Daily Prayer # 9

Prayer of the Bible
You got me when I was an unformed youth,
God, and taught me everything I know.
Now I'm telling the world your wonders;
I'll keep at it until I'm old and gray.
God, don't walk off and leave me
until I get out the news
of your strong right arm to this world,
news of your power to the world yet to come,
Your famous and righteous
ways, O God.
God, you've done it all!
Who is quite like you?
— Psalm 71:17-19


Common Prayer
Thank You Father for loving me and always thinking of me.
Thank You Father for hearing my prayers for Jesus’ sake.
Thank You Father for forgiving me for Jesus’ sake.
Thank You Father for leading me to a wonderful goal.
Thank You Father for You have prepared a way out of my troubles.
Thank You Father for You are a God of miracles—today as in the past.
Thank You Father for You can transform every situation.
Nothing is impossible for You.
-Adapted from a prayer by M. Basilea Schlink (1904-2001)

(Praise and thanksgiving to our God)


Words of Jesus
I am the Gate for the sheep. All those others are up to no good—sheep stealers, every one of them. But the sheep didn't listen to them. I am the Gate. Anyone who goes through me will be cared for and will freely go in and out, and find pasture. A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.—John 10:7-11

(Meditate on the words of Jesus)


Prayer for Ourselves and Others
God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. –Ephesians 3:21


(Free prayer
of request
and intercession)


Closing Prayer
Our Father in heaven,
Reveal who you are.
Set the world right;
Do what's best— as above, so below.