DAILY PRAYERS FOR GUYS

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To Bless My Workplace

Dear Lord,
Look with favor on my workplace. Thank you for the employment opportunity for my coworkers and me. Through it, you provide us with an income that allows us to care for ourselves and our families. Equip us to carry out our work well, resulting in quality products and services. Uphold my employer’s reputation so that our name is respected in our industry or field. Give the owners and managers strong leadership abilities and valuable interpersonal skills, which foster a healthy work environment and drive employees to be eager and dedicated as a team to carry out their work together. Fill us with a sense of satisfaction and pride in what we produce or build, and let what we do remain necessary and important work by which we serve and provide for others. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For the Willingness to Be Flexible

Selfless Savior,
When situations call for it, grant me a willing and gentle spirit to be appropriately flexible. By nature, I can be set in my ways, making it easy to dig my heels in when I am required to step out of my comfort zone. I would prefer that others see the wisdom of doing things my way and just let me call the shots. When I feel that my way is the best way, give me the humble curiosity to consider alternative views and to welcome suggestions or counsel from others. Give me a willingness to defer to others and to sacrifice my own personal preferences for their sake. Let my flexibility serve as an example to inspire others to be more malleable and adaptable in their interactions, too, as the gospel frees us to be. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Gather Others to Your Church

God of Grace,
Your Church is for everyone. However, there are still so many souls outside of Christianity who are blinded by the evil one and are in danger of being eternally lost. Some are blind because they are simply unaware of all that you have done to save. Others are blind because they have been deceived by false religions and counterfeit gods. Still others stand as bitter enemies of the Christian faith. Yet these all have this in common: you alone bring them unparalleled peace that is not accessible and cannot be appreciated apart from Jesus Christ. Flex your mighty right arm of salvation, unleash your Holy Spirit, and dislodge and dismantle every obstruction that is currently cutting off so many from the lifeline of faith in Jesus. Let the gospel overpower all opposition and succeed in rescuing many more souls into the safety and sanctuary of your Church. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Guys to Find Community

Lord God,
Connecting with other guys doesn’t always come very naturally for men. Many struggle when they live isolated lives and have very limited interaction with other guys. When that is the case, not only do we often limit our potential, but we also leave ourselves susceptible to making poor choices that lead to questionable or regrettable behavior. Of course, keeping the wrong company can also bring about the same damaging effects. Therefore, please provide positive opportunities and experiences for guys to find community with like-minded, godly, spiritually mature men. Lead them to want to be led and to have the courage to lead others, and through that leadership, heighten the level of respect shared among brothers. When those relationships exist, rich blessings will follow as men encourage, admonish, challenge, and support each other in powerful ways. Through all of this, raise up more men to bring greater glory to you through their righteous living.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Trust Your Timing

Patient Lord,
The entire universe operates according to your schedule. Time itself is your own creation, and by it you govern and oversee all things. Therefore, forgive me for so often slipping back into thinking that my timing is best. It reflects just one of the many ways I deceive myself into thinking I am the one in control. In your mercy, be patient with me when I am frustrated because life doesn’t happen according to my timeline. Replace my frustration with faith. Give me the humility to know that I could never top your perfect timing, and the confidence to trust your timing. When you promise to work out everything for the good of those who love you, that also means you’ll do it at just the right time. Since you orchestrated all of history to enter the world as Savior at just the right time, surely there is no one better equipped to oversee all the details and timing of my life than you.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Spouses to Connect Through Shared Interests

Caring Savior,
Building connection is an essential element of a healthy marriage. One way spouses can achieve this is through shared interests. While they certainly have their individual pursuits and interests, help spouses see the value of being curious about each other’s interests. In some cases, they may end up discovering that they very much enjoy the same things. Or, even though they may not both enjoy the same things, there is a closeness that is built in still choosing to experience them together out of love for each other. And, when they decide there are some things they simply don’t both enjoy, they can still learn more about each other by asking questions about their preference for those hobbies or leisure activities. However you see fit, Lord, draw husbands and wives closer to each other as they share their lives in these ways.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Your Law to Convict and Condemn

Heavenly Father,
Sundays are sacred. We rejoice wherever Christ is clearly proclaimed, for where the cross is, salvation is there with it. However, if we don’t know why we need Christ, then we may miss out on salvation. Therefore, let your law be preached, too, not as a slap on the wrist, but in all its terrifying severity, so that sin might be called out and exposed. Let your law hit its mark for those being deceived into thinking they can hide or harbor their sin. Where it convicts and condemns, use your law to bring about repentance so that sinners turn to you for rescue and redemption. Then, in your mercy, soothe their souls with the assurance that you declare them no longer guilty through faith in Jesus. Ease their troubled hearts with the peace of your forgiveness and the promise of restoration and new life in Christ.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Honor You With Healthy Diets

Generous Lord,
When it comes to the daily bread with which you feed us, we are tremendously blessed. You provide us with an abundance of food that far surpasses any level of providence in history. While there is so much that caters to our cravings and does more harm than good for our bodies, we also have a wealth of healthy options that you richly provide for our bodily good. Thank you for fresh fruits and vegetables available to us all year long. Thank you for vitamins and supplements, which, in moderation, can help provide essential nutrients for our bodies. Thank you for the wisdom and understanding we have of dietary health and how it can help or harm us. Out of gratitude for all of these blessings, lead us to honor you in how we choose what to put into our bodies. Help us strive to maintain and care for the bodies you have gifted to us so that they enable us to carry out all that you have planned for us in our lives. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Grow My Faith

Holy Spirit,
How can we possibly determine the value of the priceless gift of faith which you have given us? By faith, our eyes have been opened to see our Savior, who has secured our salvation and who provides us with peace and purpose in life. Therefore, I ask you to increase my faith so that it continues to cling ever so tightly to you and does not waver or doubt. Since I know you carry out this vital work through your Word, draw me into it more consistently and direct me to think on it deeply. Lead me also to crave Communion, by which you refresh and restore my soul, and to rejoice in my baptism, by which you claimed me as your own. Use your Word in all these wonderful ways to grow in me a faith that delights in fixing my eyes increasingly on my Jesus. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For the Blessing of Correction

Patient Father,
Thank you for the blessing of correction. Though we don’t enjoy admitting our errors or the process of being corrected for doing or saying anything wrong, we know it’s necessary – both for the good of others and for our own good. When someone points out how I’ve mistreated another person, I can apologize and seek to make amends with that person, and also strive to avoid repeating that behavior in the future. You know us well, Lord, for even though the discipline we need is often unpleasant in the moment, you promise that it does produce righteousness in us later on. So let us humbly receive rebuke from those who care enough about us to admonish us, and let us willingly do the same for others, always in love. Let correction always be a reason to return in repentance to your cross, where your gracious forgiveness sets us back on your paths of righteousness. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.