December 3 Petition Mission “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in...
December 2 Petition Mission “O Lord God, do not destroy Your people and Your inheritance whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You...
December 1 Petition Mission “Let my cry come before You, O Lord; give me understanding according to Your word” (Ps 119:169). Five times in...
November 30 Petition Mission “Forgive Your people who have sinned against You” (1 Ki 8:50). On April 30, 1863, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a National...
November 29 Petition Mission “Cursed be the man before the Lord who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation...
November 28 Petition Mission “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all...
November 26 Petition Mission “So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said: ‘Rise up, O Lord! Let Your enemies be scattered,...
November 25 Petition Mission “I have waited for your salvation, O Lord!” (Gen 49:18). The great value of this verse is seeing it in...
November 24 Petition Mission “And Miriam answered them: ‘Sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has...
November 23 Petition Mission “Seven times a day I praise You, because of Your righteous judgments” (Ps 119:164). No petition here: it’s all praise....
November 22 Petition Mission “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, Who has...
November 21 Petition Mission “Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall...
November 20 Petition Mission “O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.…And...
November 19 Petition Mission “And David said, ‘O Lord, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!’” (2 Sam 15:31). The wisdom of...
November 18 Petition Mission “Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all...
November 17 Petition Mission “Consider my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget Your law. Plead my cause and redeem me; revive...
November 16 Petition Mission “Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive...
November 15 Petition Mission “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to...
November 14 Petition Mission “How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Ps 119:103). Do you ever think...
November 13 Petition Mission “It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh…” (2 Ki 19:4). Interesting,...
November 12 Petition Mission “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mt 26:41)....
November 11 Petition Mission “Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His...
November 10 Petition Mission “My eyes are awake through the night watches, that I may meditate on Your word. Hear my voice according to...
November 9 Petition Mission “The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, under whose...
November 7 Petition Mission “For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed...
November 6 Petition Mission “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead” (Rev 3:1). What’s...
November 5 Petition Mission “Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,...
November 4 Petition Mission “Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people…. And may the Lord do what is good...
November 3 Petition Mission “I cry out with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord! I will keep Your statutes. I cry out to...
November 2 Petition Mission “O my God, I trust in You; let me not be ashamed…” (Ps 25:2). It has been noted that human...
November 1 Petition Mission “I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (Ps 139:14). If you lined up all the blood...
October 31 Petition Mission “Lord, I will follow You, but…” (Lk 9:61). God’s answers are wiser than our asking, His responses fuller than our...
October 30 Petition Mission “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might...
October 29 Petition Mission “Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, ‘O Lord God, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this...
October 28 Petition Mission “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth” (Jn 17:17). Noah Webster (1758-1843) was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to...
October 27 Petition Mission “The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding, and I shall live” (Ps 119:144). Few things last. Shakespeare...
October 26 Petition Mission “I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus,...
October 25 Petition Mission “And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho,…behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in...
October 24 Petition Mission “Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of...
October 23 Petition Mission “Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying…” (Neh 1:8). Nehemiah clearly was “instant in prayer.”...
October 22 Petition Mission “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly…” (Ps 1:1). In this dramatic way the...
October 21 Petition Mission “‘Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the South [Negev], give me also springs of water.’...
October 20 Petition Mission “Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes” (Ps 119:135). The shiny-faced God! There’s something unique...
October 19 Petition Mission “And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them…” (Jer 45:5). These are the Lord’s own words...
October 18 Petition Mission “O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me!” (Isa 38:14). At its root, the word “undertake” means “to braid.” This...
October 17 Petition Mission “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the hearts. To do righteousness...
October 16 Petition Mission “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He...
October 15 Petition Mission “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him…Even so, Amen” (Rev 1:7). I recall attending a...
October 13 Petition Mission “Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts” (Ps 119:134). Have you ever thought of...
October 12 Petition Mission “That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is...
October 11 Petition Mission “Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty firmament! Praise Him for His mighty acts;...
October 10 Petition Mission “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you” (2 Ki 20:5). It doesn’t...
October 9 Petition Mission “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ‘I...
October 8 Petition Mission “Please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which...
October 7 Petition Mission “Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He...
October 6 Petition Mission “Direct my steps by Your word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me” (Ps 119:133). No starker contrast could...
October 5 Petition Mission “If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Gal 3:29). When I was...
October 4 Petition Mission “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You” (Jn 17:1). We know from...
October 3 Petition Mission “My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts...
October 2 Petition Mission “Now while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down before the house of God, a...
October 1 Petition Mission “Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, and how small a whisper we hear of Him!” (Job 26:14)....
September 30 Petition Mission “I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel” (Ps 31:12). Supposedly designed...
September 29 Petition Mission “Look upon me and be merciful to me, as Your custom is toward those who love Your name” (Ps 119:132)....
September 28 Petition Mission “… making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,...
September 27 Petition Mission “I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, that...
September 26 Petition Mission “The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my...
September 25 Petition Mission “How awesome is this place! This…is the gate of heaven!” (Gen 28:17). There’s a remarkable spiral staircase with no central...
September 24 Petition Mission “In the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot), before Haman to determine the day...
September 23 Petition Mission “There is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus” (1 Tim 2:5). Long before,...
September 22 Petition Mission “I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies” (Ps 119:125). Verses 129-130 add: “Your testimonies...
September 21 Petition Mission “For You have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from...
September 20 Petition Mission “Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, ‘Jacob, Jacob!’ And he said, ‘Here I...
September 18 Petition Mission “When leaders lead in Israel, when the people willingly offer themselves, bless the Lord!” (Jdg 5:2). After the sweeping heaven-given...
September 17 Petition Mission “Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me” (Ps 19:13). Presumptuous sins! These...
September 16 Petition Mission “Lord, teach us to pray” (Lk 11:1). Every prayer is a mission seeking a miracle. But before we receive divine...
September 15 Petition Mission “Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy, and teach me Your statutes” (Ps 119:124). This verse reminds me of...
September 14 Petition Mission “[Praying] for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known...
September 13 Petition Mission “Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving”...
September 11 Petition Mission “I called on the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me…” (Ps 118:5). The Clapham Sect, prominent evangelicals, united to...
September 9 Petition Mission “We remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise’” (Mt 27:63). “When...
September 8 Petition Mission “I have done justice and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors. Be surety for Your servant for good;...
September 7 Petition Mission “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!”...
September 4 Petition Mission “You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that...
September 3 Petition Mission “And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends” (Job 42:10). “Dear Lord, I…and me…and mine…” Of...
August 31 Petition Mission “Who can say, ‘I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin’?” (Prov 20:9). No one, of...
August 30 Petition Mission “Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for...
August 29 Petition Mission “The Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all” (Isa 53:6). Alexander Maclaren writes: “In the compass of...
August 28 Petition Mission “Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness” (Ps...
August 27 Petition Mission “The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and...
August 25 Petition Mission “Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord…” (Ps 119:108). Hosea calls them “the calves of our...
August 24 Petition Mission “I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food” (Job 23:12). Henry B. Gibbud, evangelist and...
August 23 Petition Mission “And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you’” (2 Cor 12:9). Of course, this is not a...
August 22 Petition Mission “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the...
August 21 Petition Mission “He must increase, but I must decrease” (Jn 3:30). This isn’t exactly a petition, but it could easily become one....
August 18 Petition Mission “I am Yours, save me; for I have sought Your precepts” (Ps 119:94). What better plea can we offer in...
August 17 Petition Mission “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth” (Song of Sol 1:2). While this “song of songs” is...
August 16 Petition Mission “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth” (Rev 8:13). One hardly thinks of this as a petition, but...
August 15 Petition Mission “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Cor 9:15). François Coillard (1834-1904) was a French missionary of Huguenot...
August 13 Petition Mission “Your fruit is found in Me” (Hos 14:8). At the end of Hosea’s prophecy, this ray of hope shines on...
August 12 Petition Mission “He who is least among you all will be great” (Lk 9:48). Samuel Rogers wrote: “That very law which moulds...
August 11 Petition Mission “Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, so that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth” (Ps 119:88). We have...
August 10 Petition Mission “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.… For each one shall bear his own burden” (Gal...
August 9 Petition Mission “He cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees” (1 Ki 18:42 KJV). Elijah’s first...
August 8 Petition Mission “Your gentleness has made me great” (2 Sam 22:36). In urging Robert Southey to write a biography of John Wesley,...
August 6 Petition Mission “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth” (Jer 1:6). Shotts is a town in Scotland,...
August 5 Petition Mission “My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for...
August 4 Petition Mission “All Your commandments are faithful; they persecute me wrongfully. Help me!” (Ps 119:86). They say death and taxes are the...
August 3 Petition Mission Caesar Augustus, founder of the Roman Empire, famously boasted, “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a...
August 2 Petition Mission “The children of Israel cried out to the Lord” (Ex 14:10). There may have been close to 2,500,000 Israelites. This...
August 1 Petition Mission “…the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to...
July 31 Petition Mission “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and...
July 28 Petition Mission “How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?” (Ps 119:84)....
July 27 Petition Mission “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His hands what He spoke with His mouth to...
July 26 Petition Mission “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help...
July 25 Petition Mission “We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and...
July 23 Petition Mission “Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance. In...
July 22 Petition Mission “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I...
July 21 Petition Mission “Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, that I may not be ashamed” (Ps 119:80). What does it mean...
July 20 Petition Mission “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will...
July 19 Petition Mission “‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts” (Zech 4:6). Do you pray,...
July 18 Petition Mission “You have wearied the Lord with your words; yet you say, ‘In what way have we wearied Him?’ In that...
July 17 Petition Mission “With what shall I come before the Lord?…Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, ten thousand rivers of...
July 16 Petition Mission “I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, and He answered me” (Jonah 2:2). In chapter 1 of...
July 15 Petition Mission “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth” (Ps 145:18)....
July 14 Petition Mission “Let the proud be ashamed, for they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; but I will meditate on Your precepts. Let...
July 13 Petition Mission “I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety” (Ps...
July 12 Petition Mission “And Asa cried out to the Lord his God, and said, ‘Lord, it is nothing for You to help, whether...
July 11 Petition Mission “Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word”...
July 10 Petition Mission “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the...
July 9 Petition Mission “And David’s heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the Lord, ‘I have sinned...
July 8 Petition Mission “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done”...
July 7 Petition Mission “Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to Your word to Your servant. Let Your tender...
July 6 Petition Mission “…making mention of you in my prayers: that…the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is...
July 5 Petition Mission “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he...
July 4 Petition Mission “And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to...
July 3 Petition Mission “In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; my hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing;...
July 2 Petition Mission “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be...
July 1 Petition Mission “O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty like You, O Lord? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. You rule the...
June 30 Petition Mission “Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments” (Ps 119:73). Here...
June 29 Petition Mission “He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; nor has He hidden His face from Him.… All...
June 28 Petition Mission “I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus,...
June 27 Petition Mission “But Daniel purposed in his heart…” (Dan 1:8). The door of history pivots on a relative handful of decisions. Here...
June 26 Petition Mission “What is man, that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart on him” (Job 7:17)? Considering the...
June 25 Petition Mission “In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul” (Ps 94:19). From behind the towering black...
June 24 Petition Mission “So Jesus…asked him…‘What do you want Me to do for you?’ He said, ‘Lord, that I may receive my sight’”...
June 23 Petition Mission “You are good, and do good; teach me Your statutes” (Ps 119:68). In other words, “Lord, I love both who...
June 22 Petition Mission “After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live...
June 21 Petition Mission “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the...
June 20 Petition Mission “We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your...
June 19 Petition Mission “O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. The lines have fallen...
June 18 Petition Mission “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you;...
June 17 Petition Mission “Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord” (Ps 130:1). “‘Perhaps to suffer,’ wrote the Swiss theologian...
June 16 Petition Mission “Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe Your commandments” (Ps 119:66). Translated literally, this verse could read, “Teach...
June 15 Petition Mission “The beasts of the field also cry out to You, for the water brooks are dried up” (Joel 1:20). This...
June 14 Petition Mission “In the Lord I put my trust; how can you say to my soul, ‘Flee as a bird to your...
June 13 Petition Mission “O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God…”...
June 12 Petition Mission “Please, let our petition be acceptable to you, and pray for us to the Lord your God, …that the Lord...
June 11 Petition Mission “Restore us, O God; cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved!” (Ps 80:3). Sanctification: the process by...
June 10 Petition Mission “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication...
June 9 Petition Mission “The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy; teach me Your statutes” (Ps 119:64). Beautiful, isn’t it! What a...
June 8 Petition Mission “With my soul I have desired You in the night, yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You...
June 7 Petition Mission “Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble” (Ps 10:12). Humility brings vulnerability; but...
June 6 Petition Mission “He…offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears” (Heb 5:7, KJV). Jesus performed many mighty works without outward...
June 5 Petition Mission “I will pray to the Lord for you” (1 Sam 7:5). Howard Hendricks’ father was not saved. He had tried...
June 4 Petition Mission “So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer” (Ezra 8:23). What was the issue?...
June 3 Petition Mission “And Elisha prayed, and said, ‘Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.’ Then the Lord opened the...
June 2 Petition Mission “I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful to me according to Your word. I thought about my...
June 1 Petition Mission “O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to...
May 31 Petition Mission “Let my prayer be set before You as incense” (Ps 141:2). William Cowper wrote: What various hindrances we meet in...
May 30 Petition Mission “Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?” (Ps 85:6). Maria Monsen, a Norwegian missionary...
May 29 Petition Mission “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” (Jas 5:16). It is not admired prayers we need, but...
May 28 Petition Mission “Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land...
May 27 Petition Mission “He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives...
May 26 Petition Mission “Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You...
May 25 Petition Mission “Remember the word to Your servant, upon which You have caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my...
May 24 Petition Mission “He commands and raises the stormy wind…their soul melts because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like...
May 23 Petition Mission “Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ…” (Rom...
May 22 Petition Mission “Remember me, O my God, for good!” (Neh 13:31). Three times in this prayer, Nehemiah asks the Lord to remember...
May 21 Petition Mission “In God we boast all day long, and praise Your name forever. Selah” (Ps 44:8). C.H. Spurgeon was traveling by...
May 20 Petition Mission “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things,...
May 19 Petition Mission “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear…. We love Him because He first loved us”...
May 18 Petition Mission “Let Your mercies come also to me, O Lord—Your salvation according to Your word. So shall I have an answer...
May 17 Petition Mission “Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart,...
May 16 Petition Mission “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it” (Ps 127:1). The Hebrew words ben (son),...
May 15 Petition Mission “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us...
May 14 Petition Mission “You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are...
May 13 Petition Mission “When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer become sin” (Ps 109:7). What a haunting...
May 12 Petition Mission “A broken and a contrite heart—these, O God, You will not despise” (Ps 51:17). Sometimes tears are liquid prayers, heard...
May 11 Petition Mission “Turn away my reproach which I dread, for Your judgments are good. Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me...
May 10 Petition Mission “Grace be with you all. Amen” (Titus 3:15). This lovely benediction, in one form or another, concludes each of Paul’s...
May 9 Petition Mission “Help me, O Lord my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy” (Ps 109:26). My father’s family lived in...
May 8 Petition Mission “And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you...
May 7 Petition Mission “The Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord...
May 6 Petition Mission “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved”...
May 5 Petition Mission “Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is...
May 4 Petition Mission “Establish Your word to Your servant, who is devoted to fearing You” (Ps 119:38). Or to put it another way,...
May 3 Petition Mission “Praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word” (Col 4:3). Ever feel like...
May 2 Petition Mission “I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you” (Isa 46:4). Henry Moorhouse is...
May 1 Petition Mission “Men always ought to pray and not lose heart” (or “faint,” KJV) (Lk 18:1). H.G. Bosch quotes a missionary commenting...
April 30 Petition Mission “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,...
April 29 Petition Mission “You ought to be quiet and do nothing rashly” (Acts 19:36). It has been well said that hurry is the...
April 28 Petition Mission “Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way” (Ps 119:37). It’s the relentless...
April 27 Petition Mission “To Him who made great lights, for His mercy endures forever—the sun to rule by day, for His mercy endures...
April 26 Petition Mission “Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church” (Acts 12:5)....
April 25 Petition Mission “The generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will also be watered himself” (Prov 11:25). There may...
April 24 Petition Mission “O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the...
April 23 Petition Mission “Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord...
April 22 Petition Mission “Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O Lord my God, and listen to the cry and...
April 21 Petition Mission “Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness” (Ps 119:36). Longing or lusting. The Lord’s truth or the...
April 20 Petition Mission “The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with...
April 19 Petition Mission “What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works?” (Jas 2:14). Real...
April 18 Petition Mission “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers” (3...
April 17 Petition Mission “Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace, be still!’ And the wind ceased and...
April 16 Petition Mission “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly...
April 15 Petition Mission "According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse...
April 14 Petition Mission “Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it” (Ps 119:35). Does this sound like...
April 13 Petition Mission “Ah, Lord God! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You shall have peace,’ whereas the sword...
April 12 Petition Mission “Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us” (Ps 90:17). For many years this verse hung by...
April 11 Petition Mission “May the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do...
April 10 Petition Mission “I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications” (Ps 116:1). Well-known missionary to China, Rosalind...
April 9 Petition Mission “He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who...
April 8 Petition Mission “Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my...
April 7 Petition Mission “Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; and in the shadow...
April 6 Petition Mission “Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end. Give me understanding,...
April 5 Petition Mission “Be serious and watchful in your prayers” (1 Pet 4:7). A remarkable incident is told in the life of Archibald...
April 4 Petition Mission “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know”...
April 3 Petition Mission “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine” (Isa 43:1). Is...
April 2 Petition Mission “What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?” (Mt 7:9)....
April 1 Petition Mission “He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely will be delivered” (Prov 28:26). A.W....
March 31 Petition Mission “I cling to Your testimonies; O Lord, do not put me to shame! I will run the course of Your...
March 30 Petition Mission “The very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore…” (Lk 12:7). Dr. Helen Roseveare tells of...
March 29 Petition Mission “My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify...
March 28 Petition Mission “Save, Lord! May the King answer us when we call” (Ps 20:9). NOW magazine recounted the story of a believer...
March 27 Petition Mission “A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’...
March 26 Petition Mission “He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon...
March 25 Petition Mission “Blessed of the Lord is his land, with the precious things of heaven, with the dew, and the deep lying...
March 24 Petition Mission “Remove from me the way of lying, and grant me Your law graciously” (Ps 119:29). J.C. Ryle opines, “Think about...
March 23 Petition Mission “Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely” (Rev 22:17). At the end of the first day of...
March 22 Petition Mission “…do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises” (Heb 6:12). Graham Scroggie points...
March 21 Petition Mission “Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word”...
March 20 Petition Mission “Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us....
March 19 Petition Mission “Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you” (1 Pet 5:7). Writes E.E. Wordsworth, “So far as...
March 18 Petition Mission “As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear Him” (Ps 103:13). In his book At...
March 17 Petition Mission “My soul melts from heaviness; strengthen me according to Your word” (Ps 119:28). Who hasn’t sagged at times under life’s...
March 16 Petition Mission “If you ask anything in My name, I will do it” (Jn 14:14). The proviso “in My name” means “according...
March 15 Petition Mission “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mk 9:24). Who of us doesn’t need to pray this prayer? You may have...
March 14 Petition Mission “Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, ‘The Lord be with you!’ And they answered him,...
March 13 Petition Mission “May the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all” (2...
March 12 Petition Mission “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess 5:17). As Robert Cleaver Chapman explained this: “Turn everything in life into something to talk...
March 11 Petition Mission “As your life was valued much this day in my eyes, so let my life be valued much in the...
March 10 Petition Mission “I have declared my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes. Make me understand the way of Your...
March 9 Petition Mission “Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!” (Num 23:10). There have been,...
March 8 Petition Mission “Deliver the poor and needy; free them from the hand of the wicked” (Ps 82:4). Darlene Rose is well known...
March 7 Petition Mission “A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out” (Lev 6:13). “Without ceasing I remember...
March 6 Petition Mission “Do not be rash with your mouth, and let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is...
March 5 Petition Mission “The Lord is good to those who wait for Him” (Lam 3:25). Often prayer is referred to as waiting. “In...
March 4 Petition Mission “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God” (Isa 41:10). Mark Guy Pearse...
March 3 Petition Mission “My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to Your word” (Ps 119:25). The word translated “my soul” (naphshi)...
March 2 Petition Mission “Whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you” (Jn 16:23). Do you wonder why we pray...
March 1 Petition Mission “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He...
February 29 Petition Mission "For by Thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall" (2 Sam...
February 28 Petition Mission "Now Tobiah the Ammonite...said, 'Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on it, he will break down their...
February 27 Petition Mission "When my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I" (Ps 61:2). Christian realism has...
February 26 Petition Mission "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me" (Ps 51:10). What a practical...
February 25 Petition Mission "Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies" (Ps 119:22). Reproach means to be disgraced; contempt,...
February 24 Petition Mission "Then Jacob said, 'O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac,...I am not worthy of the...
February 23 Petition Mission "Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Your mercy remember me, for Your goodness'...
February 22 Petition Mission "When [the enemies] heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed...they...
February 21 Petition Mission “Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ” (2 Thess...
February 20 Petition Mission “Then He said to them, ‘The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of...
February 19 Petition Mission “You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things...
February 18 Petition Mission “I am a stranger in the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me” (Ps 119:19). Excuse the irony, but...
February 17 Petition Mission “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to...
February 16 Petition Mission “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the...
February 15 Petition Mission “And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his...
February 14 Petition Mission “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom” (Ps 90:12, KJV). Our days...
February 13 Petition Mission “Hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose...
February 12 Petition Mission “Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my [thoughts, KJV]; and see if there is...
February 11 Petition Mission “Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law” (Ps 119:18). The current term to “be woke”...
February 10 Petition Mission “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites…” (Mt 6:5). How often there is a serious gap...
February 9 Petition Mission “…Teach us what we shall do for the child” (Jdg 13:8). These words of Manoah express the concern we all...
February 8 Petition Mission “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows...
February 7 Petition Mission "Then the king said to me, 'What do you request?' So I prayed to the God of heaven. And I...
February 6 Petition Mission "...Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel" (Deut 33:1). Did you know that God wants you to...
February 5 Petition Mission "That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to...
February 4 Petition Mission "Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word" (Ps 119:17). This psalm is like a...
February 3 Petition Mission "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and...
February 2 Petition Mission "Remove falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches—feed me with the food allotted to me...
February 1 Petition Mission "'Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that...
January 31 Petition Mission “Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer” (Rom 12:12). William MacDonald and I stepped into a room...
January 30 Petition Mission “Though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he...
January 29 Petition Mission “We…do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His...
January 28 Petition Mission “Blessed are You, O Lord! Teach me Your statutes” (Ps 119:12). What would our private Bible studies be like if,...
January 27 Petition Mission “The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. He raises the poor from the dust...
January 26 Petition Mission “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil....
January 25 Petition Mission “My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, ‘Where is your God?’…Why are...
January 24 Petition Mission “And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice of...
January 23 Petition Mission “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me...
January 22 Petition Mission “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to...
January 21 Petition Mission “With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!” (Ps 119:10). Webster defines...
January 20 Petition Mission “Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.…Cast your burden...
January 19 Petition Mission “We pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God” (2 Cor 5:20, KJV). Harry Ironside tells of visiting...
January 18 Petition Mission “And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him…But He answered her not a...
January 17 Petition Mission “Making mention of you always in my prayers…that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of...
January 16 Petition Mission “Elijah the prophet came near and said, ‘Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day...
January 15 Petition Mission “When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few,...
January 14 Petition Mission “Oh, do not forsake me utterly!” (Ps 119:8). Once a week we will visit the longest psalm to consider one...
January 13 Petition Mission “Elijah…prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit” (Jas 5:17-18). Water doesn’t usually gush from...
January 12 Petition Mission “My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips. When...
January 11 Petition Mission “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move...
January 10 Petition Mission “But Hannah answered and said, ‘…I am a woman of sorrowful spirit. I have…poured out my soul before the Lord’.…And...
January 9 Petition Mission “For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him” (1 Sam...
January 8 Petition Mission “I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men…For this is...
January 7 Petition Mission “Oh, that my ways were directed to keep Your statutes! Then I would not be ashamed, when I look into...
January 6 Petition Mission “Help, Lord…” (Ps 12:1). This is one of the shortest prayer requests in the Bible. Patricia Laitin tells about a...
January 5 Petition Mission “Your prayers…have come up for a memorial before God” (Acts 10:4). Some say God only hears “the sinner’s prayer” from...
January 4 Petition Mission “And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” (Mt 6:13). Whatever does this mean?...
January 3 Petition Mission “Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who is...
January 2 Petition Mission “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is...
January 1 Petition Mission “When you pray, say…” (Lk 11:2). Pre-approved. That’s the word used to describe someone who is promised a certain amount...
