Jacob

Scripture

Heavenly Father, Thank you for the gift of your word to us. The heavens declare your glory. Little image bearers reflect aspects of you all around us. Your spirit opens our eyes and hearts to your truth throughout creation. To know you, first and foremost, you have given us your

Restoration

Heavenly Father, My frail body betrays me. It falls victim to sickness and exhaustion. I am reminded of my weakness and dependence on you. I lack the strength to do the things that I would do. Apart from you, I can do nothing good. So I pray for healing. I

Slow Down

Heavenly Father, Slow down my mind and heart. Help me put aside life's busyness and obligations while I bask in your presence. May this time be unhurried. Let me be still and know that you are God. I crave greater efficiency and productivity to do my work well.

Living God

Heavenly Father, You are the God who lives.  Besides you, there is none other.  The heavens declare your glory, echoing back the voice that formed them.  The galaxies came to be so that your vision of a universe would be fulfilled.  The great things in the cosmos began as a

Spur to Love

Heavenly Father, Spur me to greater love this morning.  Increase my impulse to treat those around me with grace and compassion.  Fan the embers of my love for you into a raging fire.  May my affections be appropriately ordered.  Realign my behavior so that obedience is my reflex.  Give me

Prayer for Obedience

Heavenly Father, I submit myself to you this morning.  Take my life as an offering.  Give me the grace to choose obedience in every decision.  May I glorify you.  Keep me far from all temptation.  Pour out your love and grace that I may be a conduit by which they

Wellspring

Heavenly Father, You are the living God who breathed life into all that lives. You are the wellspring of every good thing. From you flow rivers of love and grace. Let me position myself to be overwhelmed by your currents. May I drink deep from the streams of living water

Teach me to Praise

Heavenly Father, You are truly and fully God. The universe fits in the palm of your hand. My mind gropes for words of praise, knowing that all of them are pale shadows of your reality. Expand my ability to reflect your glory. Teach me more of who you are. Capture

Sunday Prayer

Heavenly Father, I lift this day to you. Bless this day of sabbath rest. Be with our church this morning. From the moment that the first person walks into the doors, may your spirit be working. Encourage the faint-hearted and comfort the suffering. Use the members of your body to

Daily Toil

Heavenly Father, You have ordained humans to work.  It is good for a man to toil when he is young.  Yet unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.  So I ask you to go before me in all of my tasks of the day.

Our Mission

Heavenly Father, You are the designer of all things. You planned and purposed me before the world was formed from the chaos. You have led and guided me to where you want me to be. In this time and place, equip me for the tasks to which you have called

Everlasting

Heavenly Father, Before the mountains were formed or the dry land emerged, you were God. From everlasting to everlasting, you reign over all. We creatures are born, die, and return to the dust, but you never change. You exist within the eternal fellowship of the trinity, knowing deeper love than

Transcendent

Heavenly Father, You are transcendent, existing before time had come to be. You spoke, and the reverberations of your voice created the universe. You are beyond and outside our existence, yet simultaneously, you are in and throughout it. No created thing can force your hand. You sit enthroned in heaven

Hot and Cold

Heavenly Father, You are the eternal, unchanging God; I, a fickle creature, come before your face. Some days my heart is lifted to sing about your mighty works and glorious attributes. On other days the most profound doctrines do not stir me even a little. I can react to the

Trust

Heavenly Father, I am but a transient vapor here today and gone tomorrow. You are eternal and unchanging from everlasting till everlasting. Still, I expect you to work within my timing. I feel like it takes forever for my requests to be answered. I know your plans are perfect, but

Approaching You

Heavenly Father, You are both a majestic king and a loving father. I am a fallen creature, and your beloved son made in your image. I confess that I often do not know how to approach you: in hushed reverence, in exuberant joy, in fear and trembling, in confidant assurance,

Warrior

Heavenly Father, You are a mighty warrior. You strengthen my arms to do battle with evil. You are a refuge for all those who seek you. The evil in this world cowers before your justice. Though I am assailed, I will not fear, for you are with me. You ride

Open to You

Heavenly Father, Open my eyes to your surpassing glory. Open my mind to your great wisdom. Open my heart to your unending love. May the beauty of your visage ignite my passions. May the mysteries of your will enthrall my faculties. May the vastness of your grace enflame my affections.

Walking Your Path

Heavenly Father, You have prepared good deeds in advance that I may walk in them. Keep my feet steady on the path. Do not let me stray to the right or the left. In the moments when some earthly pleasure catches my eye, shine forth your glory to draw my

Prayer of Confession

Heavenly Father, My God, my God, why have I forsaken you? You are truly God, yet I have not fully yielded my life to you. I fall into sin and even rebellion. You are the rightful king of all creation, yet I commit cosmic treason against you. Have mercy on

Loving my Neighbor

Heavenly Father, The entire cosmos is a work of your hand. Every person in it bears your image. Though sin has distorted us, you love us all. Yet I confess that I so often do not love as you do. I do not act when I could show compassion. I

Stand on Truth

Heavenly Father, I reach for words this morning, but they elude my grasp. My heart feels numb, neither hot nor cold. I have no recourse but to stand on the truth that I know to be true despite my subjective experience this morning. You are God, the holy one. You

Align

Heavenly Father, There are many times when I know what is good, but I choose to do that which is evil. There are many times when I want to do good with my mind but desire to do evil in my heart. Change me, gracious father. Reorder my affections. Create

Great Name

Heavenly Father, I sing of your great name because you have saved me. Out of the despair of my iniquity, you plucked me. While I was helpless in my trespasses and sins, you came to rescue me. I lift up your great name because you have done mighty deeds. Out

Creation

Heavenly Father, You have established the foundations of the earth. You set in place the heavenly bodies for us as signs of days, seasons, and years. By the power of your right hand did the land appear amid the many waters. You created the sky and filled it with flying