Daily Prayers

Dear LORD, help me filter out all the extraneous noises of Christmas and focus my ears and mind and heart of the Glad Tidings of the birth of Jesus. I desire in my best and deepest heart to be Your man at Christmas and all year. Place me in front of someone today who needs […]

Dear LORD Jesus, please warm my heart this season with the same jaw-dropping awe the shepherds felt when they first heard of You. Fan the flame of enthusiasm they had in my life. Make me as eager to share Your love…Your coming here as a baby. Please don’t ever let it become ordinary or ho

Dear God and Father, my LORD, with the hard things around and about us, I pray for the clear headedness You have promised us. I long for Your Comfort and the assurance of Your presence in whatever may come my way. Help me as the celebration season of Jesus coming to earth approaches to be

Dear LORD Jesus, this Advent, make it real more than ever before in my heart. Never have I needed Your joy and peace more than now. Thank You for the gift of Jesus, our Immanuel, the Word made flesh. I not only need Your peace and joy, LORD, I long for it. You’ve promised rest

O God, my Father, I want this holiday season to be filled with light instead of darkness. Please help me discard my emotional masks and be real before You as well as my family and friends. Thank You for wonderful friendships and family this year. Father, help me make this holiday season an offering of

Father God, You sent John the Baptist to prepare the way for Jesus’ coming, clear the path in my heart, too. Show me any distractions in my life that block me from all-out worship of You this Advent. LORD, I await the celebration of Your coming! As I celebrate the first Advent––the first coming––I look toward the

O my gracious heavenly Father, I want this holiday season to be filled with light instead of darkness. Please help me discard my emotional masks and be real before You as well as my family and friends. Father, help me make this holiday season an offering of praise, because I ask this prayer in the

LORD Jesus, I desperately want to keep Your commandments, I want to abide in Your love, just as You kept Your Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I long for Your JOY to be in me, and that my JOY may be full. Help me love others as You have loved me. (John 15:10-12)

Dear LORD, my God and Father, I am tempted to play “ain’t it awful” make me mindful of specific people I will see this Advent Season who would gladly trade places with me. Please do not let me overlook opportunities to share the experience, strength, and hope of Your Incarnation and redemptive acts on my

Dear Heavenly Father, help me to hear Your still small voice among the shrillness of the commerce of black-this and cyber-that..Touch me once again. give me the courage to be Your beloved. Give me courage to choose joy over and in spite of circumstances. I need You now this Christmas to be born in me