Prayer of the Day

Lord, I am here. Quiet everything in me that is still somewhere else — the argument from yesterday, the list for tomorrow, the phone in my pocket.

Open my ears to hear You, my mouth to sing to You, and my heart to be changed by You. I did not come to watch a service. I came to meet with You.

Speak, Lord. I am listening.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

Lord, be with me tonight.

The day took more than I expected, and I'm coming to You with what's left of me — which isn't much. You've never asked for more than that.

Whatever tonight holds — quiet or chaos, a full house or an empty one — be in it with me.

Guard my home while the lights go out. Guard the people I love, near and far, under whatever roof they're sleeping tonight.

Take tonight's worries — the ones about tomorrow, the ones about money, the ones about people — and hold them until morning. If they still matter then, we'll talk. Most of them won't.

Give me peace tonight, Lord. Not because everything is settled, but because You are here, and You are good, and You'll still be both when the sun comes up.

In Jesus' name, Amen.