Daily Prayers

Presence

Heavenly Father, I am acutely aware of my need for you this morning. I am amazed how I spend so much of my day apart from you. I know that in you is fullness of joy, but still I chase after distractions. You designed work and placed us in our

Love

Heavenly Father, You are ultimate holiness and greatly to be feared. There is no one above you. You envelop the earth with your presence. Send your spirit like rain drenching the mountains and filling the valleys. Let all those in this world be overwhelmed with you. Transform our fallen planet

Confusion

Heavenly Father, My heart is pulled in so many different directions. It is hard to know which directions glorify you and which don’t. I want to follow you. At least I enjoy the benefits of following you. Sometimes I genuinely have a desire for you, but I get confused

City

Heavenly Father, You are God and greatly to be praised. I love you, and I long to love you more. Make me a conduit of your love and grace to the world. Pour into me your good gifts that I may overflow to those in need around me. Fill me

Enthroned

Heavenly Father, You are glorious beyond description. You sit enthroned in heaven and do what you please. There is nothing outside your power. We worship you. The angels sing your praises continually. You create. You sustain. You were, and are, and will be. In your utter perfection, you remain unchanging.

Truth

Heavenly Father, I sit and wait for you. Come quickly to me. You are my Lord and my God. I long to hear from you. I need your truth to permeate my being. I am imperfect, and my mind and spirit fall short of apprehending your glory. I believe lies

Temptation

Heavenly Father, Lead me not into temptation. You tempt no one, but temptation is part of the world in which we live. Protect me from the desire to sin. Your way is always better than any other choice we could make. I am weak and my flesh wars against my

Walking

Heavenly Father, I long to walk by the Spirit.  At least I want to long to walk by the Spirit.  I confess that it is complicated because my flesh wants to indulge sinful desires.  It sure feels like those wants are from me.  Free me from my sinful urges.  If

Empathy

Heavenly Father, There is much pain and suffering in my past.  I am tempted to minimize it because so many others throughout history have gone through so much more than I ever will.  But all suffering matters to you.  Heal me.  Make me whole again.  Let my emotional scars be

Unchanging

Heavenly Father, Eternal, immutable God we praise you for your perfection needs no change. You are the same from everlasting to everlasting. We are fleeting and ever-changing. Let us see clearly who you are, who we are, and what you have made us to be. We need you to be

Duty

Heavenly Father, I admit this morning I come to you out of duty and not delight. But I do come. I trust you to meet with me even though my passions are cold. Give me the things I need to live for you today. Fan the embers of love in

Known

Heavenly Father, God of all truth fill my mind with thoughts of you.  Let the resting place of my thoughts be your glory and grace.  Commune with my spirit.  Give me a heart that can be open before you.  Allow me to share honestly and fully the desires, longings, and

Sheep

Heavenly Father, We are sheep. We are dependent on you for direction. You lead us to food and water. You keep us safe from dangers. We wander aimlessly and sometimes intentionally away from you. The pleasures of the world distract and entice us. But You seek after us. You leave

Justice

Heavenly Father, You are a God of justice and of grace. Your ways seem contradictory to us. Yet each of your attributes is perfectly embodied in every one of your words and deeds. The world we are in so desperately needs you. We can see and feel that things are

Gratitude

Heavenly Father, I am grateful to you today. You have blessed me with another day of life. As I think of all of the good things you have showered around me, it is too much to count. From the way you have orchestrated the laws of the universe to enable

Revelation

Heavenly Father, You exist in complete perfection of joy and fellowship within the Godhead. We can but marvel at the absolute holiness and majesty of your being. You are entirely unknowable to created beings like us. And yet, you reveal yourself to us in real and tangible ways. Creation sings

Communing

Heavenly Father, I thank you for the gift of prayer. In your infinite, unsearchable wisdom you have deemed that we should come before you to praise, thank, request, confess, and even simply to be. In your boundless grace, you meet us in our prayers. We can experience you in a

Complement

Heavenly Father, Your power is made perfect in weakness. I have weakness to spare. Your grace is sufficient for me. My need is overwhelming. Your mercy is new every morning. I have overflowing debts. Your faithfulness is great. I am prone to wander. You are love. I am lonely. You

Written Word

Heavenly Father, You are a generous and loving father. You have showered gifts on the righteous and the unrighteous according to your own counsel. I thank you this morning for the gift of your written word. It fills our minds with wisdom and our hearts with love. Strengthen my desire

Suffering

Heavenly Father, I know that you don’t waste anything. You make all things work together for good. So I ask you not to waste my trials and suffering. Refine me through them. Produce perseverance, character, and hope in me. The kind of perseverance that will enable me to continue

A New Day

Heavenly Father, This is the day that you have made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. I rejoice in you, my God. You are the source of life and the sustainer of the world. Even in the midst of your supreme majesty, you deign to make a new

Busy Day

Heavenly Father, I come to you this morning. My prayer is simple this morning, I need you. There are tons of things that need to be done and more things competing for my attention than I am even aware of. So I call on you. Give me a time of

Hard to Pray

Heavenly Father, Sometimes I don’t know what to pray. Even though I know in my mind and even remember experiencing your greatness, it somehow doesn’t overflow into spontaneous praise. Ignite my passion for you that I may effuse with the truth of who you are. I struggle with

Transformation

Heavenly Father, You are the Lord of heaven and earth.  Every facet of your character is worthy of infinite praise.  What am I that you care for me at all?  I am  but dust.  But you breathed your spirit into that dust.  I am now animated by a spirit made

Praise

Heavenly Father, My praises seem too repetitive and trite. Help me to grow in my ability to praise you. You are worthy of unending praises from the most sincere and articulate heart. I can only offer my own meager crumbs. Let me be content with where you have ordained me