Daily Prayers

Dear LORD, my God, slow me down this season. Make me open to investing me in Your Kingdom this Christmas. Please give me Your wisdom and open my mind and heart to receive Your instructions. I am Yours, Father. Speak that my heart may hear. This I pray fervently in the precious name of Jesus. […]

Dear LORD, my God, everywhere I look and listen I hear foolishness about not only this season of the year, but about where the hope of eternity truly lies. Please keep me from the hype of commercialism, from the focus on commerce, from the reliance on tinsel and lights, and all the other things we

Father, my Father, I ask today in all the humility I can muster for the ability and determination to see Jesus in the same light as the unlearned guys He called to be His special men. Give me the unbridled courage and commitment to follow You even as they did with my life to show

O God, my Father. Today as I bask in the warmth of Advent, make me mindful all day and everyday that I did not seek You out, You sought me out when I was unlovable. While so many others around me frantically hunt for meaning and purpose, thank You for being Immanuel…WITH US, with me.

My Father, my God, today give me time to reflect on the events leading to Jesus’ birth and early life…the announcements to Elizabeth and Mary…the angelic appearances to Zechariah and Joseph…the decree for taxation…the long journey for a pregnant teenager…the stable for His birth…the shepherds…the angels…the home in Bethlehem…the Magi…Herod’s decree to kill the baby

Dear God and Father of Jesus, my Lord, I woke up this morning singing songs about Your grace and faithfulness. How they fill me with joy. Please keep my heart tuned to sing Your praises all day today and then keep it going. Give me songs of faith and grace and overcoming and hope and

Father, my Father, I awake to another morning knowing some of those who are dearest to me do not yet embrace You as the Prince of Peace, the Savior of the world. My heart hurts wanting all I hold dear to come to know in childlike faith. I call their names this morning praying for

LORD, Jesus, help me not to get lost in the tinsel and the noise of commercialism this Christmas. Keep my focus and my speech and my songs and my gifting on the miracle of Your virgin birth. May Advent truly come in my heart beginning now, for Your Holy sake. Amen Verse for Today: “All

Father God, my heart breaks as I have thought today about all the abuse Your young son, Jesus, must have encountered from his peers in Nazareth…the taunts about who His daddy was, why His mom was not married when He was born. I guess part of me is glad You have in Your grace not

Dear LORD, it is hard enough for us to help struggling families all year long, but doubly hard in this coming season of excitement and celebration. So many families are teetering on the brink of dissolution and children are being cast into fear and depression these days. Please send people to us in this season