Prayer of the Day

Lord, I am tired in a way that sleep doesn't fix. I have been carrying this a long time, and today it feels heavier than I am strong. So I come to You, because You never grow weary.

Give me strength — not for the whole road, just for today. That is all I'm asking for. Strength to get up and do what must be done. Strength to be patient with the people I love. Strength to hope when hoping feels risky.

You give power to the faint. You promise that those who wait on You will renew their strength. Lord, I am waiting. Renew mine.

When my own strength runs out — and it will — let Yours begin where mine ends. Your grace is sufficient for me, and Your strength shows itself best in people this weak.

So take my tired heart and steady it. Take my heavy load and share it. And walk with me through this day, one honest step at a time.

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.