A Daily Prayer

Father, we do extol Your work and praise You with our lips, with our voice and with our devotion to follow You all the days of our lives.  We stop and consider Your great wonders and mighty works as we acknowledge You to be the Creator of all things.  Your ways are perfect and beyond human understanding.  It is all the more reason why we must rely on Your guidance and not lean on our own understanding.  Today we acknowledge You in all our ways and ask You to direct our paths and increase our understanding in the name of Jesus.  Amen.

Father, thank You for Jesus who came that we might have life and have it in abundance.  We’re grateful for Your grace that teaches us to say no to ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.  We’re thankful that Jesus gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are His very own.  We realize that the one who sows to please the sinful nature from that nature reaps destruction, therefore we choose to sow to please the spiritual nature and from that nature reap eternal life.  Keep us faithful in doing so.  Amen.

See John 10:10; Titus 2:12,14;  Galatians 6:8,

Father, we thank You for the way You bless Your people.  You richly provide for our needs and supply us with hope that is not diminished by the circumstances of this world.  We want to share from our spiritual and material abundance so that we lay up treasure for ourselves in the eternal life that is promised to all believers.  Make us aware of opportunities to enrich others with the blessings we receive from You. In Jesus’ name we pray.  Amen.

 Father, Your love is somewhat relentless but never forceful since You give to all a free will.  You come to us again and again through the working of the Holy Spirit that convicts us of our sins.  But that’s only the beginning,  for once we respond there is the reassuring work of the Spirit that reminds us that we are no longer condemned but saved through the sacrificial death of Jesus who died in our place. We appropriate Christ’s redemptive work on our behalf and receive forgiveness of sins and eternal life in heaven. Thank You for Your marvelous provision and wondrous love on our behalf. Amen.

 Father, You bless those those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.  The sweetness of Your Word is like honey in our mouth that reminds us of Your faithfulness, Your goodness and Your mercy that overflows into our lives as You forgive us of our sins and provide us with an abundant life.  Your Words are a sweet savor to our soul as we walk obediently according to Your Word.  Amen.

 Father, we pray for those in positions of power that they would realize where their power comes from and give You the glory and honor due Your name.  We pray for leaders whose attitudes and actions may not reflect those of Herod, Pilate or Nebuchadnezzar who became proud and abusive with the authority entrusted to them. May they come to realize that any power we have on this earth is given to us by You and that we will give account for how we use it.  Let it be used for good to bless and enrich others, not to endanger or deprive them of the blessings You have in mind from those You have empowered to do good.  Above all we want to honor You and give You the glory for anything done through us, for we in ourselves are powerless.  Amen.

Father, today we choose to receive or reject Your Redeemer Son, Jesus, who took on our sins and died in our place so that we might find salvation now and for all eternity.  Thank You for the free will You give us that allows us to reject or receive this “Jesus, who is called Christ.”  When given the choice we like Peter respond, “Lord, to whom shall we go?  You have the words of eternal life.”    

Father, we contemplate the deep thoughts of the Psalmist who asked why You bother Yourself to care for all humanity. We are so small in comparison to the great works of the universe which You not only created but also sustain with perfect order, viability and replenishment day by day, year after year.  You know the millions of stars in the galaxy by name and yet You are moved by the smallest burden that I bear this day.  Your power is evident all about me and within me. I praise You for I am fearfully and wonderfully made by You, the Master Designer.  Amen.