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DAILY PRAYERS FOR GUYS

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For the Gift of Time

Heavenly Father,
Our times are in your hands. Teach us to number our days so that we manage our time here on earth well. While some days seem rushed and others seem to drag on, you give each of us the same 24 hours every day. I ask you to help me make the most of the time you give me. I don’t want to take it for granted or presume there will always be time later on for what is important. Give me the self-control and discipline to maintain a healthy balance between time for recreation and enjoyment and time for focused work and dedicated service to others. Whether a spirit of sloth sets in or my relationship with work becomes consuming, use trusted friends or family to help me realize it and review how I am managing your gift of time. Above all else, move me to always prioritize my time with you, both personally in my daily devotional time, and together with brothers and sisters in the faith in worship and Bible study. May I always honor you in the way I maximize your gift of time. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Your Gifts of Marriage and Sex

Dear Savior,
The world has taken your gifts of marriage and sex, separated the two from each other, and the results have been disastrous. Marriage has been stripped of so many of its blessings as it is viewed as an out-dated, optional arrangement. Sex is treated as simply another self-serving pleasure to be pursued at will. Without the commitment, the faithfulness, and the spouse-first humble service of marriage, families and individuals have been deeply hurt, broken, and trampled on by the misuse and abuse of relationships and sex.

I pray that you help me to address the issue and lead by example. Help me to speak highly and respectfully of your gifts of marriage and sex, and of women in general. Guard my own heart from sexual temptations. I want to celebrate wedding anniversaries as precious milestones that serve as testaments to the blessings attached to your institution of marriage. Surround me with solid marriages, dedicated spouses, and flourishing families, all for the betterment of our society and for your glory.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Focused Worship

Heavenly Father,
Sundays are sacred. Give me attentive ears and undistracted eyes to hear and see the mystery of the gospel in worship today. Allow your gospel to captivate me as it is sung and spoken, that it might create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit in me. Sharpen my focus for the duration of worship, that I may continually see the cross on display from beginning to end. Edify all of us in attendance, and equip us to joyfully live out our callings through your gospel. Bless all who gather in your house today for worship.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness

Holy Spirit,
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Gentleness is not typically a characteristic which our society associates with men, which makes it all the more noticeable when it is evident. Since gentleness is evidence of your work, Holy Spirit, and a fruit you desire to see in Christians, please grant me more of it. In past situations when aggression or forcefulness took over within me, have mercy on me. When I have been harsh with others, forgive me. Help me see that gentleness is not associated with weakness, but is instead a godly characteristic by which you set your people apart. Let your gentleness be evident in me whenever I interact with others. May others view me as approachable and caring because of it. Use my gentleness as yet another gateway to open up more opportunities to humbly serve my neighbor. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To See the Blessings of Discipline

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but later on it produces a harvest of righteousness. You allow hardships and trials in my life to test and try my faith. In the thick of those seasons, faith’s vision easily becomes blurred and it can appear as if you have it out for us. Correct my vision and give me clarity to see the good you desire to work in my life through such turbulence.

Other times, when the spoiled fruit of my own sin yields unpleasant or challenging consequences, it’s easy to play the victim or to complain. Instead, lead me to own up to my wrongs and thank you for the pleasing fruit you can yield through me in repentance. Just as an earthly father corrects and disciplines his children because he loves them, so you do the same for us. With that in mind, prune and shape me even more, and give me the faith to see it and embrace it for the blessing it is.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Wisdom in Decision Making

Loving Lord,
Every day I have decisions to make, from simple choices that don’t really impact much else, to much weightier decisions that could affect not only me, but possibly many others. In every decision before me, I ask you to fill me with wisdom. Give me an undivided heart that seeks to bring every decision captive to your will. Help me to take into account the counsel of others while considering information and details that are reliable and true. Lead me to give thought to how others will be affected and which course of action will positively impact the most people. Keep my decisions from putting others at risk or in harm’s way. May all of my decisions glorify you. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Find My Strength in God

Mighty God,
You are my strength and my shield and you uphold me by your strong right arm. I forget this at times when I face adversity or difficult seasons of life and try to persevere and overcome them by my own strength. That’s when I fall. That’s when I fail.

But without fail, you are always here to pick me up, to brush off and wash away any lingering pride, and renew me in your strength. I am strong when my strength is in you. When I am able to offer a shoulder for others to lean on, when I can provide physical strength that others need, and when I can be the emotional rock others need me to be, lead me in those situations to direct others to you, the source of that strength, my rock and my salvation.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Courage to Speak Up in the Face of What Is Wrong

Lord Jesus,
As I follow you in faith, not only do I become aware of how frequently I misstep, but I also see how many in our world today have no interest in your will or your ways. When I see wrongdoing around me, it’s easier to avoid any conflict by simply keeping my mouth shut.

But I ask you instead to give me the courage to speak up for what is right – even whenI may face ridicule as a result. Let me be a light in the darkness, while also retaining a humble and gentle spirit. Guard me from having a pharisaaical heart, and ensure that my motives for carrying out correction or rebuke are wholesome and pure. Do not allow me to become complacent as the world around me accepts, embraces, and even celebrates what is contrary to your Word. Help me to speak the truth in love. May my words and actions in seeking what is good and right open doors and build bridges that lead to deeper conversations about you and your salvation. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Carry out My Ministry

Heavenly Father,
Sundays are sacred. As I gather with fellow believers in worship to be served by you with your rich gifts of grace and forgiveness, I pray that your service to me would equip and inspire my service to others. Involve me in every way possible in the mission and ministry you call believers to carry out. Use my unique talents and abilities to advance your kingdom and to stretch the gospel’s reach as far as possible. Make my service a blessing to others, and make me an example worth imitating as I go about your work. When I am frustrated or discouraged by the lack of results, let my joy be found in the privilege of doing your work, regardless of how big or small the task is. Lead me also to be a leader of others, so that you might raise up an army of godly Christian men who are zealous for ministry.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness

Holy Spirit,
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. As I look at this list and I look at Jesus, I see a perfect match – a Savior who displayed this fruit flawlessly. He was faithful and full of faith, carrying out his Father’s will without fail.

You promise that all who are faithful to the point of death will receive the crown of life – but who could be up to such a task on his own? We routinely waffle and waver in our own faith! Without Jesus’ perfect obedience on our behalf, eternal life would always be out of reach. Through faith in him, however, we have nothing to fear.

As I surround myself with your Word and Sacrament, fill me up as only you can so that I, too, am both faithful and full of faith. Guide me to be a man of my word, to do what I say I am going to do, and to follow through with my commitments. Keep me diligent in the home and in the workplace, and keep my faith always anchored in you.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.