Daily Prayers

Shame

Heavenly Father, I know you are holy. In you is no darkness at all. From before the beginning of time till after it ends, you exist without sin. I also know that I am not without sin. The shame of my real and perceived failures hinders my attempts to resist

Sin

Heavenly Father, I throw myself at your feet. The reality of my sin is filling my mind and clouding my vision of you. Clear away the fog of unbelief that blinds me to the truth of your love and forgiveness. Let a clear vision of you dominate my thoughts. Show

Loved

Heavenly Father, You have searched me, and you know me. You are intimately antiquated with all my ways. There is nowhere I can hide and nothing I can do to escape your searching gaze. My helplessness and vulnerability before you are beyond my imagining. This terrifies me, and yet in

Connection

Heavenly Father, God, my God, I cry to you. I feel alone. I long to feel connection. First, reach out to me and give me the gift of yourself. Help me to experience oneness with you, Father. You can satisfy all of my needs. Second, help me reach out to

Busyness

Heavenly Father, Meet me today amid my busyness. My todo list is long, and my heart is pulled in a dozen different directions. Keep me aware of you while I do the work set before me. Let me do my work as an offering of love to you. As hard

Loving

Heavenly Father, Help me to love all of those made in your image. Let me see the divine spark inside them that I may treat them with the honor they deserve. Fan the flames of affection for those that I find easy to love that my love my become more

Longing

Heavenly Father, I long for more of you. I want to say I would do anything to drink more deeply of your presence. The reality is there are things I know I could do but don’t have the will. So I need you to work. Soften the callused places

Impatience

Heavenly Father, You exist outside of time and space. You are in a state of absolute joy within the Godhead. When we look at the horrors of this world, it can be hard to believe that you care. We are impatient and want the results of our prayers right now.

Gifts

Heavenly Father, You are the giver of every good and perfect gift. You have showered us with blessings beyond number. We thank you, father, yet we confess that deep in our hearts is a root of discontent. Our rejoicing in your provision is tainted by our preoccupation with momentary inconveniences

Redemption

Heavenly Father, Hallowed be your name. You are the great author of the story of the universe. You devised the plan of salvation that Jesus may be lifted high above all others and that we may know the joy of a pure and holy union with you. Our need for

Offering

Heavenly Father, The heavens bow before your majesty. The flowers lift a fragrant aroma of praise to your name. Light races its course through the void to honor you. Unnumbered worlds that humans will never see raise their beauty as an offering. All creation forms a symphony that resonates with

Indifference

Heavenly Father, I feel like I need to check this prayer off the list of things to do. I am not feeling a desire to be close to you and let you wrap your loving arms around me. So let me recount your great gifts in the hope it will

Cleanse

Heavenly Father, You abide in a state of complete perfection. There is no flaw within your infinite being. Though we are made in your image, we harbor many blemishes. Our character has defects, and our actions are sinful. Even our motives are impure when we try to do good. In

Awe

Heavenly Father, You are my rock and my refuge. You are my guide and companion. You are generous and giving. I praise you this morning, for you are worthy. You are unlike any created thing, though we are made in your image. You exist high above the heavens, outside of

Hearing

Heavenly Father, Open my eyes to you this morning. Clear away the fog from my mind that I may apprehend you clearly. You are truly wonderful, worthy of study and devotion. Speak to my spirit this morning. Let me hear your voice in your written word. May the passage I

Patience

Heavenly Father, You are not slow as some count slowness, yet your timing is not mine. I would leave out the seasons of waiting. I know that fulfillment is made sweeter by the times of longing, but I would prefer a lesser sweetness now. We wait for so many of

Voice

Heavenly Father, I stand in silence before you. Speak into my life with the voice that called forth light from the void. Speak into my heart with the voice that pronounced order to come from chaos. Speak into my muddled mind with the voice that said, “peace be still.” Speak

Fruit

Heavenly Father, You are the source of all virtue, perfect in every facet of your being. This morning I pray for far more than removing my desires for sin. Give me a heart that seeks after virtue. May I pursue the fruit of the spirit with zeal and vigor. Bathe

Faith

Heavenly Father, I thank you for the gift of faith.  From the very beginning of man, Abel offered an acceptable sacrifice by faith.  I pray that I would offer up to you acceptable sacrifices.  We know without faith it is impossible to please you.  So fill me with faith to

Overwhelmed

Heavenly Father, I turn to you this morning. A long day is coming. I don’t have eloquent words. I feel overwhelmed. Comfort me this morning. Wrap your loving arms around me so that I may feel your presence. I honestly feel like I am wasting time I could be

God

Heavenly Father, You are God. In that word is wrapped up more than we could ever articulate. You are immortal, existing outside the constraints of time. You are transcendent, existing outside the limitations of creation. You are omnipotent, existing outside of the bounds of possible actions. You are holy, existing

Not Forsaken

Heavenly Father, My God, My God, why haven’t you forsaken me. I turn from you a thousand times a day. I commit sins that nailed your son to the cross, and still you are faithful. When I return to you, you are a father running out to meet his

Waiting

Heavenly Father, I sit this morning and wait for you. Please do not be long in coming. My soul is parched and needs to be refreshed by your living water. My mind is confused and needs to be renewed by your word of truth. My body is weary and needs

Cold

Heavenly Father, My heart is cold, and my thoughts are muddied. I don’t even want to reach out to you this morning. I need you to reach out to me. I know that I am no less your son this morning than I am when I spring from bed

Wisdom

Heavenly Father, You are the fount of all wisdom. You make wise the simple. I pray for wisdom today. Meet with me and teach me your ways. Give me truths this morning to meditate on throughout the day. Renew my mind that discernment would become my first nature. Keep me