I am weak, but You are strong. I ask for Your strength today. Strength to hope when despair threatens. Strength to love when confronted by hatred or misunderstanding. Strength to find joy when sorrow overwhelms. I am small, but You are great. Help me remember You are bigger that the problems […]

Father, Today I pray for grace – grace to listen before I speak; grace to hear the heart behind the words; grace to soothe the ruffled and diffuse the ticked; grace to accomplish Your purpose rather than my plan. I pray for wisdom – wisdom to see and know Truth; […]

While flipping through an old journal, I found a prayer that I jotted on August 24, 1976. I know what was happening in my life then. I had just graduated from college. After spending the summer working on my master’s degree, I was home and interviewing for teaching jobs. That was not a good year […]

My soul is wrapped up in You, Lord.You are my breath,my life,my joy,my righteousness. When I cry,You catch my tears.When I struggle,You lift my hands.When I am silent,Your Spirit whispers love to my heart. The clamor of this worldrubs like sandpaper on my soul;Still, in You,I find rest.I find peace. Worry grabs me and throws […]

Father, Today I pray for the moms and dads who are trying to care for their children in these challenging times. Children are close to Your heart, and that makes them a target for the enemy. You called children ‘arrows’, and You said that the parent whose quiver (pouch that holds arrows) is full is […]

When the God of the Universe moves into a heart, He cleans up the neighborhood. I do not work to earn God’s favor or salvation but knowing Christ as Savior changes me. He makes me a new creation, and, as a new creation, I am under new Management. Life is different. My mom used to […]

Father, You have told me not to be anxious but to bring my cares and worries to You with thanksgiving. You promised Your peace when I will do that. (Philippians 4:6-8) Those words are easy to quote when all seems well, but they are much harder to live when trials come, when babies are sick, […]

Father God, Sometimes I am overwhelmed with the problems in this world. There is so much work to do, and I am tired. Help me to be like Abraham who did not stagger at Your promise. Even though he had to be stumped with the impossibility of the situation (You promised him a son when […]

Lord, Help me to guard my heart against the intrusion of the world. Guard my mind to keep it focused on You. Help me remember and act upon the fact that everything – everything – will fall into place as long as I recognize You as Lord and center of my life. Protect me from […]

Father, The blanket of anxiety that is smothering Your children is not from You. The fear being broadcast and consumed across this land is not from You. The unease that permeates every moment and lays heavy on hearts is not from You. It is NOT from You! If this darkness of dread is not from […]

Father, Thank You for this beautiful morning and for the showers of the past few days. I love the fresh-washed feel when the rain has cleared the dust from the air. I am constantly amazed at Your handiwork and the unbelievable variations in Your creation. As I observe, I see Your intricate artwork covering even […]

Father, So many people are hurting. The winds of hopelessness are blowing through our land, and the storm clouds continue to build. In the middle of this turmoil, trying to live each day, are mothers with children, babies in need of food and care, dads needing work, the ill and the disabled, people questioning their […]

Father, In this world of Your creation, we have chosen falseness over truth; hatred over love; appearance over character; things over values; rules over relationship; the temporal over the eternal; our way over Yours. We have rejected Your love while running straight into the arms of the enemy. Yet, still You reach for […]

Lord, In this time of confusion and panic and violence, I need to stay my mind on You. There are SO many things that I do not know, that I do not understand. My soul is shaken by the evil in this world, and I am hard pressed to know what to do. But, Father, […]

Father, Today I pray for wisdom – wisdom to discern light from darkness. You would think this would be easy, but things are pretty muddled right now in this stormy world. I pray for peace – not the enforced peace of the world, but the gentle peace that works from the inside out when You, […]

Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 Father, Give me grace and courage to walk with You today, to recognize right and uphold it, and to avoid the evil […]