60 Days of Prayer

Each issue of 60 Days of Prayer is filled with reflections and prayers that will help quiet your mind and prepare your heart for prayer.

Overflowing with Hope • May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. ROMANS 15:13 (ESV)

Cherish Everyday Blessings • Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. ECCLESIASTES 9:7 (ESV)

The Power of Advent • Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 (NIV)

A Season of Forgiveness • Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. COLOSSIANS 3:13 (NIV)

Embracing Hope and Strength • Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. ISAIAH 7:14 (ESV)

The Gift of Unfailing Love • Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. JAMES 1:17 (NIV)

A Purposeful Pursuit • After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” MATTHEW 2:1–2 (NIV)

Bearer of Hope and Joy • And the angel said to you, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” LUKE 2:10–11 (ESV)

Coping with Grief During the Holidays • The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. PSALM 34:18 (NIV)

The Prayer of Jabez • Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request. 1 CHRONICLES 4:10 (NIV)

Evergreen, Everlasting Life • For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. JOHN 3:16 (NIV)

Be a Source of Support • Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing. Night and day they were a wall around us. 1 SAMUEL 25:15–16 (NIV)

Mary's Devotion • And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” LUKE 1:38 (ESV)

Boundless Provision, Enduring Peace • Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 4:6–7 (NIV)

It's Okay to Ask for Help • Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. MATTHEW 7:7 (KJV)

Cherish Imperfection • But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 (NIV)

The Beauty of Winter Birds • Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? MATTHEW 6:26 (NIV)

Hope on Difficult Days • I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. JOHN 14:18 (NIV)

Discovering Joy with God • You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your...