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.

God’s Wondrous Works • And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 2 KINGS 6:17 (NIV)

Grow a Forgiving Heart • You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you. PSALM 86:5 (NIV)

Strength Under Pressure • They were angry with Jeremiah and had him beaten and imprisoned in the house of Jonathan the secretary, which they had made into a prison. JEREMIAH 37:15 (NIV)

Chasing the Wind • All of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind. ECCLESIASTES 1:14 (NIV)

Reach Out to Jesus • But when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, because they all saw him and were terrified. MARK 6:49-50 (NIV)

Unpredictable Beauty • Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. PSALM 138:7 (NIV)

Trust His Promises • You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. ISAIAH 26:3 (NIV)

Untangle the Puzzling Passages • But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. JOHN 14:26 (NIV)

Reclaim Your Childhood Joy • Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” MATTHEW 19:14 (NIV)

The One Who Serves • But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. LUKE 22:26 (NIV)

Your Most Precious Friendship • You are my friends if you do what I command. JOHN 15:14 (NIV)

Positive Changes Ahead • Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight. PSALM 119:35 (NIV)

Patience in Hard Times • “You have done a foolish thing,” Samuel said. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.” 1 SAMUEL 13:13 (NIV)

Brighten the Day • Don’t hold back good from those who are worthy of it. Don’t hold it back when you can help. PROVERBS 3:27 (NIRV)

Face Your Fear • Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you.” 1 CHRONICLES 28:20 (ESV)

He Always Responds • God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. PSALM 46:1 (ESV)

You Already Have It • I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. PHILIPPIANS 4:11 (NIV)

Keep Going! • When people fall down, do they not get up? JEREMIAH 8:4 (NIV)

Too Much of a Good Thing • Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you need, lest you be filled with it and vomit. PROVERBS 25:16 (NKJV)

The Best Days Are Ahead • For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:17 (NIV)

God’s Hidden Treasures • He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.” ISAIAH 49:3 (NIV)

Nothing to Fear • To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. COLOSSIANS 1:27 (KJV)

Peace of Mind • Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. ROMANS 10:17 (NIV)

Questions and Answers • “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how...