Dear Father in Heaven, We pray that trade and business across the globe would flourish. We pray for the leaders of the countries and various international institutions who decide economic policy. Please give them wisdom and let them uphold an economic system that is not restrictive. We also pray for an abundance of energy that will support the growing economies of the world. We ask You to help people understand the importance of conventional and clean energy sources like coal and … [Read more...]
We Pray to the God Who Controls All Things
In his book Reflections on the Psalms, C.S. Lewis wrote that the modern, secularist approach to science makes us prone to forget that God is actively involved in everything that happens in the “natural” world around us. Christians should resist that tendency by remembering that God controls every cloud, every raindrop, every lightning bolt, every storm, the growth of every plant and tree and animal, and the life and health of every man, woman, and child. Psalm 147 demonstrates that awareness and … [Read more...]
Prayer to the Creator
Heavenly Father, We glorify you as the creator of all things. You spoke and the universe came into existence, You spoke and there was light. Later, at Your command, flowers, trees, and plants sprang from the ground, the seas teemed with living things and the earth with living creatures. Then in your perfect time, you created man. Dear Lord, we come before you now to give you glory for that which you have created. In our flesh, we sometimes speak of sustaining your creation, but we are … [Read more...]
Even As We Suffer, Remind Us That Redemption Comes
A prayer based on Romans 8:18–25: Our Father in heaven, in this present time we suffer many things—illness, the death of loved ones, poverty, injustice, and the disappointment of our own sins. Yet we proclaim with the Apostle Paul that these sufferings are not worthy to be compared with the glory that You will one day reveal to us. It is an amazing thing to know that the creation waits for the revealing of the sons and daughters of God. Our redemption is the key to its redemption! Please use … [Read more...]
Help Us to Honor You by Caring for Creation
Almighty God, in Your Son our Savior, Jesus Christ, who is the everlasting Word made flesh, the Word revealed, we know that You created all things that are and declared them good, creating lastly, in order, Humanity, male and female, as the crowning act of Your incomprehensible work; placing us in the Garden, with purpose, giving us dominion over Your creation on earth, and charging us to steward this remarkable gift with care; So, therefore, help us to honor You by caring for Your creation … [Read more...]
Prayer for the Economy and Energy
Dear Father in Heaven, Thank You for Your wisdom and guidance that You have given Your children. You have enabled us to use our ingenuity to create economies that feed millions. We pray that You will continue to help us in creating stable energy sources that act as the backbone of developing economies around the world. We particularly pray for Africa and South East Asia, where economic growth directly impacts the lives of individual people. We ask You, Father, to help these regions to develop … [Read more...]
We Confess that We Pray Too Little
It is easy for Christians to focus so much on personal salvation that we forget about surrounding society’s need for the salt and light of the gospel. It, too, needs transformation by Christ, and we, His people, are the primary means by which He achieves that. It’s also easy for us to forget that Christ came not only to save individuals from our sins, and not only to transform societies, but even to save the creation itself from the curse God pronounced on it because of Adam’s sin (Genesis … [Read more...]
We Pray for Billions Around the World
Luke 19:2–10: And there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” So he hurried and came down and received him … [Read more...]
Help Us Walk Faithfully with You, God
Matthew 10:34–39: Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is … [Read more...]
We Pray That We Will Not be Captive to Fear
Psalm 46:1–5: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. Loving Savior in Heaven, we live in a … [Read more...]
