Prayer of the Day

Lord, I'd love a good day today. But teach me what good really is:

Not everything going my way, but You beside me whichever way it goes. Work that matters, honestly done. A kind word given, and maybe one received. Patience that outlasts my inconvenience. A grateful heart by nightfall.

If You give me an easy day, thank You. If You give me a hard one, stay close, and make something good of it anyway.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

Father, the house is quieting down, and I bring You my family before I sleep.

Thank You for every person under this roof tonight, and for the ones we love sleeping under other roofs — across town, across the world. One family, kept in one set of hands: Yours.

Forgive us for the ways we were impatient with each other today. We are hardest, somehow, on the people we love most. Let no sharp word from today follow any of us into tomorrow.

Watch over each one as they sleep. Give the tired ones deep rest. Give the worried ones peace. Give the little ones good dreams.

Thank You that home isn't the walls — it's the people, and it's You in the middle of us. Keep us close to each other, and closer to You.

Goodnight, Father. We're all in Your keeping now.

In Jesus' name, Amen.