Father God,

Today, I pray Isaiah 57:15 today asking that You would revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite. We walk in a world that comes against us at every turn as we seek to follow Your ways and we are humbled by the weakness of our own strength. We simultaneously walk through this dark world with the knowledge that any self-made righteousness is as filthy rags before our Maker’s throne.

Were it not for Your promises so oft repeated in Your Word that You care for us and have removed our sin from us, we would be crushed. To know with Isaiah 57:15 that You dwell not only in the high and holy place, but also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, we are encouraged and have hope. To know that You dwell with us in our struggles and weakness to revive us who are lowly and contrite means that we are not left to either the world’s schemes for us nor to our own strength and wisdom as it falls short of dealing with our sin.

Press into those today who most feel their lowly nature, who deeply recognize the depth of the sin, and give them hope today in Your promises of Isaiah 57:15 and so many other Scriptures. Meet the lowly and contrite and lift them up with the presence of Your Spirit. We call upon You to be our Immanuel in the storms of life that we now face.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray that You would restore discernment to Your people so that we see clearly in this present age. We need to first clearly see Your Truth as through that Truth we must view all else. Once You have enabled us to rightly discern Your Word through the power of Your Spirit working in us, then we seek discernment on how to apply that Truth to every area and every moment of our lives.

Show Your people how Your Truth leaves no area of our lives untouched. Cause us to see through the lie that some area of either our personal life or our collective lives together is exempt from Your Word. Then press Your Word into the daily moments of our lives and let Your Word comprehensively shape who we are and what we do and what we say and how we relate to one another.

Sharpen us in applying Your Word to everything and through the outworkings of Your Word, cause us to bring glory to Your Name and shed light into the darkness of the world’s attempts to do everything it can against You and Your Word.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God
Today, I pray for Your Spirit to work a reformation and revival in the hearts of Your children as they gather into churches. I pray we would see the Truths of Your Word together and as we submit to Your ways, we would obey them and come together in a greater unity. I pray that the working of Your Spirit in our hearts would make real the fact that the world would know us by our love for one another.
I pray that the deeper understanding of Your Word would go far beyond a doctrinal head knowledge, but that no corner of our lives would be untouched by the power of Your Word. I pray that we would submit even our most treasured idols of life to You as we come to see them for what they are. I pray that we would treasure what You treasure, and seek what You desire, and love what You love.
Let our words and works of each day, both as individuals and as gathered bodies, be glorifying to You and pleasing in Your sight.
In Christ’s Name,
Amen.

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Father God,

Today, I pray for those who are experiencing the pain of this fallen world in their bodies. Though there are non-physical forms of pain, I pray now for those whose bodies are poking, prodding, even screaming at them through physical pain.

For so many, they cannot escape the constant presence of pain interfering with every aspect of life. For others, it may be pain that only arises randomly and catches them off guard. Either way, it is a reminder of the effects of the Fall on the world in which we live.

I pray for those whose pain has continued for weeks or months or even years. I pray that Your Hand would touch and relieve and remove the suffering. I pray that You would heal the dysfunction of their bodies underneath the pain.

For those whose pain continues, I pray for You to sustain them in their daily walk. For those who need wisdom to guide them regarding pain, how to relieve it or how to live with it, I pray that You would reveal that to them.

For those around the one who sufferers, send them to comfort, to support, to be Your hands and feet in loving one another. Draw Your children together to love one another well as we all walk through this world of brokenness looking forward to an eternity when pain will be no more.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray for the next generation who are rising up in this day seeking godly spouses from the masses of foolishness and immaturity. I pray that You would be discipling the next generation through godly older men and women such that they would be ready to build godly families.

I pray that You would equip those discipling with wisdom and clarity to convey their teaching. I pray that You would put a desire for such discipling on the next generation. I pray that we would see a coming restoration of a society led by Your children which restores the biblical values of family and fellowship.

I pray that You would have godly spouses prepared for those seeking such a lifelong walk together of glorifying You.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray for Your Word to silence the foolish, to reveal the foolishness of those who refuse to submit to Your Word, and to guide those who love Your Word. Grant us the wisdom and strength to handle the Word in such a way that we can be Your witness to the world around us. Give us courage to stand on that Truth regardless of what the world says or does.

Enable us to speak Truth in all aspects of our daily life. Lead us by Your Word that we might be light and salt to those around us. Guard us from compromise, from slipping into falsehood, from being deceived by those who distort Your Word little by little.

Let us cherish it as the precious gift that it is.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray for those who are crying out in the night for insight and understanding to guide them in their dark path. We all walk through dark seasons where our earthly sight and understanding do not provide the light we need. During those times we recognize our need for Your daily bread in terms of wisdom even more acutely though in truth, we need Your light in every season of life.

Your Word promises wisdom to those who seek You for it. Your Word tells us to pray for all things. Your Word tells us to pray without ceasing. Your Word tells us to persist in prayer in faith believing that our Heavenly Father will give us bread rather than a stone.

For those in such a dark season, when the daily need for wisdom is the most pressing, speak into our lives with light making clear our steps and making clear Your path for us to follow to the green pastures of Your provision.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray for the hands of evil to be revealed where they are coming against Your people so that we can pray to You for deliverance from those persecutions whether they are of human or demonic origin. I pray for eyes illumined by the Spirit to discern the spirits, to discern the times, to discern the work of Your Hand in our lives.

As You open our eyes to the realities of the times in which we live, also affirm in our spirits Your promises to care for Your children through the storms. Give our feeble hearts the courage to rest in Your power, Your promises, Your timing, Your wisdom.

And then, flood the darkness with Your light such that it loses all power to harm us. As Jesus touched the leper and drove away the leprosy completely, drive back all that comes against us from the enemy’s schemes. Emmanuel, come and deliver.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.

Father God,

Today, I pray for the provision of sleep and rest for Your children in spite of the storms and trials of life which so often steal and threaten those times of refreshing rest. We walk through days filled with one challenge to peace after another. We are dependent on You to press peace into our thoughts and feelings even while we are awake and commanded to fear not.

Then we lay down at night and there are no more activities to distract such that our thoughts and concerns begin to flood in. In those times when the lights are off and our head lies upon the pillow, we need Your Spirit to work out faith that You will provide even as we sleep.

So often, when we try harder to sleep in peace, we lie awake struggling to find the peace that leads to peaceful sleep. We pray that You would cause Your peace to rest upon us such that our sleep turns from something we dread trying to do into something that we are refreshed by. Drive back the voices of the enemy which try to insert themselves into our nights. Drive back our own heart struggles which try to scream at us in the night.

Give Your children refreshing sleep by the power of Your Spirit working in our spirits.

In Christ’s Name,

Amen.