Category Archives: Daily Prayers

Reading: Isaiah 61-64; Psalm 120

Father, you deliver me in times of distress when I call on you. My tongue is deceitful, my lips are lying. Yet like Isaiah, my lips have been touched by a burning coal from your altar and my sins atoned for by the blood of the Lamb. It is difficult to be among people who hate peace. Help me to be a peace-maker by relying on your wisdom and Spirit. Jesus is our perfect example of a peace-maker. You anointed him to bring good news to the poor, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, to proclaim God’s favor and vengeance, and to comfort those who mourn. Even though he did all these things, we counted his peace-making as evil and sentenced him to death on a cross. On this earth there will be little peace, but this is not the reward we strive for. We keep pressing on, bringing your good news to the world so that one day we will be with you forever with those who come to know you through our work. I am clothed with the salvation and righteousness of Christ. His holiness is mine! I will strive to live a life worthy of the calling I have received, and press on until that day where the race is finished and I receive my crown of righteousness.

Reading: Isaiah 58-60; Psalm 119:153-176

Father, the sum of your Word is truth. Your Word endures forever. Give me the peace that comes from knowing and doing your laws. Religious rituals without obedience do not satisfy you. Let me not mistake ritual for obedience, or talk of your Word with living it. You desire a contrite heart that trembles at your Word and takes action on behalf of the vulnerable. Let me not seek my own pleasure as I pursue you. Father, keep me from sin because it separates me from you, and nothing could be worse than that. Do not hide your face from me, but turn your face towards me and see that the righteousness of your Son covers me. Truth has stumbled in the world today, and it is not easy for it to enter. The one who lifts it up is made an enemy, but they also make themselves your friend. A friend of yours is an enemy to the world.

Reading: Isaiah 55-57; Psalm 119:129-152

Father, unfold your Word to me and impart your wisdom and understanding. Keep me on the right path and don’t let me fall into temptation. Anguish and trials won’t overtake me, Lord, because I delight in your law. You are near to me and your Word is true. Thank you for being a compassionate God who abundantly forgives. If not for your compassion, there is surely no way I would have been saved. It is good news that you and your thoughts are higher than mine. You forgive when I do not. You have understanding that I do not. Your Word does not return empty to you; it will accomplish your purposes. May I seek to always live in your blessing by keeping the Sabbath, doing justice, and remaining righteous. May I seek the riches of heaven and not of this world, Father, because you can give me what this world never will. I long for the days when your house is a house of prayer, full of people from every nation.

Reading: Isaiah 49-51; Psalm 119:65-96

Father, give me the sound judgment which comes from believing your commands. Help me see that my affliction is meant to draw me closer to you and bless me. That my affliction is for my sanctification from a loving God. All the world’s treasures pale in comparison to the riches of your Word, Lord. Your hands made me, so help me learn and understand your commands. Your words keep me firm in times of trouble, and your law and promises get me through them. Thank you for sending your Son to be a light to the nations so that your salvation can reach the ends of the earth. I know you love me because you have engraved me on the palm of your hand, and Jesus’ nail-pierced hands testify as well. Jesus gave himself up to torment on my behalf, yet it was not to his shame but to your glory. In his death came the beginning of your salvation. In his death came life for the nations! Your salvation will never end. The earth and everything in it will one day fade away, but your salvation continues for all time.

Reading: Isaiah 45-48; Psalm 119:33-64

Father, you made the earth and stretched out the heavens. You command the oceans and fill them. Oh, the wonders of your strength! You speak the Truth and declare what is right. You deserve and desire the glory of all nations. To you every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. All of your grace and mercy, wrath and justice bring glory to your name. O Lord, give me understanding so that I can keep your laws. Keep me from wasting my time with things that keep me from following your ways. I want to delight in, love, and meditate on your Words. In them is life; without them is death. Thank you for your promises which bring hope in times of affliction. Thank you for blessing me through the years. Forgive me for the times I have not obeyed you. May this be true and me and my family: “I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments” (Ps. 119:60). It is so easy for me to read your Word and just go about my day. Let it not be so! If my life does not change each day from reading your Word then I am wasting bout our time. Help me obey your Word quickly and joyfully. Let me not run from your commands, but to them. Any delay is to my shame, but my obedience is to your glory.