A Daily Prayer

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from You. As recipients of Your tender compassions and tremendous comfort help us to be like cisterns pouring out the mercies we receive from You into the lives of those who desperately need it.  In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.

Father, we desire to pass on a godly heritage to our children and our children’s children.  In doing so we must set our hearts on things above far more than earthly things below.  We want to let Your Holy Word flourish in our lives as we teach, encourage, and admonish one another with all spiritual wisdom.  May all we do and say be for Your glory and in honor of Christ in whose name we pray.  Amen.

Lord, lay some soul upon my heart and love that soul through me.  If  encouragement is needed, then encourage through me.  If  a warm touch is needed, then touch through me.  If a prayer is needed, then pray through me Lord Jesus.  Help me to see those whom others might overlook.  I want to represent You, Jesus, and have a heart of compassion toward others.  Amen.

Omnipotent Father, Your immeasurable love and unending forgiveness are characteristics that only a God like You can dispense.  The gifts of the Spirit that we seek to implement in our lives such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control are like prisms diffusing the brilliant light of Your holiness that shines forth through Your Holy Spirit in our lives.  As recipients of Your unending goodness may we be dispensers of Your multiple blessings to those You bring into our lives.  In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

Father, help me not to waste my time and energy in futile or wishful thinking.  Instead I want to fix my thoughts upon the living hope I have in Jesus Christ my Lord.  I anchor my soul in the bedrock of Your Holy Word so that when other viewpoints counter the truths prescribed in Your Word my anchor remains firm and secure.  When difficulties appear insurmountable remind me that I serve an extraordinary God who does not rely on natural solutions but works in the supernatural realm to meet each one of my needs.  Your solutions to my problems are not subject to my scrutiny but rather I conform to Your leading and accept Your plan for my life.  In doing so I am not tossed to and fro by wishful thinking but I am firmly grounded in the living hope of our resurrected Lord and Savior.  It is in His name that I pray, Amen.

Father, I am strengthened and encouraged through the vision the Apostle John received while imprisoned on the isle of Patmos.  When he saw the Son of man he fell at his feet as though he were dead.  Jesus’ words of assurance to John and to each of us some two thousand years later helps to still my fears and reminds me that I serve a living, risen Christ.  “Do not be afraid.  I am the First and the Last.  I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive forever and ever.”  Because Jesus lives we live also! 

Lord Jesus, I will never fully comprehend the depth of Your sacrificial death where we see man at his worst and God at His best. In my place You took my guilt and shame as You became the guilt offering pouring out Your life unto death and taking on my iniquity.  You gave all so that I could be forgiven. Though my sins were as scarlet they were washed white as snow, cleansed by the saving blood of the sinless Lamb. You turned my hopeless condition into a life full of hope for this life and glorious anticipation for eternal life beyond the grave.  Nothing in all of history will ever compare to the Divine Exchange where my sins were exchanged for Your pardon. I walk in newness of life and in the power of the resurrected Savior.  Praise Your name, Lord Jesus!  You are risen, You are risen indeed!  Amen.

Father, I glory in the Cross of Calvary from which Your Son, my Lord and Savior, died for my sins.  I boast only in Jesus who lifted the heavy chains from my enslaved soul freeing me to soar in newness of life.  Thank You, God, for demonstrating Your love toward me in that You gave Your one and only Son to die for me. At just the right time while I was still powerless, Jesus died for me, while I was unlovely and unable to save myself.  Because of this incredible act of love and forgiveness I have reconciliation with my Father in heaven.  Praise be to God!  Amen.

Father, we are confronted with deception on many fronts every day, so much so, that we can be deceived without even realizing it.  Would You help us to watch out and be on our guard so that we are not deceived by man’s words, no matter how convincing they are, how charming their personality, or how cunning their craft.  Help us not to fall for Satan’s deceptive tactics that have brought down believers throughout the church age.  We seek You for strength and discipline.  We search the Scriptures for discernment and the true revelation of who Jesus is; the Son of the Living God.  It is in His name that we pray, Amen.

Father God, I’m often tempted to add my voice to the crowd or simply blend in with the majority opinion.  But because I choose to follow You I want to obey Your Law rather than the conflicting laws of human origin; I want to hear Your voice rather than the conflicting voice of others;  I want to yield to the guidance of Your Holy Spirit rather than the prevailing philosophy of my day.  I choose to follow You and I want to do so no matter the cost.  Make me strong enough, courageous enough, and prayerful enough that I will stand even when others fall.  When it feels as though I am standing alone remind me that You and I are a majority.  When I stand up for You I stand in victory no matter the temporal consequences.  It would seem that Jesus was defeated in His physical death and the seeming hopeless days that followed.  But His triumph came when He rose from the dead and ascended into heaven where He sits at Your right hand interceding for us.  Remind us that obedience is required today that we might experience victory tomorrow.