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POTD: Sheltering with King David
King David knew all about sheltering. Let’s pray… One thing I ask of the Lord,this is what I seek:that I may dwell in the house of the Lordall the days of my life,to gaze upon the beauty of the Lordand to seek Him in his temple.For in the day of troubleHe will keep me safe…
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POTD: Need Hope, Guidance, Love?
Need (or just want) hope, guidance and love? God is so Good. Let’s pray… Psalm 25:4-7 Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, O Lord, your great mercy…
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POTD: Repenting from ‘Stuff’
Has the stuff of earth obscured the face of God? Let’s pray… O God and Father, I repent of my sinful preoccupation with visible things. The world has been too much with me. Thou hast been here and I knew it not. I have been blind to Thy Presence. Open my eyes that I may…
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(An Apology if I Ignored You…)
Wow—I’m no blogging expert and just proved it again. I just discovered hundreds of comments and questions stored deep in my blog site dating back to 2016, to which I hadn’t responded because I didn’t know they were there. If you contacted me or commented and haven’t heard back, HUGE apologies. I am trying to…
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POTD: There’s Rest in this Prayer
You’ve read it before, time to pray it—and rest… Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I…
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POTD: A Prayer when the Bad Guys are Winning
The arrogant and wicked can prosper while the pure and innocent get punished—a truth you may know all too well. God, however, offers us a different, comforting perspective. Let’s pray… Psalm 73:18-28 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!…
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POTD: Pray for Your Church
Prayer of the Day: Strange times we live in—but God is doing something in His church that needs to be done. Meanwhile, here’s a prayer to pray for your church today. They need this… “I pray that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so…
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POTD: Prayer for a Changed Heart
This poem is a poetic dialogue with Jesus, and among the great poignant and pretense-breaking prayers ever. Let’s pray… When I became a Christian I said, Lord, now fill me in, Tell me what I’ll suffer in this world of shame and sin. He said, your body may be killed and left to rot and…
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POTD: A Prayer for the Scared
Afraid? Terrified? You’re in good company. Let’s pray… Psalm 10:12-18 Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless. Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”? But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to…
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POTD: A Prayer When You Can’t Figure Out What God is Doing
“What is God DOING?” “What was He THINKING?” Let’s pray… Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” “Who has ever given to God, that God…
Jay McCarl 