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DAILY PRAYERS FOR GUYS

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For the Word and Those Who Speak It to Me

Sanctifying Spirit,
Your Word is everything. It holds the key to salvation and eternal life. It guides and directs my steps for this life. It shows me how to worship you with my whole life and equips me to love and serve my neighbor. Your Word is priceless!

But as you so often do, you go even further. Not only have you given me your Word, but you also place caring Christians in my life as your messengers to communicate and apply your Word to me. You provide parents to train me to know and love your Word. You give pastors and teachers to preach and teach the Word, helping me understand it. You sprinkle believers out all over the world both to spread the Word and bear witness to it everywhere. You place Christians in the spotlight through prominent platforms that allow them to publicly praise your name. You surround me with Christian friends and my church family who are willing to rebuke and admonish me, or to encourage and uplift me, meeting my spiritual needs through them. Your Word is a treasure – and so are the people you’ve placed in my life to regularly bring it to me. Thank you!

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Christ-Centered Worship

Holy Father,
Sundays are sacred. In Christian freedom, we have the flexibility to enjoy many different styles and preferences for worship. The patterns or formats may vary. There are different types of music and many unique instruments on which to play. Worship arts and multimedia can be incorporated to enhance or emphasize certain elements. Preaching and teaching can reflect different approaches to communicating the Word of God. There is much variety in worship and there are many gifts to utilize. Thank you for this freedom!

Let us also use that freedom wisely. Let us appreciate your worship gifts not just as novelties to experiment with or trends to follow, but as resources to support the goal of highlighting the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Savior. Worship done well is carried out with an excellence that displays the redemptive words and works of Jesus with beauty and clarity. Bless all Christ-centered worship and refocus all worship that isn’t, so that you, Lord God, might be glorified through your Son, and we might be edified as well.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Lead Others to Their Savior

Saving Lord,
You remind us repeatedly in your Word that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Your gift of salvation and your desire to save are the heart of Scripture and what binds it all together. I rejoice that I am numbered among those you have saved!

But there are many who still do not know of your desire to save or how you went about securing their salvation. How easily I allow this reality to get lost in the busyness of life and buried beneath other priorities!  You have placed many people in my life, and I regularly meet and engage with new people, but their salvation often isn’t even on my radar.

I pray for you to change that. Keep the salvation of others at the forefront of my heart and mind. Don’t allow other things – even good things – to overshadow the most important thing: that as many as possible come to know and believe in you as their Savior. Use all that I am, all the time, resources, and gifts that you have entrusted to me, to lead others to the joy of their salvation. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Use Me to Provide for Those in Need

Providential Father,
We make Christmas lists for gifts that will undoubtedly spill out in abundance from under so many trees this year. We put much thought into the gifts we are planning to give others. Bless these gift exchanges with genuine generosity on the giving end and appreciative hearts on the receiving end.

Let me also remember the many who are without basic needs. Concern over their lack of necessities overshadows their thoughts of presents and gifts. Open doors for me to personally meet these needs as I am able to. Use my plenty to provide what is lacking for them. Grant me as much satisfaction in being a blessing to those in need as I find in giving gifts to those who are already blessed with so much. As I provide for the needs of others this year, may they come to see me as a conduit of your providential love for them.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Manage My Emotions

Patient Lord,
This time of year can be one that is filled with tension and stress. On top of the normal daily to-do’s, there are additional deadlines and added responsibilities at home, work, and school. All of these factors provide ripe opportunities for impatience to creep in and for my temper to flare. 

I ask you, therefore, to help me be aware of all this so that I am actively managing my emotions well and not letting them get the better of me. As I sense my irritability levels rising and my patience running thin, I know I need to take control of my thoughts and redirect them to thoughts of peace and serenity. Place your Word and many rich promises on my heart at those times, so that I may find refuge in them even when everything around me feels chaotic and out of control. By your Spirit, keep me calm and in control of my thoughts and emotions. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For a Strong Heart

Mighty Lord,
A weak heart is a significant health concern. Even relatively light physical activity can be a risk. A poor diet could cause even greater damage. Things that could normally be taken for granted with a healthy heart have to be given serious consideration when the heart is weak.

What is true of a physically weak heart is also true of a spiritually weak heart. A weak heart may be easily led astray. It can drift away from God or depend on other people or things for what God promises to provide. It easily folds in the face of temptation. It questions and even challenges God. 

Grant me, therefore, a strong heart. Strengthen my heart through your Word. Build it up by increasing my faith and cementing my trust in you. Make me spiritually heart-healthy so that I cling to your promises and confidently walk in your ways. Let me be a solid example for others to follow and use me to lead and guide others closer to you.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Increase My Love for Others

Blessed Jesus,
You warned that in the last days, as a result of wickedness in the world, the love of most would grow cold. While it appears to be quite evident that your warning is playing out all around, there is hope. While the world’s love runs lukewarm, your powerful and effective gospel is able to increase the love believers have for each other and for the world. Moreover, it is by our love that the world will know that we belong to you. So I ask you to let your love toward me kindle my love toward others. Let my cares and concerns be focused not on self, but on others. May my actions and speech be both communicated and received in loving ways, which in turn may prompt loving words and actions in others as well. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Supply What Is Lacking in My Faith

Sanctifying Spirit,
Though faith as small as a mustard seed is sufficient to cling to the work of Jesus for salvation, do not let me be content with a seed-size faith. Rather, provide for me what is lacking in my faith. Where my faith lacks knowledge, provide it through your Word. When my faith doubts and wavers, steady it with the rock-solid certainty of your promises that never fail. When I am reluctant to put my faith into action, place me in situations where I cannot help but do so. While it isn’t the size of my faith that saves, but the object – Jesus – I nevertheless pray for you to continue fanning into flame this gift of faith, so that I may be more deeply rooted in you and never shaken loose by Satan or sin. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Jesus-Centered Worship

Holy Father,
Sundays are sacred. Today I ask you to help me stay focused on what makes worship so special: worship is where you give me Jesus. Where Jesus is, there is peace for troubled hearts and rest for weary souls. Where your Word is present, there also the work of Jesus is present. Therefore, as I hear the Word of God read and preached, as the Word of God is spoken and sung, as I see the promises from the Word of God attached to Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, help me see Jesus and his saving work for me. Refresh and recharge my soul. Let the words and works of our Savior Jesus be proclaimed clearly and considerably in Christian churches everywhere, nurturing and strengthening the faith of many.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Be Aware of Those Hurting During the Holidays

Compassionate Savior,
The weeks ahead will be filled with busy activities in homes, at schools, and in the workplace. While these events are generally a source of warmth and happiness as we gather and socialize, this time of year can also be painful for many.

Memories from past painful events that took place during this time of year can resurface and dull the delight of those affected by them. Hearts are made heavy by the remembrance of loved ones who passed away during this season, no matter how long ago. Current career stress and end of the year job responsibilities can also factor into the frustration many experience. 

Enable me to be aware of the hurts of others during the holidays. Grant me sensitivity to engage meaningfully with those who are struggling, so that I am able to provide them with needed support and hope. Make me a bright spot when they feel surrounded by darkness. Through my compassion, help them catch a glimpse of yours, so that they may know how much they are cared for.  

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.