Author Archives: atwinfather

There are times, O God, when we are asked to wait when we most want to get things going.  Help us to have patience when we have no control over when we are to have answers or get to see the person we are scheduled to see.  May our frustration with the tardiness of othersContinue reading “Prayer for July 28, 2025”

Teach us to pray, O God. It seems such a simple request, but it is also complicated by how the world influences our desires versus our needs.  May we seek to ask for those things that we truly need and focus our other prayers on others who have more need than we.  Let us knowContinue reading “Prayer for July 27, 2025”

Thank you, God, for the gift of water.  Looking out across the many bodies of water there is something special that represents so much of what we experience in life.  From the early morning calm overlooking a lake or canal which seems to just be waiting for us to begin our day to the rushingContinue reading “Prayer for July 26, 2025”

May this day be filled with wonder, O God. Help me to see the many amazing things that happen around me as the hours go by.  May I take the time to notice the people around me and be active in their lives.  Let me give people the attention they deserve and I hope toContinue reading “Prayer for July 25, 2025”

May your presence be felt, Healing God, by those who are recovering.  The journey back to health can be truly frustrating and lonely. Help us to be present to the people who are dealing with heavy burdens and patient with those we encounter.  We often do not know when others are suffereing.  May those whoContinue reading “Prayer for July 24, 2025”

Our world is filled with conflict and selfishness, O God.  May we follow a different path.  Give us the fortitude to go against a world that expects us to be greedy and have no empathy for others.  May we become beacons of hope to a world that often attempts to quash it.  Let our actionsContinue reading “Prayer for July 23, 2025”

Thirty years ago, I woke up to one of the most significant days of my life. I am incredibly grateful for the remarkable miracle of how I met the woman who became my wife on this day. I am also thankful for the way we met and how much my now-wife, Heather, has helped shapeContinue reading “Prayer for July 22, 2025”

You command us to love you and love one another, Loving God.  May we seek to make those words more than action.  Let us measure our decisions based on how what we do will will lift people up, how it will make others know they are special and that we really care for the peopleContinue reading “Prayer for July 21, 2025”

Our days are filled with choices, O God, and it begins with deciding how we start our day.  Help us to choose joyful anticipation as we enter this day.  Let us look to what great things are possible rather than worry about something that will cause anxiety.  Let us also choose to be with peopleContinue reading “Prayer for July 20, 2025”

May this day be refreshing, Loving God.  Help us to take the time recharge our batteries and take a siesta.  Let us be deliberate in our choice to rest.  Give us the ability to see the the beauty of the sunrise and at the end of the day the sunset.  Allow us to let ourContinue reading “Prayer for July 19, 2025”