A Daily Prayer

Jesus, You reign over all the earth and You also reign in my heart!  What an awesome blessing this truth brings to me today. As I consider that it is not by my might, nor by my power but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts that my personal mountains are removed.  Jesus, I know that many of the mountains I face are not just blown away by a simple prayer of faith, but these mountains are often the very essence of how You work through my life to reveal Your faithfulness and Your power in the midst of my struggles.  You develop godly character as I am challenged to remain steadfast and faithful in my Christian walk.  You make my feet like hind’s feet and You make me to walk upon high places.  Help me to keep my gaze continually upward during the climb so that I see You reigning on Your throne as I bring You glory and honor!  Amen.

O God, You are our Help in ages past and You are our Hope for years to come.  You are our Shelter from the stormy blast and You are our eternal Home! Amen.

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, 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.

Jesus, I want to praise You, my great Redeemer, for who You are and for Your acts of kindness seen so many times throughout my day.  I never cease to praise You because You never cease to work on my behalf.  Your mercy and love, Your strength and comfort, Your sustaining power and guiding hand are only a tiny fraction of the many reasons that lead me to praise You.  Instead of a murmuring and ungrateful attitude, I want to join with the multitude of believers and sing of my Great Redeemer’s praise to everyone, everywhere, all the time.  Amen.