Daily Prayer

I don't know what to say.

We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.

Romans 8:26-27

Lord, there are times when I struggle to find the words to express what I want to say to you. And there are times when I'm "running on empty" and simply have nothing to say.

But you know my heart, Lord, even when everything inside and out seems dark to me. And since I don't know the will of God for me just now, I ask you to pray for me.

Amen

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Praying Psalm 93

You reign Lord! You are robed in majesty! You are clothed with strength and power!

Your kingdom is established Lord.. it is eternal! Your throne is established from everlasting to everlasting!

You are greater than a tsunami Lord and more powerful than a tornado.. great and mighty are you Lord!

Your word is trustworthy Father.. strength proceeds from the scriptures.. your word Lord stands forever!

We trust you Lord Jesus Christ! You are worthy of our praise!

Amen

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A Prayer for Comfort

Dear Heavenly Father,

I thank you today for family, both far and near. I pray that this day You would comfort the hearts of those who are hurting and that You would make Your presence felt and known. I ask that You would give us wisdom as we seek to comfort and encourage souls that know You not, patience as we wait, and a willingness to follow wherever You might lead.

I know, dear Lord, You make no mistakes and for this I am grateful. No one takes a final breath without the knowledge of a Holy God. I am humbled by Your awesome love.

In Jesus name,
Amen

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hannah’s prayer

Yesterday my dear friend Anna shared news that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer—the fourth person who has shared such news with me this year.

While the challenges, dangers and anxieties of this illness are tremendous, I took comfort in the fact that each of these women found out early and were able to take immediate action. Two of my friends are already “cancer survivors” and the others are well on their way.

Nearly 200,000 women will find out that they have breast cancer this year. Tens of thousands will die from this disease. Today, I hope you will join me in prayer for these women and their families. That their heart will rejoice, and that they will delight in deliverance.

Hannah’s Prayer (1 Samuel, 2: 1-10)

Then Hannah prayed and said:
"My heart rejoices in the LORD;
in the LORD my horn is lifted high.
My mouth boasts over my enemies,
for I delight in your deliverance.

"There is no one holy like the LORD;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.

"Do not keep talking so proudly
or let your mouth speak such arrogance,
for the LORD is a God who knows,
and by him deeds are weighed.

"The bows of the warriors are broken,
but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
Those who were full hire themselves out for food,
but those who were hungry hunger no more.
She who was barren has borne seven children,
but she who has had many sons pines away.

"The LORD brings death and makes alive;
he brings down to the grave and raises up.
The LORD sends poverty and wealth;
the humbles and he exalts.
He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
and has them inherit a throne of honor.
"For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's;
upon them he has set the world.
He will guard the feet of his saints,
but the wicked will be silenced in darkness.
"It is not by strength that one prevails;

those who oppose the LORD will be shattered.
He will thunder against them from heaven;
the LORD will judge the ends of the earth.
"He will give strength to his king
and exalt the horn of his anointed."

Amen

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BEGINNING THE DAY WITH PRAYER

"Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul." Psalm 143:8 (NIV)

Just as when you nourish you body with a hearty, healthy breakfast, feeding your soul with God's grace will renew and refresh you for hours ahead. One of the best ways to start your day is to pray, and praying Scripture is always a blessing.

My prayer today from Psalm is this:

"Dear Lord, as I wake this morning, my first thoughts will be of you and your unfailing love. I have put my trust in you, by receiving your Son, and the amazing gift of salvation. Today, Lord I need your help in showing me the way you want me to go today, and the actions you want me to do. Beginning my day with you is wonderful, I lift my hands and soul to you in praise."

Amen

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Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth

passes into the stomach and is eliminated?

But the things that proceed out of the mouth

come from the heart,

and those defile the man.

- Matthew 15: 17 - 18

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Lord, as I read these words... and listen to my own words... I see that my words reveal my inner brokenness, and I realize that I am far from the person you call me to be. But I need your help, Lord. I cannot become Christ-like without Christ-help.

Please, Father, use the power of your Holy Spirit to cleanse me from sin and to make me more like your Son.

Amen

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Praying Psalm 93

You reign O Lord.. you are robed in kingly majesty.
You are clothed in power and have put on strength as a belt.
You have established the world.. it exists to serve your purposes.
Your throne is established from eternity past.
You have no beginning and have no end.

You, O Father, are our eternal sovereign!

The floods of trial have lifted themselves up, O Lord.
These floods speak to us and lift up their voice and roar against us.
Yet you are mightier than the thunders of many waters!
You are mightier than the waves of the sea!

The Holy Spirit is mighty to save!

Your promises are absolutely trustworthy Father.
Though all is decaying - you O Lord are without fault.
Holiness adorns your house, O Lord, forevermore.
We are your people and we live to serve you.

Praise you Lord Jesus Christ!

Amen

If you would like to read my other prayerful interpretations from the psalms please click here. These are not word for word prayers but paraphrased thoughts from the psalms.

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Praying Psalm 92

It is good to give thanks to you Lord.. to sing praises to your name, O Most High.. we declare your steadfast love in the morning and your faithfulness by night.

Our hearts join in one accord in the music of praise and worship. For you, O Lord, have made us glad by your work.. at the works of your hands we sing for joy.

How great are your works, O Lord! How deep are your thoughts! The proud one does not know or understand your ways Lord.. yet you have revealed yourself to anyone with a seeking heart.

You encourage and lift up the humble Lord.. you anoint the lowly with your favor.. your mercy flows over us like fresh oil.

Because of your grace the faithful flourishes like the palm tree and grows like a cedar in Lebanon.. they are planted in your house and flourish in your courts.. bearing fruit in old age they are ever full of sap and life.

We declare that you are holy.. you are our rock.. you are right and totally righteous.. and we worship you Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen

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Who Is This Jesus?

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. John 5:39-40

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.
John 6:44-45

I have been told that Jesus is not God. I've been told I should not pray to Him. But I believe that He is God. I believe that God loved me so much that He clothed His Word in human flesh and came down to earth to die in my place and offer me salvation. How can I keep from praising Him? How could I not fall on my knees and worship Him? How can I stop myself from praying that my friends and family will come to know forgiveness and salvation?

Lord Jesus,
Please touch the hearts of those I love who don't know You
Amen

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beyond my grasp

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped… (Phil 2:5-6)

Jesus is God, and yet while on earth, he did not consider “godness” to be attainable.

My life is certainly full… family, friends, health, purpose, stability, security. The list of things to be thankful for goes on and on. But what if I considered these things to be beyond my grasp?

Surely, other people’s lives are beyond my reach. Bill Gates. Barack Obama. Bruce Springsteen. But my gifts… my blessings… my talents… how could I deny them?

Could I act like a person who did not consider equality with Ed G as something attainable? Honestly, I don’t know. My point of reference almost always centers on my experiences. Judgments are made based on how something relates to my life. People are richer, poorer, happier, sadder, smarter, dumber, taller, shorter… than me. I would like this to change. Will you pray with me?

I need to be humbled, Lord. Show me how to make myself nothing. Fill my heart with the attitude of Christ Jesus. Help me to live as though I considered all that is my life to be simply unattainable. Humble me.

Amen

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I Thessalonians 5:17 "Pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus"

Ephesians 6:18 "And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of requests..."

In John MacArthur book Lord Teach Me To Pray he shares this insight on praying without ceasing.

He compares it to breathing. Inhaling and exhaling is so natural for us that if often seems totally involuntary; it's actually harder to hold your breath than it is to breathe. The same should be true of prayer for Christians.

Prayer is like breathing for Christians

When you don't pray, you're holding

you breath spiritually - fighting against the

very existence and presence of God in your life.

Dear Lord, help me to stop holding my breath, and just breath you in and breath you out all day long. May I either be praising you or petitioning you. May my life be a continually act of breathing spiritually. ~~ Amen

Amen

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Shine through me

Dear Jesus,

Help me to spread your fragrance wherever I go.

Flood my soul with your Spirit and life.

Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly

that my life may only be a radiance of yours.

Shine through me and be so in me

that every soul I come in contact with

may feel your presence in my soul.

Let them look up, and see no longer me,

but only Jesus!

Stay with me

and then I will begin to shine as you shine,

so to shine as to be a light to others.

The light, O Jesus,

will be all from you;

none of it will be mine.
It will be you,

shining on others through me.

Let me thus praise you in the way

which you love best,

by shining on those around me.

Let me preach you without preaching,

not by words but by example,

by the catching force,

the sympathetic influence of what I do,

the evident fullness of the love my heart bears for you.

Amen.

– John Cardinal Newman.

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Prayer to begin the week..

Today's prayer is from Scot McKnight at Jesus Creed..

Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation, that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen

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We need you tonight.

Alcoholism. Drug Abuse. Addictive Behaviors.

Lord, if these words do not describe us—they certainly describe someone close to us. Our family. Our neighbors. Our co-workers. Members of our church.

Right now somewhere, someone we know is at the edge… and they must choose a path.

The apostle Paul writes, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”

Free us Lord. Where we are weak, you are strong. Where we are trapped, you have opened new doors. The yoke of alcohol, drugs and addictions can be heavy, but your yoke is easy, your burden light. We give you thanks and praise.

We need you tonight.

Protect your children, Lord. Comfort their families. Help us persevere.

Free us Lord.

Amen

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