Prayer of the Day

Lord, before I read a single word, I stop and ask: open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law.

This is not just an old book on my lap. It is Your voice, alive and present. So quiet the noise I carried into this chair — the phone, the to-do list, the leftover conversations — and give me ears that actually listen.

Show me something true about You today. Show me something true about me, even if it stings. And don't let me close the cover unchanged — make me a doer of the Word, not a reader only.

Speak, Lord. I'm listening.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

Father, here is my child, almost asleep. Of everything You've trusted me with, this is the one that makes me pray the hardest.

Watch over this child tonight. Keep their sleep sweet and their dreams kind. Let them wake up rested, ready to laugh.

Thank You for who You made them to be — for the questions they ask, the way they see things, the particular joy they carry into a room. I forget to be amazed. Tonight I remember.

Grow them up strong and gentle, Lord. Give them courage for a world I can't follow them into, and a faith that's truly their own, not borrowed from mine.

Forgive me for the ways I fell short as a parent today. Cover my gaps with Your grace — You have always been the better Father.

Hold them tonight, and hold them always, long after my arms can't reach.

In Jesus' name, Amen.