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DAILY PRAYERS FOR GUYS

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For the Work of Your Word in the Hearts of Your People

Heavenly Father,
Sundays are sacred. In worship, you speak to our hearts through your Word and Sacrament. You afflict those comfortable in their sin through the law, and comfort those afflicted by their sin through the gospel. You alone know the needs and desires of our hearts, and you alone are capable and caring enough to provide what each of us needs when we come into your presence. Nurture and feed the faith of your family of believers who gather together on this special day, and see that your kingdom continues to come to them and through them by means of your gracious, life-giving Word.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

DAILY PRAYERS FOR GUYS

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For a Heart Filled with Genuine, Joyful Thanks

Giving God,
I could never keep a record of the countless blessings – physical and spiritual – that you have generously heaped on me over the course of my life, but I can thank you for them. So thank you, for giving me so much more than I deserve or could ever have hoped for. Even as I thank you, though, I realize how inadequate my own gratitude is, and how often it lacks a joyful heart behind it. Therefore, thank you for viewing even my insufficient gratitude as an acceptable expression of thanks, by virtue of my faith, which is itself your gift to me – yet another reminder of how wonderfully blessed I am! As I wake up each morning, lead me to greet the day with gratitude – real, genuine, joyful gratitude – so that I become even more mindful of your abundant blessings over the course of each and every day. Thank you!

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.