A Prayer for the Woman Waiting, Whispering Prayers, and Wanting a Child
God sees the woman who is aching for a child. He sees her in the middle of the night, in the quiet places where the longing is too heavy to carry out loud, in the vulnerable late-night moments when wo...
10 Syys 6min
A Prayer of Repentance Without Condemnation
Repentance has a reputation problem. For many people, the word carries a weight of shame, punishment, and finger-pointing that makes it something to avoid rather than something to run toward. But that...
9 Syys 7min
A Prayer to Recharge
A camera battery that is allowed to run completely down takes far longer to recharge than one that is topped up consistently after a few uses. The same principle applies to human beings — and yet most...
8 Syys 8min
A Prayer to Appreciate Labor Day
Work is not a consequence of the Fall. It is a gift that preceded it. Before sin entered the world, before anything broke or became difficult, God placed man in the Garden of Eden to work it and take ...
7 Syys 7min
A Prayer When Your Mind Feels Pulled in Every Direction
The more we divide our attention, the more scattered our thoughts become — and yet the pressure to multitask, to keep every plate spinning at once, can feel inescapable in a life this full and this fa...
6 Syys 8min
A Prayer for the Basket Season of Your Adult Child
Jochebed, the mother of Moses, understood what it means to do everything you possibly can for a child and then face the moment when your hands must let go. She waterproofed the basket with tar and pit...
5 Syys 7min
A Prayer for Joy That Feels Blocked by Burdens
We know the reasons to be grateful. We know we have the Lord. And still, circumstantial burdens seem to block the joy we are reaching for. Psalm 90:14 expresses the longing precisely: satisfy us in th...
4 Syys 8min
A Prayer to Let God’s Joy Lead Your Heart
When God's people had just finished rebuilding the broken walls of Jerusalem and gathered to hear the law read aloud, they were moved to tears. They heard how far they had fallen short of how God want...
3 Syys 7min
