Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms

A prayer based on Psalm 13:5-6. It was one of those, “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad” days. From the moment I woke up to find our air conditioner wasn't working during a hot Alabama summer, it was clear this day wasn't going in the best day ever column. Harsh words, disappointing news, and miserable heat blended together into what could, at best, be described as a hot mess of a day. I wante...

A prayer based on Proverbs 12:18. There is one thing in our lives that holds great power that can be easily used for both great good and great evil. I have seen it bring people together and tear others apart. I have used it for both wonderful and terrible purposes. It is something none of us can escape. I'm talking about the power of the tongue. When are you most prone to not use healing words? Ho...

A prayer based on Ecclesiastes 10:4. "If your boss is angry at you, don't quit. A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes." Ecclesiastes 10:4 Have you ever had one of those relationships? The ones in which you find it impossible to please the other person, no matter what you do? It can be difficult and demoralizing, but it's survivable if you use wisdom. Sometimes the best recourse is to kee...

A prayer based on Proverbs 22:11. I have a boy with big feelings—HUGE feelings—and anxiety that tricks him into thinking some of his feelings are true when they actually aren't.  To keep his heart pure, the Holy Spirit continually helps him focus on the truth, we often recite Philippians 4:8 together, “Finally brothers whatever is true, whatever is honorable, for whatever is just, whatever is pure...

A prayer based on Psalm 31:3. Most of the time, I am able to accept frustrations and difficulties as a part of the transformational work that God is doing either in my own life or in the lives of my children. Parenting is not easy, but it is the struggle and difficulty that cause me to run to the cross faster than anything else. But there are days when I have taken too much of it in. When I feel m...

A prayer based on Proverbs 14:29 . We live in a time when it is easier than ever to share the first thing that comes to our minds with hundreds or thousands of people. I have worked in the world of social media and know all the wonderful things that can happen because of it, but the most prevalent thing I find is people speaking (or typing and hitting send) before thinking. This almost never goes...

A prayer based on Daniel 6:10 . He spent the night wondering. Would the faithful man's God deliver him? Distressed king Darius witnessed the excellent spirit of Daniel, the noble prisoner he elevated to leadership because he was faithful. But faithfulness comes with a cost. God's man inside a godless Kingdom found himself on the wrong side of the law. So Daniel did as he had done previously and ch...

A prayer based on Ecclesiastes 7:11-12 . My daughter and I drove by Dinah's place of business one Tuesday night and there was a line out the door. “Tuesday must be half price night,” she said, with a slight laugh in her voice. The people in line were seekers. They wanted something they believed Dinah could give them. Ultimately they wanted a short cut to wisdom. Dinah’s sign says, “psychic reading...

A prayer based on Proverbs 30:5. I sat across from my son who was struggling with math, took his paper and pencil, and wrote these words at the top of the page. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. That's Philippians 4:13. I underlined "all things," circled "through Christ," and then I told him about the first time I flew by myself. What truth do you need to repeat to yourself...

A prayer based on Luke 6:45. Yesterday, as I drove my son and his best friend to baseball practice, I overheard them talking about what they would do if they received one wish and could ask for anything they wanted. They batted around some interesting ideas like, I'd like to get good grades for the rest of school, or I'd like to never be wrong again, or even I'd like to know the outcome of every d...

A prayer based on Luke 6:12. This verse pretty much summarizes Jesus’ way of life: His decisions and choices were made only after He spent time in communion with His Father. He relied on His Father to accomplish every single thing He was called to do. Are you in consistent prayer? Do you spend time in prayer before you make decisions? Listen to today's podcast episode from Gina Smith. Would you li...

A prayer based on Psalm 18:2. In the Psalms, God is often described as a shield. Where else would we need a shield but on the battlefield? When the battle for our soul rages around us, we desperately need our shield. Are you in a battle today? Listen to today's podcast episode from Christie Thomas.  Would you like to have today's episode in written form? Consider joining our Patreon! It's a fantas...

A prayer based on 1 Timothy 4:16. He was my daddy. I grew up watching him seek to live his life above reproach. For him, that meant a highly disciplined life, a strict routine, and staying far away from even the appearance of evil. At times, his lifestyle seemed overly rigid to me, but as I have grown and matured, I can see why he chose to live the way he did. He knew how he needed to live in orde...

A prayer based on John 10:7-11 . The e-mail didn't sound right, so I forwarded it to our tech director, asking, “Can I trust this?” “No! Don't click it!” he quickly replied, and then pointed out telltale signs of a scam. We live in a day of deception. For example, the other day I googled the word hope, and found over 45 million options. Which ones can we believe? How can we know what leads to life...

A prayer based on Psalm 10:17-18. You and I may not need to worry about the threat of a jail sentence for our faith, but that doesn't mean life is easy. Cancer, death, heartbreak, chronic pain, and brokenness plague our families, and we ask the same questions that Gulner's son asked. Why doesn't God fix the problem? Why does he let innocent men sit in jail cells? Why does he let children be born w...

A prayer based on Luke 5:18-19 . There were several times during my college years that I questioned my faith and wondered if God was real. During an especially hard time when my parents were separated, I wondered, “Why do I hurt so bad if God loves me so much?” Instead of answering that question directly, God spoke to me through my friends. How has God used Christ-like friends to speak to you in y...

A prayer based on 1 John 4:11. But as I look back, I recognize that moments pass very quickly. It's made me look back on the years we have had with my daughter in our home. All the years, and there have been many, and all the good times, and there have been many of those too, play through my mind and I wish I could slow time down. Since I can't, I've spent some time making a list of the things I w...

A prayer based on Psalm 30:5. I often feel guilty about my need to fight, struggle, and strive to believe God when what I can see seems to contradict his truth. I have felt like I should be further along than I really am in my faith journey, and wonder if it lets God down that I'm not. I want to be one of those devoted women of God who says earnestly and with sincere joy, I will trust the Lord whi...

A prayer based on Daniel 2:17-18. This morning I received an email from a friend asking for prayer. Her husband was getting ready to meet with another man for breakfast who was struggling in some pretty big ways…a difficult marriage, lost job, and major car wreck that totaled his only vehicle the night before. Stressed beyond his ability to cope, they actually feared for his life. So she texted an...

A prayer based on Psalm 24:3-4. It seems like such a tall order–clean hands and a pure heart. Knowing we are dust, how can we have clean hands and a pure heart, and how can we encourage our children toward such a lofty goal? Today’s verse doesn't stop with the requirement but tells us how to approach the kind of purity that makes our lives a living testimony. How can we and our children practicall...

A prayer based on Ecclesiastes 11:5. Certainly, the physical world has many God-given pleasures; gifts to be counted like sunshine on soap bubbles, my child's laughter, and the wind rushing by as I swing with him on the playground. God gives us all things to richly enjoy, yet a life consumed for self doesn't count for much in the end. Is our focus consumed by temporary pleasure, worry, and care? L...

A prayer based on Mark 5:20. Around the time of my 50th birthday, I began to feel the need to study the word and find out specifically what God desires from me as an “older woman.” I'd raised two children and had been spending time with younger women for several years, but as my children were entering a season that took them away from our home more and more, I found the way I've been living for so...

A prayer based on Acts 14:21-22. In the movie Miracle on 34th St. the main character convinces herself to believe in Santa. Sitting in her bed, she says, “I believe, I believe…it’s silly, but I believe.” We often approach our Christian faith the same way. We simply close our eyes, tighten our fists, and chant, “I believe, I believe.” But faith isn't about simply believing the doctrines of Christia...

A prayer based on Hebrews 12:14. When I was in my early 20s, I had a falling out with a friend I loved dearly. Things were said and done that were difficult to come back from, hard to take back. We were both in the wrong. Now, about five years later, I sat behind my computer screen knowing I had to reach out. Would she respond? Would she even talk to me? Would she even read my email?  Do you lack...

A prayer based on Proverbs 10:9. Our son has always been willing to take the dog outside to do her business, but recently we started noticing that the dog was having frequent accidents in the house. We asked our son if he was waiting for her to actually go when he took her out, and he responded with downcast eyes, “No, I don't want to wait for her to go, so I usually pretend like I'm taking her ou...