Prayer of the Day

Father, I need Your forgiveness. I am not here to explain myself or to make my case. I am here because I was wrong.

You know what I did. You know what I said, and how I said it. You know the things I should have done and didn't — the kindness withheld, the truth avoided, the person passed by.

I have carried this long enough to know I cannot wash it out myself. So I bring it into the light, where You are.

Forgive me, Lord. Not because I have earned it — I haven't — but because You are merciful, and because Jesus paid for the mercy I am asking for.

Make me clean. Make me new. Where I have hurt someone, give me the humility to say so to their face. And when the shame comes knocking tomorrow, remind me that You have already answered this prayer.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

Father, the day is over and the bed is ready. Before I sleep, I put myself back in Your hands — the same hands that held me all day long.

Thank You for everything today held, and for getting me through the parts I didn't think I'd get through.

Forgive what needs forgiving. I don't want to sleep on an unconfessed heart. You know my failures better than I do, and You are kinder to me about them than I am.

Bless the people I love — each one, by name, in my heart. Keep them through the night.

Now, Lord, let me sleep. Not the thin sleep of a worried mind, but the deep sleep of someone who knows the door is locked, the night is watched, and the One keeping guard never closes His eyes.

Into Your hands I commit my spirit — tonight, tomorrow, and always.

In Jesus' name, Amen.