Your Word says that You delight in me, Lord. That very thought brings me a smile. And to know that You rejoice over me with singing is almost too wonderful to imagine. Thank You!

I want to delight in You too, Lord. I desire to rejoice over You with singing too. Please show me how to do this—creatively, lovingly, and fervently!

Dearest Lord, thank You for your protections. For watching over my comings and my goings. For commanding Your angels to guard me in all my ways.

And in those times when in Your Divine wisdom You choose to allow me to pass through a hardship, I am encouraged to know that Your hand sustains me and strengthens me as we walk through all of it together…

Dear Jesus, I am praying right now for several people I know who have drifted off into New Age teachings and practices, which are never Biblical. It did not happen overnight, Their change of heart crept in slowly until what would have once been unthinkable and devilish to them is now embraced and even promoted as a gift from You!

Lord, show each of them the way back home—Your way—for it is narrow. And keep me from the temptation of adding these New Age teachings and practices to my life. For You alone are the way, the truth, and the life!

This verse from Luke is so simple and true, Lord. So, I want to come before You with quiet trust, knowing full well that You have not only heard my prayers but You will help me work out what has been troubling me.

I know You may not always come to my aid in the way I have envisioned, but I know You will come along side me and work things for my good. Thank You for Your Divine attention!

Some days I feel spent, Lord. And I feel exhausted from social media—the nonstop expectations that are not at all from You, and a whole host of mess that the world throws at me. Then there is a matter of my own sin that tries to destroy me.

I love these verses from Lamentations. I love the fact that You love me so steadfastly that I will not be consumed. And that Your mercies are new every morning. That is just what I need again today. May my gratitude to You be as faithful as Your mercies are to me.

Jesus, even when I am following You closely, the path sometimes gets hard and scary.
Is that the way Mary felt when she was approached by the angel with such an epic request? And yet, amazingly—she said yes. It came down to trusting You.

Epic or small, Lord, I want to say yes to You always. And when the road becomes hard and scary, may my trust in You overcome all fear.

I am in a dark season, Lord. And so many of my friends are either ill or experiencing some kind of serious trials. I hope and pray for speedy answers.

But if this turns out to be a season of waiting, please come to us with Your Divine presence and Your holy comfort. May it shower down on us as sweet and pure and refreshing as the spring rains that water the earth.

Dear Jesus, we live in a world full of advice. Full of people making demands on us. Some of it is good and right. But sometimes, I know we must choose to obey You rather than what the world is preaching.

Please give me discernment to know when to seek unity and when to stand against what You have taught me is evil. I want to be in step with You always!

Sometimes I feel like a little kid, Lord. I am full size now, but sometimes I still feel sort of childlike. I don’t mean in a fun, innocent way. I mean in the immature spiritual way.

Even then, I am choosing to trust in Your promise that the Holy Spirit will help me. That You will indeed complete this good work in me which You started long ago. Amen!

Dear Lord, I like to surround myself with nice people and easy situations. But, sometimes You ask me to help people who are not easy. They might be, in fact, truly gnarly folk who are hard to get along with and ungrateful to boot!

But with Your help I will try not to lean on my own flawed understanding and submit to You. And thank You for loving me, even when I become one of the truly gnarly folk!

I look in the mirror, and some days I do not see the confidence You speak of here in Philippians. I know You started a good work in me when I came to know You as my Lord and Savior, but it is the last part that that feels iffy. If life were a boardgame, then today I got sent back a shocking number of spaces.

Thanks for not folding up the boardgame and giving up on me, Lord. I want You to finish this good work in me. Please show me the way…

As I grow older, Lord, I am feeling kind of put out to pasture. That might be a good and compassionate thing to do for an old horse, but I am not a horse. I am a woman of advancing years who is made in Your image and who would still like to bear fruit.

Jesus, You have been known to surprise me with new ideas and adventures. Please give me purpose—Your purpose—in this new season of my life. I might be tired some days, Lord, but I am willing. Amen.