A Daily Prayer

Father, may we desire to do Your will, to hide Your Word deep in our hearts so that we will not walk in the ways of sin but instead the paths of righteousness.  Help us to seek first Your Kingdom and Your righteousness above all so that we will do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with You, our Lord and God.  Amen.

Father, it’s interesting that we often plead for Your attention and certainly expect You to listen to our prayers and You assure us through Your Word that You hear us when we call on You.  But for true fellowship to exist we too must listen to Your voice through Scripture, through fellow believers, through Your many works of creation, and through Your still small voice that beckons our attention.  You have so much to tell us that will often encourage us, sometimes reprove us, but always spur us on to good works and needed spiritual perspective as we journey here below.  Help us to listen, to heed, and to be steadfast in our daily fellowship with You.  In Jesus’ name we pray.  Amen.

Father You are a friend that never leaves us nor forsakes us.  When we feel that a friend has despised, betrayed, or misrepresented us we can take it to You in prayer because You know all about it.  You know the motive of our heart while others may not and You guide us accordingly.  Give us insight and wisdom regarding our relationships with those of the faith and those who are not.  Keep us from harboring a vengeful spirit or allowing bitterness to root within our hearts.  We want to grow and mature in the ways that make us more like You.  Help us to do so as we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Father, You do the impossible and provide for our every need.  You divided the sea and led the Israelites through to safety.  You guided them with the cloud by day and the fire by night.  You split rocks in the desert and gave water in abundance.  You rained down manna and gave them more than they could eat.  And yet in spite of all this they kept on sinning; in spite of Your miraculous wonders they did not believe.  What a picture this is for us today when we put You to the test, when we rebel against Your statutes, when we abandon Your truths.  Father, search our hearts today and see if there be unbelief or wickedness within.  Cleanse us by the fire of Your Holy Spirit so that we may be renewed in spirit and resolved in our absolute commitment to be faithful in our walk.  No matter the wilderness ahead we are guided by You to safety and we are consoled by the fact that the Promised Land awaits those who endure to the end.  Amen.

For further inspiration and instruction read Psalm 78.

Father, how grateful we are that Your grace is so much greater than our sin.  Our spiritual burden is lightened when we ponder the Scripture, “Where sin abounds, grace doth much more abound.”  We do not want to be overcome by evil but we want to overcome evil with good and the way that we can do this is to absorb, maintain, and uphold the Scriptural understanding of good and evil.  We pray against authorities, personalities, and persuasive rhetoric that tempts us to compromise or water down the truths we learn from Scripture.   The contrasts of light vs. darkness, good vs. evil, the spiritual nature vs. the sinful nature are abundant in Scripture.  May the guiding light by which we live our lives in these evil days be the light of Your Holy Word.  In Jesus’ name we pray.  Amen.

Father, we thank You for Jesus who bore such a passion for lost humanity that He gave His all to be  clothed in the garb of humanity, so that He could identify with the physical weaknesses, spiritual temptations and other frailties common to humankind.  As we present the Person of Jesus described in the Bible to those who are lost and dying in their sins, we give them a hope and light that leads them out of deepening despair to glorious transformation.  We cannot make the choice for them, but we can give them opportunity as we obey the great commission Jesus gave before He ascended to heaven, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.   And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”