Sunday Prayer:
I praise and honor you today, Lord Christ! Through the years of my life you have been my God, my joy, my strength. In this new day, may I not stray from your path but walk before you in holiness and righteousness. Be glorified in my life today, I pray. Amen.
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At the set time that I appoint I will judge with equity. When the earth totters, with all its inhabitants, it is I who keep its pillars steady. — Psalm 75:2-3
Friday Prayer:
Gracious Lord, Blessed Trinity, I worship you today in the wonder and beauty of your Tri-Unity. Blessed and holy are you, Father, Son, and loving Spirit. I give myself freely to you and rest now in your peace. May I walk in unity with you and in community with your children this day, I pray. Amen.
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O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. — Psalm 51:15
거룩 거룩 거룩하신 하나님
영원전 부터 영원후 까지 찬양과 존귀를 받으실 사랑하시는 하나님
모든 영광과 찬양과 존귀함을 주님께 드립니다.
이날 모든 만물도 주님을 경배합니다.
주님의 거룩하심과 사랑과 은혜가
오늘 저의 삶을 통하여 드러나도록 도와 주시고
주님의 평강으로 저의 마음과 생각을 지켜주셔서
누구를 만나던 주님의 평강의 통로가 될 수 있도록 인도해주시길 기도드립니다. 아멘.
' 오 하나님이여 우리가 주의 성전에서 주의 변함없는 사랑을 생각했습니다. 오 하나님이여 주의 이름과 같이 주를 찬양하는 소리도 땅 끝깢 이르렀고 주의 오른손에는 의가 가득합니다'(시48:9-10, 우리말 성경).
Thursday Prayer:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord! — before all time, yet all time filling; beyond comprehension, yet comprehensible in Jesus Christ. Praise, honor, glory, and the joyful worship of all creation be yours this day, Sovereign One. I praise you that you are love! Live your holy love in and through me today, I pray. Amen.
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We ponder your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple. Your name, O God, like your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with victory. — Psalm 48:9-10
Friday Prayer:
Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, I worship you now in quiet awe. Praise, honor, and glory be yours. Thank you for giving yourself for me and for all your broken creation. By your Holy Spirit inspire me to live today “the life laid down,” I pray, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.
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The next day [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” — John 1:29
Sunday Prayer:
Lord Jesus, in whom all things visible and invisible cohere, I bow in awe and reverence before you at the beginning of this day of rest. O Savior, worthy of all praise and honor, bend to listen and lift me today as I lay my life before you and rest in your peace. Praise be to you, Lord Christ! Amen.
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[Jesus Christ] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. — Colossians 1:15-17
Saturday Prayer:
Lord God, loving Savior, I rejoice today in your wonderful grace. As I begin this day surrounded by the “great cloud of witnesses” in heaven and on earth, give me a lively sense of running the race before the immense audience of your saints and martyrs who have gone before. Keep me strong and faithful in the race today, I pray. Amen.
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Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. — Psalm 73:25-26
Friday Prayer:
Gracious, clever, long-seeing God — I worship you with all my being. Glory be to you, Lord Most High. I set you before me and all else behind me just now, willing to serve you this day in the energy of your Spirit. Lord, give me more and more of a passion for your purposes, I pray. Amen.
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Your throne, O God, endures for ever and ever. Your royal sceptre is a sceptre of equity. — Psalm 45:6
Sunday Prayer:
Holy Spirit, as you have given a rich diversity of spiritual gifts to your church, I pray you will build your community in love and effective ministry through your power and the richness of your gifts. Gracious Spirit, work in and through my life today, that the gifts you have given me may nourish the health of the body and the growth of Christ’s kingdom, I pray. Amen.
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There are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of fruit, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. — 1 Corinthians 12:4-7
Saturday Prayer:
O God, you promise to provide everything your people need for life and godliness and kingdom witness. As you tell us to pray without ceasing, I ask that today you may be in all my thoughts and intents and meditations, that this day may be a day of unceasing prayer to you. Holy Spirit, draw me repeatedly to you, and may my heart be at deep rest in constant application to you. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
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Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. — 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Friday Prayer:
Lord God, wise guide and Sovereign Spirit, I worship you and bow in submission before you. O God, I will to do your will in all things. Work in me by your Spirit today, I pray, that my intentions may be pure and my will may be strong to do your will; to follow in the way of Jesus. Amen.
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You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. — Psalm 51:6
Thursday Prayer:
O God, I worship you this day and long to know you more deeply. Show me your ways! Though your ways are not the ways of humankind, I ask that by your Spirit you will reveal your ways more fully to my soul, that I may faithfully and fruitfully serve your purposes. I honor and praise you, Lord Jesus, this day. I pray that my ways may become your ways. Amen.
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[Moses prayed to the Lord,] “If I have found favor in your sight, show me your ways, so that I may know you and find favor in your sight. . . .” [The Lord] said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” — Exodus 33:13-14
Wednesday Prayer:
Waking or sleeping, O God, I thank you that I am in your care. Holy Lord, I rest in you today, putting all my trust and hope in you and depending on the work of your Spirit to sustain me and to make Jesus real in my life. Holy Trinity, be in and around, behind and before me this day, I pray, as I worship and serve you. Amen.
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And now, O Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. — Psalm 39:7
Tuesday Prayer:
O Sovereign Lord, morning, noon, and evening, and when I awake in the nighttime hours, my prayer and my song is: May your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as in heaven. O God, may your kingdom come. Holy Spirit, use me this day for your kingdom purposes, to the praise and glory of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.
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By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. — Psalm 42:8
