60 Days of Prayer

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A Note From The Editor
I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. JOHN 10:10 (ESV) WALKING OUR DOG, I see that the daffodils that I planted last year are blooming! In the fall, I had found a mesh bag of bulbs in the mudroom tucked behind some gardening tools.
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God’s Gentle Whisper
Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again. 1 KINGS 18:37 (NIV) WHEN ELIJAH WAS depressed and afraid, ready to give up, God’s gentle whisper encouraged him to keep
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Strength For The Day
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 TIMOTHY 1:7 (NIV) GOD WANTS YOU to have peace even when peace seems impossibly far away. When you need courage or help with a problem, turn to Him. He
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Waiting with Hope
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. ROMANS 8:25 (NIV) DO YOU WAIT hopefully? The pauses in life—the waiting periods—can be grueling and difficult. But you can learn to wait with hope, to wait with your faith firmly
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An Easter Prayer
God, give us eyes to see the beauty of the Spring,And to behold Your majesty in every living thingAnd may we see in lacy leaves and every budding flowerThe Hand that rules the universe with gentleness and powerAnd may this Easter grandeur that Spring
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Be Present-Minded
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Chris
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In His Truth
Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. PSALM 25:5 (NIV) THE HOLY SPIRIT can help you shed light on things you may not understand. Humbly look up to Jesus, and His Spirit will teach you. He
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Perfect in His Love
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. PSALM 37:37 (KJV) HAVE YOU BEEN nudged to do something but are concerned that your effort won’t turn out to be perfect? Do you look for perfection in your job, your ho
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Feel God’s Joy
Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. PHILIPPIANS 4:4, 6 (NLT) IT’S BEEN SAID that when you worry, you are lacking faith that God has your best interests at hand. Tak
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Everything God Gives You
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! ISAIAH 30:18 (NIV) ERMA BOMBECK SAID, “When I stand before God at the end of my life, I
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Let the Lord Renew Your Mind
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. ROMANS 12:2 (NIV) WHEN YOU ARE overwhelmed, instead of a
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Palm Sunday: Hosanna! Blessed Is He
Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. ZECHARIAH 9:9 (NIV) TODAY, PALM SUNDAY, is the first day of Holy Week.
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Make the Right Choice
Look, today I am giving you the choice between a blessing and a curse! You will be blessed if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today. DEUTERONOMY 11:26–27 (NLT) WHEN YOU CHOOSE to be led by God, you are choosing to be
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The Power Of A Smile
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. JOB 8:21 (NIV) SMILE. YOUR SMILE is a simple gift of hope and positivity that you can give a stranger. It costs nothing and never wears out. A smile silently tells the worl
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Embrace His Love
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. JOHN 1:12 (NIV) GOD WANTS TO remind you of His great love for you, especially when your heart is low and you are feeling down. Rest in t
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Maundy Thursday
After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. JOHN 13:5 (NIV) THE DISCIPLES, ESPECIALLY Peter, found it embarrassing to have Christ wash their feet. The Lord
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Good Friday: Everlasting Hope Awaits
And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. MARK 15:24 (NIV) AS THE GRIEF-STRICKEN followers of Jesus laid Him in the tomb, so too, they lay down the wreckage of their hope. Easter Sunday was ahead, b
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Great and Holy Saturday
Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a long sheet of linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock. LUKE 23:53 (NLT) HOLY SATURDAY REPRESENTS an anxious, in-between state. Jesus’ life had brutally end
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The Promise of Easter
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. GENESIS 50:20 (NIV) REJOICE! CHRIST THE Lord has risen today! The actions of His enemies actually fulfilled His mission. Jesus sac
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Easter Monday: Magnify His Glory
Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. JOHN 14:19 (NIV) EVERY DAY IS an opportunity to meet the rising sun with praises of God’s goodness. Today, Easter Monday, celebrate His resurrec
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Little Things Make a Big Difference
Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches. MATTHEW 13:32 (NIV) THE BIBLE STRESSES the importance of little things and normal pe
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A Prayer for Clarity
He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land—the Lord is his name. AMOS 5:8 (NIV) WHEN YOU ARE feeling stressed, take a
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Answer God’s Call
When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” JUDGES 6:12 (NIV) IN THE ABOVE Scripture, when the angel of the Lord finds Gideon afraid, he tells him, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” When you
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When You Lose Your Way
Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? LUKE 15:4 (NIV) WHEN YOU LOSE your sense of direction in life, God always sends someon
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When Bad Things Happen
Tell everyone who is discouraged, “Be strong and don’t be afraid! God is coming to your rescue.” ISAIAH 35:4 (GNT) WHERE IS GOD when bad things happen? If God loves me, why am I going through such hardship? There are no easy answers to life’s puzzl
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What Do You Want?
Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” JOHN 1:38 (NIV) IN THE VERSES that follow the above, Jesus tells the two men, “Come and see!” So they follo
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On The Shores Of Joppa
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. JAMES 1:22 (NIV) IN SCRIPTURE, JOPPA was a port of departure for two men who heard the words from God and reacted in opposite ways. Jonah ran away from God. Peter obeyed.
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Cure Worry with His Word
And who has extended his good favor to me before the king and his advisers and all the king’s powerful officials. Because the hand of the Lord my God was on me, I took courage and gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me. EZRA 7:28 (NIV) DR. N
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Unshakeable Faith
Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. PSALM 116:7 (NIV) DO YOU STRIVE for a faith so strong that the storms of life no longer threaten your stability? When you rest in Him, you develop a powerful position that is no longe
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Stir Up Your Gifts
This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you. 2 TIMOTHY 1:6 (NLT) ARE THERE TIMES when you feel that the flame of your faith is burning low? Ask God to breathe on the embers in a special wa
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Can You Keep a Secret?
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble. PROVERBS 21:23 (ESV) KEEPING A SECRET can be very difficult. When someone entrusts you with a confidence, do you accept the responsibility and honor their wishes? What is your int
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Don’t Give Up
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. GALATIANS 6:9 (NIV) SOMETIMES WHEN WE make a change and take a leap of faith, we believe we are following God’s will. Yet when we aren’t imme
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A Prayer for May
Now that the daylight fills the sky,We lift our hearts to God on highThat He, in all we do or say,Would keep us free from harm today.All praise to You, Creator Lord!All praise to You, eternal Word!All praise to You, O Spirit wise!”We sing as daylight
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May 2
Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. PSALM 25:4 (NIV) WHEN YOU NEED clarity turn to the above verse. Ask God to guide you in His truth and instruct you in His ways. Take comfort knowing that God will always show you the right way. He will l
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Grow in Grace
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1 (KJV) SPRING IS A season of growth. The budding flowers are beautiful proof of nature’s resilience. Each bloom is a reminder that life is filled with t
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Absolute Faith
My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek. PSALM 27:8 (NIV) THE BIBLE TELLS many stories of men who displayed incredible trust. Men like Abraham, trudging up the mountain to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac; Moses, filled
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The Role of Failure
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. ISAIAH 40:29 (NIV) GOD WILL NEVER desert you. When you are feeling weak and discouraged, rise up and see that there is a purpose to your setbacks. Pray and know that when your fait
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The Joy of God’s Caring Hand
And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away. NEHEMIAH 12:43 (NIV) HOW MANY GIFTS of grace have you
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Listen for God’s Voice
So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 1 SAMUEL 3:9 (NIV) JUST AS GOD spoke to Samuel, God speaks to us. Make time to listen. Respond
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Wait in Faith
Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. PSALM 37:7 (NIV) SOMETIMES WHEN OUR prayers seem to go unanswered, we get frustrated—or worse, accuse God
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Happy Mother’s Day
When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. JOHN 19:26–27 (NIV) IT
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His Peace in Your Heart
The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. I PETER 4:7 (NIV) WHEN YOU ARE angry, instead of harboring resentment and rehashing what happened, pray. Ask God to calm your feelings and soothe your heart w
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You Will Not Fall
As it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame. ROMANS 9:33 (NIV) IF YOU SEEK God through your own works you will stumble, but
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Spring Clean Your Spirit
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. PSALM 51:7 (NIV) TAKE A MOMENT and reflect on your thoughts and emotions. Go through your life and see what is getting in the way of your relationship with God. A
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Worry-Free Todays
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. MATHEW 6:34 (NIV) IF YOU STRUGGLE with worry, the above verse can help. The next time you find yourself preoccupied with something
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Shine for God
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. PSALM 36:9 (NIV) ARE YOU STRONG in your faith? Does the light of Christ shine through you? Do you faithfully serve God with a generous heart and a gentle smile? Every day you have th
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Share His Gifts
And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. HEBREWS 13:16 (NIV) MOTHER TERESA IS quoted as saying, “God gives us things to share; God doesn’t give us things to hold.” Giving is an expression of ou
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Dare To Depend On Him
On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. JOHN 14:20 (NIV) WHEN YOU DEPEND on God, you open your heart to miracles. You let go of needing to control everything and recognize that your weakness draws in
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No Doubt
But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” MATTHEW 14:30 (NIV) WHEN PETER CRIED out to Jesus in the above verse, the Lord pulled him up. “Why did you doubt?” He asked him. When the storms of life cra
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His Joy, Your Heart
Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” NEHEMIAH 8:10 (NIV) THE JOY OF the Lord is your str
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Safe in His Care
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” PSALM 46:10 (NIV) THIS FAMOUS VERSE holds an obvious truth. Yet many of us forget to find a quiet place—to be still and center our tho
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Fellow Workers in God’s Service
For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 1 CORINTHIANS 3:9 (NIV) YOU ARE A worker with God, and as a Christian you have a part to play in His plan to help others. Do you accept His invitation to be part of His gr
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What If?
What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? GENESIS 18:24 (NIV) WHEN GOD REVEALED His plans to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham ask
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Embrace His Love
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. PSALM 25:16 (NIV) WHEN YOU FEEL alone, turn to God. Use your solitude as a tool to refine your spirit. Reach out to Him to help you release self-centered thoughts and look toward His
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The Exhausted Prophet
Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 1 KINGS 19:5 (NIV) ELIJAH HAD DEDICATED His life to serving God, and yet he became so exhausted he was ready to give up. In the above vers
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In Your Prayers
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. GALATIANS 6:2 (NIV) GOD WANTS US to help one another, to carry each other’s burdens. Do you keep a prayer list of other people’s needs? If not, now is the perfect time
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Signs of Grace
Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth. GENESIS 9:16 (NIV) THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, God gives visible signs to remind people of Hi
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Search Your Heart
If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness so that we can, with reverence, serve you. PSALM 130:3–4 (NIV) IN THE ABOVE verse, as David waits for God to answer his prayer, he searches his heart and
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Be Filled With The Spirit
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. ACTS 13:52 (NIV) JUST AS JESUS gave the Holy Spirit to Peter, He can give the Holy Spirit to you. Are you willing to receive the power of the Holy Spirit, to live, to dwell, and to wo
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Empty Yourself for God
Rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. PHILIPPIANS 2:7 (NIV) YOU BECOME SPIRITUALLY fulfilled when you empty yourself for God. Let go of your personal accomplishments and ego; let go of
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The Spirit of God Is Within You
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways.” ISAIAH 55:8–9 (NIV) IT’S NOT EASY feeling thankful when you are upset and struggling emotionally.
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Be a Steward of God’s Grace
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 PETER 4:10 (NIV) WHAT KIND GESTURES can you extend to help others? Perhaps you know just the right words to comfort
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Bask in God’s Light
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. PSALM 24:1 (NIV) THIS BEAUTIFUL TIME of year, reflect on God’s Word which blooms in your heart just as the flowers grow outside. Over the past 60 days, you have exper
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Memorial Day Prayer
I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws. I hold fast to your statutes, Lord; do not let me be put to shame. I run in the path of your commands, for you have broadened my understanding. PSALM 119:30–32 (NIV) TODAY, AS

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