Daily Prayer: 2025

a prayer of God's goodness and presence in times of trouble

But now, this is what the Lord says—
    he who created you, Jacob,
    he who formed you, Israel:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
    I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

When you pass through the waters,
    I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not set you ablaze. (Isaiah 43:1-2

Dear heavenly Father,

Your Word is solace for the sad and balance for the bewildered, a firm rock for those rocked by life's circumstances and bread from heaven for the hungry on earth. This isn't theory, the wisdom of sages, or just true and good theology. It's our reality.

And we praise you.

You've made promises you alone can keep, and you do not lie. No god is as near or good, merciful or mighty as you—no matter the storm or season.

As you have spoken clearly through Isaiah, you created us and are redeeming us, all for your glory. You summoned us by name, calling us to life in the gospel. You gave us a new name-"Mine." There's no sweeter, more perspective-giving or more peace-generating name you could call us. You never promised we wouldn't experience floods and torrents, fires and flames. But you have promised to be with us. To know your great affection for us and your absolute sovereignty over everything is enough, Father

Indeed, we know ourselves to be precious, honored, and greatly loved, because you gave Jesus in exchange for us.

Though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, so that through his poverty we might become rich (2 Cor. 8:9).

We praise you for the indescribable gift of the gospel.

And since you didn't spare your own Son, certainly we can trust you to graciously give us everything else we need (Rom. 8:32)—in current storms and future fires. We don't have to be afraid of anything or anyone. You are with us and you are for us.

We pray in Jesus' great and grace-full name.

Amen.

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a Prayer to become a Friend of God

Are you there God? Can you hear me?

I am in need of a friend. I am in need of you.

I offer you my friendship. Can you hear me?

I am confused and in need of clarity in my life.

I am looking for a sign and direction for my life.

Help me to be more open and more aware.

I offer myself, and my trust, to you.

Please make yourself real to me. Reveal yourself to me.

Open my inner eyes that I might see clearly.

I offer you my friendship. I will listen for your still small voice.

I will wait in faith, and be patient as I listen.

My heart is yours. I bow to you in love.

Amen.

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help me to forgive

Dear God,

In these days of hurt feelings, I choose to forgive.

When people are unkind and hateful, I choose to forgive.

As I feel frustrated and weary, I choose to forgive.

Help me Lord to let go of the hurts and pain.

Cause me to be kind when I am exhausted by life.

Bless me that I might bless when I am offended.

I praise you dear Father. You are worthy.

Amen.

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A prayer for those struggling in life

I ask your prayers for all who face conflict;

for those for whom life is an endless struggle;

for those who are uncertain where their next meal will come from,

or if it will come at all;

for those for whom life seems dark and empty

and for all who are hungry in our greedy, selfish world;

for those sent away from the rich nation’s table empty-handed

although there is enough for all.

The Lord hears our prayer.

I ask your prayers for all who face conflict;

for those who are persecuted

and all who are tortured and imprisoned for their faith in Christ.

I ask your prayers for all who are neglected, ignored,

or made to feel as if they do not count.

I ask your prayers for those who, for the sake of others,

stand against injustice, corruption, and evil

and do so at great cost to themselves.

The Lord hears our prayer.

Clowes, David. 2021. 40 Prayers for Lent. Colorado Springs, CO: David C Cook.

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Peace for the grieving

LORD, today I pray for those who are grieving the loss of loved ones.

Bestow PEACE upon their hearts. Bring COMFORT to their wounded spirits. Bring a beautiful sense of Your Presence to their souls.

Enable them to draw close to You and feel sweet MERCY and GRACE wrap around them tightly…

Help them to see the HOPE of eternal life and a beautiful reunion one day in GLORY.

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a prayer offered as we wait

Father of all patience and hope,

Quiet my heart, and still my soul, as I wait on you.

Help me to shut out the distractions in my mind.

Draw me nearer to you as I pray. And as I hope.

I release all of my cares and worries to you.

I confront the things that I fear in prayer.

I surrender them to you in faith.

Bring me through the darkness and despair.

I will trust in you as I release control to you.

You are great and greatly to be praised.

You are worthy of my devotion Father.

In your name I pray.

Amen.

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Act of Approach

BENIGN LORD,

I praise thee continually for permission

to approach thy throne of grace,

and to spread my wants and desires

before thee.

I am not worthy of thy blessings and mercies

for I am far gone from original righteousness;

My depraved nature reveals itself in disobedience

and rebellion;

My early days discovered in me discontent, pride, envy, revenge.

Remember not the sins of my youth,

nor the multiplied transgressions of later years,

my failure to improve time and talents,

my abuse of mercies and means,

my wasted sabbaths,

my perverted seasons of grace,

my long neglect of thy great salvation,

my disregard of the Friend of sinners.

While I confess my guilt, help me to feel it deeply,

with self-abhorrence and self-despair, yet

to remember there is hope in thee,

and to see the Lamb that takes away sin.

Through him may I return to thee,

listen to thee,

trust in thee,

delight in thy law,

obey thee,

be upheld by thee.

Preserve my understanding from error,

my affections from love of idols,

my lips from speaking guile,

my conduct from stain of vice,

my character from appearance of evil,

that I may be harmless, blameless, rebukeless,

exemplary, useful, light-giving, prudent, zealous for thy glory

and the good of my fellow-men.

Amen

From "The Valley of Vision: Puritan Prayers and Devotions"

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a prayer to learn life's lessons

Dearest Father,

My heart is to follow you, and the example of your son, in all I do.

I am dedicated to you and your mission to love the world.

Lead me and help me to discern the way of your spirit.

Help me to learn from my good and bad experiences.

Transform me that I might find guidance from within.

Teach me that I might interpret life events in helpful ways.

Beyond the black and white areas, help me to see you in the gray.

I place my trust in you and cede control to your spirit's influence.

Fill me afresh Holy Spirit and make me as a moldable child.

Bath me in the ocean of your loving care that I might learn of you.

In all my ways, mold me into the person you want me to be.

I praise you for all I am and all I will become.

Amen.

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a prayer to have unmixed motives

God of the Pure Heart,

Help us have motives that stand the test of time.

Help us to have good intentions in all we do.

Help us to live and act from our spiritual selves.

Help us to have wisdom as we align our hearts with yours.

Help us to reflect your motives as we journey forward.

Help us to act in ways that bring glory to your name.

Amen.

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Live Your Prayers

Live Your Prayers

I knelt to pray when day was done

And prayed, "O Lord, bless everyone,

Lift from each saddened heart the pain

And let the sick be well again."

And then I woke another day

And carelessly went on my way,

The whole day long I did not try

To wipe a tear from any eye.

I did not try to share the load

Of any brother on the road.

I did not even go to see

The sick man just next door to me.

Yet once again when day was done

I prayed, "O Lord, bless everyone."

But as I prayed, into my ear

there came a voice that whispered clear,

"Pause now, my child, before you pray.

Whom have you tried to bless today?

God's sweetest blessings always go

by hands that serve him here below."

And then I hid my face and cried,

"Forgive me, God, I have not tried,

But let me live another day

and I will live the way I pray."

Author unknown

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a prayer to be content

Dear Lord,

Help me to find joy and contentment in the simple blessings of life.

Thank you for meeting my needs and for leading me as I journey forward.

I praise you for my family, my friends and the beauty in my life.

Help me to be content with what I have and thankful for my life.

Bless me, that I might find joy in you and in all that you have made.

Amen.

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a prayer for those who sacrifice

Heavenly Father,

Today we remember the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our nation. We honor their sacrifice and thank You for the freedom they helped preserve. With grateful hearts, we remember those who laid down their lives for the sake of others. Their sacrifice echoes the love Your Son showed us, laying down His life so we could live. Lord, comfort every family who grieves, and remind them that their loved one did not die in vain.

May their courage never be forgotten, and may their memory inspire us to live with purpose, gratitude, and love. Let peace reign where there has been war, and may Your justice and mercy guide us as a nation.

May their courage and service to our country inspire each one of us to serve our community and our neighbor.

In Jesus’ name,

Amen.

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a prayer to remember our fallen

God of all mercy and peace,

On this Memorial Day weekend, we give thanks.
For those who courageously laid down their lives for our freedom.

For the families and friends who suffered and lost so much.
May the examples of their sacrifice inspire in us a selfless love.

Bless the families of our fallen, and fill their homes and their lives with strength.

Embolden us to answer the call to work for peace and justice.

Motivate us to seek an end to violence and conflict around the globe.

We ask this in your name.

Amen

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a prayer to help us focus

Dear God,

I am so distracted by the chaos and confusion all around me.

Help me to focus on the things that matter.

Guide my thoughts in ways that make life better.

Lead me in ways that deeply connect with you.

Bring encouragement to me, and help me to encourage.

Guide me as I cultivate meaningful relationships with friends.

Bless me and awaken me, that I will not take my life for granted.

Teach me to not live externally but to live a life from within.

In your name, Amen.

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Pray to claim God's promises

Mark 11:24: Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Faith is not working up by will power a sort of certainty that something is coming to pass, but it is seeing as an actual fact that God has said that this thing shall come to pass, and that it is true, and then rejoicing to know that it is true, and just resting and entering into it because God has said it. Faith turns the promise into a prophecy. While it is merely a promise it is contingent upon our co-operation; it may or may not be. But when faith claims it, it becomes a prophecy and we go forth feeling that it is something that must be done because God cannot lie.

Faith is the answer from the throne saying, “It is done.” Faith is the echo of God’s voice. Let us catch it from on high. Let us repeat it, and go out to triumph in its glorious power.

Hear the answer from the throne,

Claim the promise, doubting one,

God hath spoken, “It is done.”

Faith hath answered, “It is done”;

Prayer is over, praise begun,

Hallelujah! It is done.

Simpson, A. B. 1897. Days of Heaven upon Earth: A Year Book of Scripture Texts and Living Truths. New York: Christian Alliance Pub. Co.

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Lord, teach me to understand your promises better and have the faith to pray and claim your promises..

Amen

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a pray for my daily needs

O God, the Author of all Good,

I come to you for the grace I need for another day, with all it will require for it's duties and plans.

I step out into a broken world,

I carry with me a broken heart,

and I know that without You I can do nothing.

Unless I am kept by Your power, I know I am vulnerable to be held and tempted in sin or folly.

So hold me so I may be safe.

Preserve my understanding of walking in step with the Spirit,

keep my from my love of idols,

and my character from the vices that plague my heart.

Teach me how to use the world and not abuse it.

To me to improve my talents and redeem my time.

To walk in wisdom and in kindness to those I encounter.

Show me how I may do good to all, for Your glory.

Amen.

(Adapted from "The Valley of Vision", pg 2118)

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a prayer for inner peace

Dearest God,

I come before you, anxious and in need of inner peace.

My mind feels overrun with cares, concerns and worries.

My heart is restless and I am on edge a lot.

I am in need of calm and serenity in my life.

Help me to trust you and lean into your wisdom.

I seek your guidance in a world that seems scary and uncertain.

May your peace fill my heart and mitigate my fears.

I ask for grace to experience a peace that passes understanding.

And in your name I will trust and I will pray.

Amen

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when we feel alone

Dear Lord,

I feel so alone. So desperate. And so sad.

I feel like there is no one who really cares.

Embrace me with your loving spirit.

Help me to feel your presence and your love.

I feel like the weight of the world is on me.

Bring a friend to me that can help me bear the burden.

I surrender my life to you and kneel before you.

Thank you for hearing me and for loving me.

You alone are worthy of all praise.

I love you Lord.

Amen

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a prayer to love

Dear Lord of Love and Acceptance,

I ask for guidance in learning how to love like you.

Help me to extend grace and kindness to those around me.

Teach me to see others with compassion and understanding.

Help me to love not just in words, but in actions that reflect you.

May I be a channel of your love, both in heart and in interactions.

Help my ego and my pride to bow to your love and mercifulness.

I bend my knee to you, praying in the name that is above all names.

Amen

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Call me back to you

Call Me Back To You

I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my many moments of distrust and doubt. They are there and will be every time I turn my eyes, ears, or hands away from you. Please, Lord, keep calling me back to you, by day and by night, in joy and in sadness, during moments of success and moments of failure. Never let me leave you. I know you walk with me. Help me walk with you today, tomorrow and always.

Henri Nouwen

“Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.”

- Joel 2: 12

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A Prayer for Knowing the Full Extent of Jesus' Love

Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (John 13:1)

Dear Lord Jesus, I often return to the scene from which this verse is taken, for it's homeroom for my heart—the place I go to settle and center my restless soul. It's the night of your betrayal, the night you would be denied and abandoned, not just by Peter but also by every disciple. You knew the full extent of their weakness, so you showed them the full extent of your love. Washing their feet was a prelude to washing their hearts. Water sufficed for the first; your lifeblood was required for the second.
This is how you love each of us, Jesus— how you love me.

Absolutely nothing can separate us from your love or impact the way you love us. You don't love us more when we "get it right," and you don't love us less when we fail you. That doesn't mean you're indifferent; it means you're our Savior, the one who remains committed to showing us the full extent of your love how wide, long, high, and deep it really is (Eph. 3:18-19).

Only your love, Jesus, can free and change me. Only your love is better than life. Only your love is enough. In my most gospel-sane moments, I know this to be true-my truest truth. Nobody or nothing has to change for me to be at peace and joyful. Continue to rescue me from thinking otherwise.

Forgive me for plugging my happy-meter into what people think of me, or how easy or difficult life is, or how much or how little money I have, or how in control or not l am of my circumstances, or anything beyond you.

Jesus, you are my loving Master, not my private masseur. Forgive me when I forget the first and start demanding the second. By the gospel keep washing me, Jesus-bathe me in grace every hour of every day. You are already my perfect righteousness; I long for the day when I will be made perfect in love. (1 John 4:18) In your merciful and mighty name I pray.

Amen

(From Every Season Prayers by Scotty Smith)

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a prayer for courage to take risks

Dear Father God,

I come seeking your grace and strength to take risks.

Stepping outside of my comfort zone is scary and challenging.

Give me the courage to trust in your guidance and plan for my life.

Help me to discern when to step out in faith and when to wait.

Give me wisdom to adjust my plans as life unfolds before me.

I ask to not be paralyzed by fear, but rather filled with confidence.

Help me to be bold and not afraid to take risks as you lead me.

I know that you will be at work in my life whenever I say yes to you.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

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a prayer for our world

Almighty God,

We pray for our world, one that is touched by both beauty and pain.

We ask for peace in troubled lands, where conflict and hardship abound.

And for healing in the hearts of all who suffer.

We pray for justice for the marginalized and for those who are exploited.

And for the protection of all people, wherever they live.

Guide us to act with compassion and understanding.

Help us to work towards a future where all people can live with dignity.

May we be a light of hope in this world, spreading your love and grace.

Help us to see the beauty in the world, and to cherish the beauty in all things.

Amen.

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EVERY DAY I NEED YOU LORD

Every day I need you Lord
But this day especially,
I need some extra strength
To face what ever is to be.

This day more than any day
I need to feel you near,
To fortify my courage
And to overcome my fear.

By myself, I cannot meet
The challenge of the hour,
There are times when humans help,
But we need a higher power

To assist us bear what must be borne,
and so dear Lord, I pray -
Hold on to my trembling hand
And be near me today.

Amen.

- Author Unknown

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a prayer for friends and family entangled in darkness

Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured. (Col. 4:12)

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. (Rom. 8:26

Dear heavenly Father, sometimes quite literally all we can do is pray for certain family members and friends— people we love who live in the vortex of mental and emotional illness; others who are willing participants and suppliers of their own destructive addictions; still others whose rage, pain, and trauma have power over their lives.

Father, help us to know what our limits are in these situations, what loving well in dark brokenness looks like, and what resources are available to us. Teach us how, like Epaphras, to wrestle in prayer for our loved ones without literally wrestling with them one-on-one. Some situations are beyond reason, conventional care, or safe interactions. Help us, Lord; help us.

It's heartbreaking to watch people we love become people we fear. It's unnerving to hear threats of self-destructive behavior and to feel helpless, even hopeless, in the midst of the emotional frenzy, rage-fueled words, and irrational activity.

It's paralyzing to feel responsible but incapable of helping. Help us, Lord; help us.

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a prayer for inner renewal

Dear God,

You are generous in love. Please give me grace!

Merciful and loving one, wipe out my bad record.

Scrub away my guilt and cleanse my memory.

I have acted badly and violated my conscience.

I’ve been out of step with you for a long time.

What you’re after is truth from the inside out.

Come into my heart and create a new, true life.

Make a fresh start in me and shape my journey.

Bring me back and put a fresh wind in my sails!

Give me a new purpose and help me to love.

To you I give all praise and honor.

Amen.

... with inspiration from Psalm 51

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Praying in the mornings and the evenings

Lord, help me to pray in the morning before I start my day.

Help me to pray in the evening before I end my day.

I ask this so that I will become more aware that from start to finish, you are with me.
Help me to be like the Psalmist who gives thanks to you both in the morning, and in the night!

Amen

Psalm 92:1–2 (ESV)

1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; 2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night,

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a prayer of confession

Heavenly Father,

For our life in Christ and citizenship in heaven, we praise and worship you.

For your promise of daily mercies and sufficient grace, we trust you.

By your grace and for your glory...

Forgive us for heeding the opinions of others more than the declarations of the gospel.

Forgive us for being quicker to judge hearts than wash feet.

Forgive us for keeping our burdens, heartaches, and struggles from our friends.

Forgive us for trying to justify our busyness, grumpiness, and emptiness.

We turn once again to you, Father, in humble dependence and expectant faith.

In Jesus' loving name, we trust and pray. Amen.

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