Day 28

We pray...

To Start

Settle into the peace God wants to give you. Be quiet for a few minutes.

Pray

Every Sunday we’ll have these same prayer prompts and then a prayer drawn directly from the text:

Yahweh, I think I’m realizing something ___________

Yahweh, I’m feeling challenged to _______________

Yahweh, thank You for ______________________

Yahweh, I want more of _____________________

Yahweh, help me understand __________________

A Prayer from Hebrews 11:17-23

Yahweh, make me an Abraham. When I’m tested, open my hands and steady my steps. Walk me through the refining fire.

Father, You have given me so much. Remind me where it comes from. Remind me it’s Yours. Remind me You can be trusted with everything I treasure.

I believe that You can raise men and women from the dead. I believe You can, and I believe you will. Give me faith to believe I will receive back what You call upon me to give.

Give me faith to believe in a better future for the next generation, faith like Isaac’s. Protect me from fear and cynicism. Give me words to bless the inheritors of Your promises. Strengthen me to tell the beautiful truth about things to come.

Give me a voice to worship You like Jacob, even when I’m weak, even when the light is fading.

Like you did for Moses’ parents, give me eyes to see beauty and give me the courage to protect it—even from the rulers of this country.

Make me a wall encircling the vulnerable. Give me the faith to stand defiant guard.

In the name and by the power of Your Son, Jesus, we pray.

Amen.