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I am grateful today, O God, for my mother on her 82nd birthday.  She taught me to live fully, love deeply and to celebrate more than I mourn when I lose something.  Thank you for her ministry to so many people, her dedication to her family, and her devotion to treating those whom she meetsContinue reading “Prayer for January 7, 2026”

Students are returning to our school to finish out the second half of the year, O God.  May they arrive refreshed and ready for the days ahead.  Be with the youngest among us who will settling back into the pattern of school.  May our teachers be well rested and their energy replenished.  May we meetContinue reading “Prayer for January 6, 2026”

As we begin our new year following the holidays, help us to be grateful for the time we just spent with those we love, and enjoy the new memories that were created.  May we also be excited to share our last few weeks with the people we see every day, and let them know thatContinue reading “Prayer for January 5, 2026”

It is truly scary, O God, to watch the world in a precarious place.  We have so many people who think that their power gives them the chance to make their world view the reality.  Because there are many different people who have that opportunity, guide them, O Lord.  Let them know that what theyContinue reading “Prayer for January 4, 2026”

May we take sabbaths this year, O God.  Help us to take the time to be away from it all and simply be present to the day and the world around us.  Let us be willing to set aside all of the expectations we hav set for ourselves and rest.  Give us the strength toContinue reading “Prayer for January 3, 2026”

Let this day be filled with wonder, O God.  Help me to look around and see the amazing things around me and celebrate them.  May I see both the beauty of nature and the incredible things that we have built and made.  Let me see the opportunities before me and take them.  Give me theContinue reading “Prayer for January 2, 2026”

The New Year often has people resolve to do something to change their lives, Creator God.  Often they are lofty goals that may or may not be met.  Oddly enough, the goals found in your primary commandments are challenging enough. So it is my intentions, with your help to attempt to live them out thisContinue reading “Prayer for January 1, 2026”

Thank you for giving us the hope that faith brings, O God.  When we try to do things without you they tend to go off the rails because we want so much to control what is happening around us.  Help us to let go and focus on what is important, what lifts others up, whatContinue reading “Prayer for December 27, 2025”

It always seemed so strange that we celebrate the death of the church’s first martyr on the day following Christmas, O God.   It is as if we need the reminder that following Christ has ramifications.  For us whose risks for our faith are fairly minimal, help us to go ahead and take those risks.  MayContinue reading “Prayer for December 26, 2025”

May the people who have power to stop the many wars that are going on, or developing right now, have their hearts changed.  So many of them are for selfish reasons, that have nothing to do with any moral excuse.  Give those who have the responsibility to speak up against these actions the backbone toContinue reading “Prayer for December 23, 2025”