Daily Prayer

Wrapping Up Friday

Wrapping Up Friday This week has been a gift;today I tie the ribbon—wrapping up work, looking forward to rest.Thank You for the thousand waysYou have lent a hand to me.Through every meeting and every interaction,through every dirty face and unwashed dish,You have been my guide.Help me end this week as I...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Prayer, Prayer of Gratitude

Radiant Morning!

Radiant Morning! What a wild burst of energy today!I woke this morning to Your beautiful sunlight,to Your blue skies, and a world of possibility!I am motivated.  I am ready.  I am Yours.

Also labeled: Prayer, Starting the Day Prayer, Motivation, Abigail Wurdeman

Strength for the Week

Strength for the Week As a new week stretches before...

Also labeled: Various Author

Saturday Energy Rush

Saturday Energy Rush Today is a day for living!I step into sunlight, blinking,unused to bona fide illumination.What wonders You have laid before me!Let us drink them in together. Saturday is a shot of Vitamin C.I thank You for its energy, its pulse;

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Meditation Prayer, Prayer, Prayer for Nature, Spiritual Connection

Momentum Tuesday

Momentum Tuesday Today, it is full speed ahead.Here I standwith my focus on the road aheadand Your powerful hand against my back,pressing me ever forwardtoward a week well-spent.Thank You for the potentialthat remains in this week,and for the energetic spiritYou bestow, so that I may encounter the week's challenges—it's...

Also labeled: Prayer, Motivation, Abigail Wurdeman, Weekday

A.M. & P.M.

A.M. & P.M. This morning I wake and I thank You.For the gift of seeing a new day begin,and the energy I'll need, to make it through today.When the day is over and nighttime comes,I will thank You.For the gift of knowing a day has been well-spentand for the tranquility that comes with a darkened sky.Morning...

Also labeled: Various Author, Prayer of Gratitude, Starting the Day Prayer, Prayer for Today

Wednesday, Unglued

Wednesday, Unglued Wednesday is quicksand:A person can get stuck there.Uproot my feet.I pray for onward motion,for the strength to power through,instead of relying on momentum.Remind me:The week can still be radically altered,the expedition salvaged.This is not a day to be got throughbut to be embraced:a...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Prayer, Prayer for Patience, Prayer for Work

Seventh Day

Seventh Day Sometimes the answer is in the waiting…sometimes the answer is, be still.  Pause.  Breathe.For Whoever crafted nature, tiny toddler toes, and worlds without...

Also labeled: Meditation Prayer, Prayer, Sabbath Day

Sunday Stillness

Sunday Stillness Today I hold stillTo balance and recharge,To release the week beforeAnd prepare for the week ahead.With You here beside me,My mind quiets to hear Your voice.My heart opens to draw You in.And, with Your peace within and around me,I thank You for this opportunityto be made new.  

Also labeled: Prayer, Abigail Wurdeman, Sabbath Day, Sunday

Sailing Forth on Tuesday

Sailing Forth on Tuesday Tuesday…at sea,yet not far from the harbor.I row forward, scenting progress,yet prone to doubt my own abilities.Dearest Companion,help me experience this daylike Balboa, first sighting the Pacific:wide-eyed, without cynicism,a vista of incredible opportunities,with e...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Prayer, Prayer for Reflection, Motivation

Funny Bone

Funny Bone Fill my day with lightness and laughter.Let a good mood pervade the air.Connect us with comedy, puns, limericks.Take my mind off the tedium of workand the seriousness of life.Let me hear a great fish storyor a haiku...

Also labeled: Ruth Williams, Humor

Saturday Freedom

Saturday Freedom Thank You for this wild, unfettered day!This day may not be all play:I still have chores to complete,responsibilities to honor—but the day is mine.The schedule is in my hands.Today, I choose my moments. Thank You for this day to center myself,to get caught up,

Also labeled: Prayer, Prayer for Work, Abigail Wurdeman, Weekend, Work Relief

Walking with You

Walking with You For now, I'm in the ante-room of life, waiting,perusing month-old magazines,fully expecting You to wave that flag when the race begins.Little do I know, it's already fully underway.Motivate me to see beyond the confines of faithand to move from waiting on You to walking with You.I ask that You...

Also labeled: Prayer for Thanks, Praying, Prayers for Blessings, Prayer for Reflection, Ruth Williams, Prayer

Monday Rebirth

Monday Rebirth Today I am born to a new week.I thank You for the view from Monday,for the wide, unworn week stretching out before me,for all the possibilitysimmering beneath the surfacesff appointments and deadlines.Thank You for standing beside me today,stepping with me into another new beginningand filling me...

Also labeled: Prayer, Prayer of Appreciation, Starting the Day Prayer, Abigail Wurdeman, Weekday

Sunday Rest Stop

Sunday Rest Stop Today is the day for not doing.A day for saying no to the buzz and whir of daily life.It is a day for savoring minutes.Thank You for this day of rest.Let Your peace descend on me,like twilight falling.Show me the joy of perfect quietude,of listening to You in stillness.Let the world stopif only for a...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Prayer, Prayer of Appreciation, Starting the Day Prayer

Monday Climbing Mountains

Monday Climbing Mountains Monday…most dreaded day.It is a day for beginnings—and beginnings are hard.I crane my neck to survey the day.The sheer face of it looks insurmountable.Take my hand and guide me over this Monday.Teach me not to fear it,but to embrace its possibilities.Show me that Mondayi...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Prayer, Prayer for Work, Motivation

Wednesday Perspective

Wednesday Perspective I praise You for this blessed hump—this high, centered placewhere I can be still and look around me,at where I have been this weekand where I am trying to go.Thank You for this center,this place to reevaluate,to amend and adjust my plans,to take in the events of yesterdayand weight t...

Also labeled: Prayer, Abigail Wurdeman, Weekday, Work Relief, Hump Day

Thursday Promise

Thursday Promise Today I will work hard,I will focus and endure.And I will do so cheerfully,because today I have the joyof knowing I am 'almost there.'I am grateful to Youfor the work of the week,and as I look at my to-do list,I am grateful that thereis still time aheadto complete unfinished tasks.But my...

Also labeled: Prayer, Prayer of Gratitude, Praise, Abigail Wurdeman, Weekday, Work Relief

Unloosed

Unloosed Help me release.Lay Your hands over my fists.Teach my fingers to relax,to uncurl and spread wide,letting my resentment fall away,and leaving my palms open to receiveYour waiting blessings.

Also labeled: Prayer for Patience, Prayer for Anger, Abigail Wurdeman, Anger Management, Prayer

Thursday End in Sight

Thursday, End in Sight Where has the week gone?I see suddenly the approach of the finish line,and yet my to-do list still looms large.Please still my need to rush.Help me take it one job at a time,a steady jog—not sprint—to the end of the working week.There is more to life than hurry.Thank You for giving me this day as...

Also labeled: Lori Strawn, Prayer, Prayer for Work, Prayer for a Busy Life

Transition Friday

Transition Friday This is at once both a day of endingsand a day of beginnings.As I close the door on the work week,I praise You for the experiencesof the last five days:for the successes that have brightened meand the failures that have taught me.

Also labeled: Prayer, Prayer of Gratitude, Abigail Wurdeman, Weekend, Work Relief, TGIF

Forgiven for Good

Forgiven for Good There's a reason the sun rises anew each day.Every day is a completely clean slate.Cherry-picking bad memories and rolling them around in my head all...

Also labeled: Forgiveness, Ruth Williams