Father God,
Today, I pray that Your children would understand what Isaiah 54:5 means when it tells us that our Maker is our husband. We look back to verse 4 and we read the command to “Fear not” and “be not confounded” followed by a series of “for” explanations. We come to verse 5’s “for your Maker is your husband” and realize that God intentionally chose us as His bride. Then we read that the “Lord of Hosts is his Name” and “the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer”, and the “God of the whole earth”.

We see the rest of the chapter describing the outworking of being the bride of this Lord, knowing that we are cared for upon this earth by the One who holds all things securely in His Hands. That makes sense of verse 1 calling the barren one to “sing”.

Therefore, as we come to this understanding, let us sing as children of the Living and Sovereign God knowing that although we may see a present time of darkness, He always provides all we need to overcome and bear the fruit of thanksgiving.

In Christ’s Name,
Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray that You would hear the prayers of those who cannot put words together nor know where to start with their prayers. For those who feel the weight of the world’s heaviness bear down upon them like a smothering avalanche, I pray that You would cause Your Spirit to both convey their prayers to Your throne room and give them peaceful air to breathe.

For those who cannot see clearly the path before them due to darkness, due to the enemy’s oppression, I pray for light and courage to continue walking rightly after Your ways. I pray that as with the barren and desolate woman of Isaiah 54, You would supernaturally provide the increase, the multiplication, the abundant provision.

For those whose souls are rocked, I pray that You would be their rock, their fortress, their refuge, and their deliverer. Though they cannot see how You will provide, I pray both for Your provision and for their preservation unto perseverance.

In the midst of the night, remind us all that no weapon formed against the Lord’s people will be able to separate us from the love of our heavenly Father. Give us the victory today and uphold Your Name unto the world as the One and Only Living God.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray for the fulfillment of Isaiah 54:4 as the barren one breaks forth into singing in response to the work of the Servant. I pray that we would respond to the Servant’s work for us with singing and with a conquering of fear as commanded in verse 4.

Cause us to respond correctly to the finished work of Christ and participate in the spreading abroad of the godly offspring to possess the nations. Though the world seem to outnumber us, multiply Your work and establish us in that work in security. As 54:10 promises, do not let Your steadfast love depart from us and do not remove Your covenant of peace. Have compassion on us as we walk in this present age.

Today, make us to rest in this covenant of peace which both promises eternal life and which promises that we will never be alone and defenseless upon this earth as we await that eternity. Give us the already victory of building the kingdom upon this earth as we await the not yet of the heavenly banquet before the throne with our Savior. Enable us to step into the day before us without fear for the Almighty goes before us.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray that You would answer the prayers of Your children for wisdom in whatever form we need it. So many are seeking just to understand Your Word so that they can walk through the day in righteousness. So many are dealing with specific questions for specific times in their lives so they can stand for truth. So many are following You in these ways yet have decisions before them that are not a question of right or wrong, and need Your Spirit to guide them.

In each of these, our wisdom, our knowledge, our experience, our abilities fall short. We do not see, nor know, nor understand the depths of our days as You do. We are dependent on Your Hand to guide, on Your light to reveal, Your Wisdom to teach us.

As we wait for Your Spirit to answer these prayers, also give us peace to trust Your Provision. As we receive Your guidance through Word and Spirit, give us courage to go forward with the carrying out of Your Truth. As we move forward in peace with courage, give us victory in overcoming the darkness of the world that comes against You and against us. As we move in Your wisdom, provide us the fruits of walking in Your ways in all things.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Today,

I pray against the darkness which pulls the unresisting further into its pit. As those who seek their own ways continue to resist God’s chastisements, His providences that could release them, His messengers telling them truth, they go deeper and deeper into the darkness, seeing less and less of reality.

In so many ways at all times, the enemy works through deception, turning even the godly away from the Truth, but especially the ungodly who have no reason to pursue Truth. I pray for those who have slid further and further into the enemy’s snares to awaken from their slumber, to see clearly the danger of their descent into madness, and to pursue the light that leads them out.

I pray for freedom for the captives. I pray that those now captive would let go of the darkness to which they hold and turn to the light of Truth that they might be freed.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray that we, as Your children, would worship You in spirt and in truth. I pray that we would come before You in Colossians 3:23 doing all things for Your glory rather than seeing our worship as confined to a set period on Sundays. I pray that we would see that our daily one-anothering is part of our worship as we love those made in Your image. I pray that our love for Christ would manifest in our obedience to His commands.

May we go beyond a liturgy of a day to a liturgy of our week in which all that we do honors You. Forgive us for our holding back our lives that should be lived in gratitude for the saving work of Christ done for us.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray that we as Your children would understand the sacrifices of Hebrews 13:15-16 that are pleasing to You and live them out in our daily one-anothering. I pray that the scales of our eyes that have hidden from us these simple truths would fall away. I pray that the self-deceptions would be revealed for the compromises they are.

I pray that we, Your remnant, would relearn what true worship looks like not just in light of the current world in which we live, but in spite of the world which resists such worship of loving one another in the Name of Christ.

May Your Spirit manifest itself in our midst through our returning to the sacrifices of worship called for in Hebrews. Christ has finished the need for blood sacrifices. Let us offer the the sacrifices of thanksgiving and loving one another that tell the world that the Lord Yahweh is in our midst.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray for Your children to be filled with the strength of Your Spirit in order that they might worship you despite the cost. We live in a world where the darkness does not like the light coming from anything that reflects Your Glory. As we walk in truth according to Your Word, we reflect light for others to see. Those who love darkness do not want light to shine and reveal them for what they are.

Give us strength and courage to stand for truth even when the darkness resists, pushes back, even attacks. As we endure that resistance, as we follow You in spite of the costs, preserve us that we might persevere. Our bodies and our wills struggle when the trial of resistance, even persecution, continues on and on.

We can grow weary when it seems that we are resisting alone. Let us sense Your Spirit working in us and through us so that can persevere through the storms. Send fellow laborers to stand with us and encourage us, and let us encourage them to continue the good fight as well. Pour out Your power to work through us in tearing down the gates of hell this day.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray for those who don’t have words to express their present struggle. For some, their lives have collapsed upon them, slamming them to the ground and crushing them suddenly and by surprise. For some, it is not the suddenness but the unrelenting nature of their struggle, feeling as though their prayers are daily repeating the same thing over and over. For some, they feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of simultaneous challenges leaving them frozen in their tracks and in what to pray.

In those times, You promised that Your own Spirit would guide our words. You promised that the groans and cries of our heart would be heard through Your Spirit’s work. You promised to catch our tears in a bottle, to provide our daily bread, to lift us up when we feel like we cannot get up on our own.

Hear today, the deepest, most painful cries of Your children’s souls and be present to comfort, to lift up, to heal, to provide, to strengthen… to love us. Have mercy on those who can barely breathe through their circumstances much less form words to express the weight and darkness of their struggles.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray for truth in healthcare to prevail whether in terms of the therapies used or in the business of operations. We live in an age where ideologies lead to blindness and profit motives lead to bad decisions. Rather than dialogues that promote understanding, we get propaganda and deceptions without real substance.

I pray that those who call themselves by the Name of Christ would join together and stand above the darkness, shining a light into the darkness for both believers and unbelievers to find real healthcare which cares for body and spirit.

I pray that those who try to hide the truth, who try to spin the story to their favor, who are deaf to dialogue due to ideologies, would be shown for their foolishness.

Forgive us for our compromises with the world and lead us to honor You in all we do in caring for the bodies You gave us acknowledging the spirits attached to those bodies.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.