Rhythms of Grace

Prayer prompts for May 5-11, 2025

Dear Praying Friends…The National Day of Prayer planning has been very intense this year. After taking some time for that planning, I am returning to praying from the Beatitudes. I invite you to finish praying through them as written in Matthew 5 this week. Please keep praying without ceasing!

Gina

Monday, May 5, 2025: Matthew 5:7 (revisiting this verse today)

Prayer Pointer: You may get too busy for God—but he never gets too busy for you. -Rick Warren

Prayer Fuel: Lord, what does true mercy look like? Help me to learn Your mercy in greater measure as I deal with others. (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Think/Journal/Apply: What changes do you need to make in your life so that you are not too busy for God?

As You Have Time: Take some time each day to “practice” silence. Yes, I think we’d all agree that silence is hard and it takes practice. Try setting your timer for 5 minutes or more as you grow in the ability to be still! We need to learn to practice silence. You may want to start by simply saying, “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.” Ok…ready, set, go!

Worship song for today: Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God

Tuesday, May 6, 2025: Matthew 5:8

Prayer Pointer: Every sprouting seed, every deepening root, every transformation—none of it hinges on your effort alone. The miracle was never about your performance. It was always about His power. A power that brings beauty from dust, fruit from dry ground, and life from places we thought were barren. -Our daily verse 

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, it seems like whenever I seek to be “pure in heart”, places are exposed where I am not pure. Lord, forgive me for impure places in my life. Holy Spirit, work in my heart to create a pure heart.(add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Think/Journal/Apply: How can I bring more intention and love into today’s routine moments?

As You Have Time: Pray for the Nation of the Philippines.
Pray for God’s presence to be with Every Home leadership and teams as they carry Christ
to everyone, everywhere. May the Lord provide resources.~Every Home for Christ

Worship song for today: Even So Come

Wednesday, May 7, 2025: Matthew 5:9

Prayer Pointer: Consider the farmer who, amidst the toil and tears, plants his seeds with the faith of a future harvest. So are we called to live our lives, planting seeds of faith, love, and perseverance, even when the soil of our circumstances feels barren and unyielding. It’s a divine principle woven into the fabric of creation: that after every night comes the dawn, after every winter comes the spring. -Our Daily Verse

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, in a world that seems so devoid of peace, help me so that I can carry Your peace into the painful and agitated places. (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Think/Journal/Apply: Is there someone who needs a kind word? How can I deliver that?

As You Have Time: Pray for your church (if you have one) and two other churches in Your community: Come, Holy Spirit!

Worship Song for Today: Make Room

Thursday, May 8, 2025: Matthew 5:10

Prayer Pointer: The next time you look at a sunrise or sunset, may the love of God overwhelm you, and may you see His glory revealed through all He has created. -365 Promises

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, please encourage each of us when we are persecuted because we love and serve You. Especially encourage brothers and sisters around the world who may be imprisoned for their faith in You. (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Think/Journal/Apply: Look up at the universe tonight and thank God for creating its beauty and majesty.

As You Have Time: Each week through the next National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 7, 2026, I encourage you to pray for our Nation on Thursdays. Today, as you are able, please take a moment and pray for THE BODY OF CHRIST. You can find our “I Can Pray for My Nation” prayer calendar that includes prayer prompts for all areas of our American culture. here. You can join others in daily prayer calls with the National Day of Prayer Task force here.

Worship Song for Today: Everything

Friday, May 9, 2025 : Matthew 5:11

Prayer Pointer: Our prayers and words of blessing for fellow members of God’s family can have a powerful impact. -Dean Ridings

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, it is hard to imagine being “blessed” when others revile me. Help my first allegiance be to You and Your Kingdom. (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Think/Journal/Apply: How can I be more mindful of the impact my words have?

As You Have Time: Pray for your CITY and Transformation for cities.  Protection for First Responders: Dear God, we lift up our first responders to You. Protect them as they serve and protect us. Give them strength, courage, and safety in their duties. Amen. Related verse: “The Lord will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life.” — Psalm 121:7 ~prayersfor.com

Worship Song for Today: Wonderfully Made

Saturday & Sunday, May 10 & 11, 2025: SABBATH

Next prayer prompts will be posted on Monday, May 12 at midnight.

Dear Praying Friends, I write mostly to empty out what is in my heart. Today, Good Friday, my heart is heavy. There is snow on the ground here again and that makes life feel a bit challenging. But more than that, I think of the “heaviness” of this day. I remember when we were kids, Mom made us be “quiet” between the hours of 12noon and 3pm when it was said that Jesus died. Even though this is a “heavy” day, let’s not miss the significance of the heaviness that leads us to Resurrection Day on Sunday. Let’s keep praying for our world to have a true encounter with Jesus. Let’s keep praying that we, too, have a renewed encounter with Him.

Show Us Your Glory, Lord and meet with us in this Holy Week.

Friday, April 18, 2025

Mark 15:25-26

Lord, You were mocked and crucified for me. You could have come down from that brutal cross, but You chose to stay there for me. I am overwhelmed by Your love.(add your own prayers)

Show Us Your Glory, Lord and meet with us in this Holy Week.

Dear Praying Friends, Don’t stop praying! This week as I have been wearied by the chaos of our world, I can hear God’s whisper:”Don’t give up!” I think about what Jesus must have been thinking and feeling as He knew He would have a last meal with His friends before His death. And yet He wasn’t thinking of Himself but wanted to serve them. I’m asking Him to help me have a servant’s heart, too.

Thursday, April 17,2025

Mark 14:22-26

John 13:1-17

Lord, You are the greatest servant of all of history. Teach us, Your people, how to be more like You with servants’ hearts towards the world.(add your own prayers)

Show Us Your Glory, Lord and meet with us in this Holy Week.

Dear Praying Friends, I am writing this on Holy Monday. Today I was part of a prayer walk at our local Cathedral. It reminded me of the power of praying “onsite with insite.” If you have a chance this week and if your weather allows it, I encourage you to do a bit of “prayer walking” in an area of your community. Ask the Lord to open your eyes to the prayer possibilities that may be there. And don’t miss the opportunity to slow down this week and really prepare for Resurrection Day on April 20. This week, let’s pray:

Show Us Your Glory, Lord, and meet with us in this Holy Week!

Tuesday, April 15, 2025: Matthew 24:42-44

Prayer Pointer: God calls all Christians to become more like Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit (2 Cor 3:18). As you take steps to be intentional about your relationship with the Lord, allowing the Holy Spirit to direct your growth, you’ll find transformation happening in the innermost part of your being. ~from an article on Logos.com

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, Help me to “keep watch” this week for the places where You are speaking and moving. Make me and all my brothers and sisters everywhere very aware of Your movement in the earth. (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord, and meet with us in this Holy Week.

Think/journal/apply: Where in my life do I need to allow God to lead me to rest? 

As you have time: Keeping Watch/Oswald Chambers

Worship Song for Today: I’d Rather Have Jesus

Dear Praying Friends, As I write this on Palm Sunday, I have just finished preaching to a group of “the least of these” here in my home town. I was asked to fill in for a pastor friend and it was wonderful and humbling to share a meal and a “spiritual meal” with those who have great need. As I think about Holy Week, I feel an awe, an expectancy and a humbling. Oh, what my Lord suffered because He loves me and you. This week, I will write in several installments as I know the Holy Spirit will be speaking throughout this week. Don’t miss the opportunity to slow down and really prepare for Resurrection Day on April 20. This week, let’s pray:

Show Us Your Glory, Lord, and meet with us in this Holy Week!

Monday, April 14, 2025: Matthew 21:12-13

Prayer Pointer: When we feel weak, He is our support. When we feel aimless, He is our purpose. When we crave fulfillment, He is the source. -Our Daily Verse

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, I see You driving out the unclean in the Temple. I am sorry for the “unclean” in my life. Please come with your refining fire this week and help me to be more like You. Show Us Your Glory, Lord, and meet with us in this Holy Week.

Think/journal/apply: During this Holy Week, what competing voices might be drowning out God’s Word in your life?

As you have time: Seeking God

Worship Song for Today: As I Have Done for You

Prayer prompts for April 7-13, 2025

Dear Praying Friends…As I write this, I think of all of you and I am praying for you now. I pray that the words and scriptures here will flow from God’s heart. He has a HEART for each of you. It is His HEART that loved the world so much that He sent Jesus to die for the world. I pray that you will come into a very intimate and personal relationship with the One who has a HEART for you and loves you. May this week take each of us into a deeper relationship with Him! I shared with you that I have recently read the Beatitudes again and they are the inspiration for this month’s prayer prompt. Let’s keep praying this month for the Lord to teach us about what it means to be truly “Blessed!”

Gina

Monday, April 7, 2025: Matthew 5:3

Prayer Pointer: Glorifying God isn’t about grand gestures. It’s about quiet faithfulness. It’s listening when you’d rather speak. Choosing patience when you’re tired. Serving when no one sees. These small moments reflect what He is like. -Our Daily Verse

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, what does it mean to be “poor in spirit”? I want to know Your Kingdom in my life more and more and realize that means “dying” to myself. Is that right thinking? (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Think/Journal/Apply: What small area of my life have I overlooked as a place to glorify God? 

As You Have Time: Take some time each day to “practice” silence. Yes, I think we’d all agree that silence is hard and it takes practice. Try setting your timer for 5 minutes or more as you grow in the ability to be still! We need to learn to practice silence. You may want to start by simply saying, “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.” Ok…ready, set, go!

Worship song for today: Open Up the Heavens

Tuesday, April 8, 2025: Matthew 5:4

Prayer Pointer: “Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.” 

— Corrie Ten Boom

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord,I really don’t understand the power of mourning. I see in Matthew 5:4 You show me that my mourning leads to Your comfort. That is a rather strange concept to me. In a world that doesn’t encourage me to be transparent, so often, I surpress my mourning. Thank You, for always being there for me when I am on the mountain shouting “hallelujah” and when I am in the valley mourning. (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Think/Journal/Apply: How can I bring more intention and love into today’s routine moments?

As You Have Time: Pray for the Nation of the Philippines.
Pray for God’s presence to be with Every Home leadership and teams as they carry Christ
to everyone, everywhere. May the Lord provide resources.~Every Home for Christ

Worship song for today: Even So Come

Wednesday, April 9, 2025: Matthew 5:5

Prayer Pointer: Consider the farmer who, amidst the toil and tears, plants his seeds with the faith of a future harvest. So are we called to live our lives, planting seeds of faith, love, and perseverance, even when the soil of our circumstances feels barren and unyielding. It’s a divine principle woven into the fabric of creation: that after every night comes the dawn, after every winter comes the spring. -Our Daily Verse

Prayer “Fuel”: Meek? The world tells me to be tough, not meek. And yet, Lord Jesus, I see that You are the meek One. Teach me, Lord, to be like You. (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Think/Journal/Apply: Is there someone who needs a kind word? How can I deliver that?

As You Have Time: Pray for your church (if you have one) and two other churches in Your community: Come, Holy Spirit!

Worship Song for Today: Make Room

Thursday, April 10, 2025: Matthew 5:6

Prayer Pointer: The next time you look at a sunrise or sunset, may the love of God overwhelm you, and may you see His glory revealed through all He has created. -365 Promises

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, I am hungry to know You more! Come fill me with a greater knowledge of Who You are! (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Think/Journal/Apply: Look up at the universe tonight and thank God for creating its beauty and majesty.

As You Have Time: Each week through National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 1, 2025, I encourage you to pray for our Nation on Thursdays. Today, as you are able, please take a moment and pray for THE BODY OF CHRIST. You can find our “I Can Pray for My Nation” prayer calendar that includes prayer prompts for all areas of our American culture. here.

Worship Song for Today: Everything

Friday, April 11, 2025 : Matthew 5:7

Prayer Pointer: Our prayers and words of blessing for fellow members of God’s family can have a powerful impact. -Dean Ridings

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, help me to show mercy when I want to be unkind and judgemental. Help me to see those around me through Your eyes. Help me to extend the mercy that You extend to me day after day. (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Think/Journal/Apply: How can I be more mindful of the impact my words have?

As You Have Time: Pray for your CITY and Transformation for cities.  Protection for First Responders: Dear God, we lift up our first responders to You. Protect them as they serve and protect us. Give them strength, courage, and safety in their duties. Amen. Related verse: “The Lord will keep you from all harm—he will watch over your life.” — Psalm 121:7 ~prayersfor.com

Worship Song for Today: Wonderfully Made

Saturday & Sunday, April 12 & 13, 2025: SABBATH

More April posts coming Monday, April 14, midnight.

Dear Praying Friends…Life is hard, but God is GOOD! I was reminded today in a prayer session at our local prayer room that circumstances don’t change Who God is. He is with us in the hard places and in the good places. He hears our slightest “sighs” and our shouts of “Hallelujah!”

This past weekend, as I was preparing to minister to the women of our local jail, I revisited the Beatitudes in Luke 6. They are worth studying and can be found in Matthew 5:3-12, Luke 6:20-23. These are the inspiration for our prayer prompt this month:

Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Let’s keep praying this month for the Lord to teach us about what it means to be truly “Blessed!”

Gina

Wednesday, April 2, 2025: Luke 6:21

Prayer “Pointer”: This is what Chuck Swindoll says about the Beatitudes:  these are eight character traits that identify true servanthood. When all eight are mixed together in a life, balance emerges.

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, help me to see the “hungry” places as places to know You more. Help me to see the sad places as places to rely on Your joy. Help me to surrender my understanding and my will to Your understanding and Your will. I want to be a true servant of Yours. (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Think/Journal/Apply: How is my understanding of the word “blessed” incorrect?

As You Have Time: Pray for your church (if you have one) and two other churches in Your community: Come, Holy Spirit!

A Worship Song for Today: Blessed You Are

Thursday, April 3, 2025: Luke 6:22

A prayer for today: Lord, help us to live for You even when it may cause us to be rejected. Let our love for You be the highest love. (Add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Friday, April 4, 2025: Luke 6:23

A Song for Today: (inspired by this week’s verses from Luke!) All Heaven Applauds

A Prayer for Today: Lord, help me to understand Your ways over the ways of this world. I truly want to know You! Help my brothers and sisters, too. (add your own praises and prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

More April posts coming soon! Keep praying !

Dear Prayimg Friends,

Isn’t it amazing what we can do from these mini-computers (cell phones) that we carry. I forgot my computer at the office, so I’m starting April with this gadget in my pocket.

As we start April, let’s pray:

Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”! (More on that tomorrow)

Pray on!

Blessings, Gina

Tuesday, April 1,2025! Luke 6:20

Prayer Fuel:

You’re not God’s disappointment; you’re the reason He came. And He would make that same choice again and again, just to reach you. -Our Daily Verse

Prayer “Starter”: Lord, Your Kingdom is so different than this world’s ways. Help us to really understand that Your ways are higher than ours. (add your own prayers)…Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!

Think/Journal/application: Keep thinking about this… As I begin a new month, what do I need to give to God and entrust to His care?

Hello to April 2025!

Next Bible/prayer prompts will be posted soon!

Dear Praying Friends, As we finish March 2025, we pray on. I have recently really been “wrestling” in prayer. Our Nation and our world seems so “chaotic” during these days. What I do know is that I’m seeking God’s thoughts over the opinions of men. The God that I serve tells me to love Him and to love my neighbor and that is what I’m sincerely praying about. I hope you are, too.

As we finish March, let’s pray this again:

Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to BE STILL and KNOW!

Blessings, Gina

Monday, March 31, 2025! Here we are again: Psalm 46:10

Prayer Fuel:

From His first miracle to His final breath, Jesus revealed the heart of God: not condemnation, but salvation. Not rejection, but restoration. -Our Daily Verse

Prayer “Starter”: Lord, as we come to the end of another month and circle back to Psalm 46:10, we need Your “stillness” as much as we did 30 days ago. Help all of us to embrace Your “stillness” in a world that is full of chaos. Help us as we look to a new month, to carve out good and fruitful times to be with You. (add your own prayers)…Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to BE STILL and KNOW!

Think/Journal/application: As I begin a new month, what do I need to give to God and entrust to His care?

As You Have Time: As You Have Time: Take some time today to “practice” silence. Yes, I think we’d all agree that silence is hard and it takes practice. Try setting your timer for 5 minutes or more as you grow in the ability to be still! We need to learn to practice silence. You may want to start by simply saying, “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.” Ok…ready, set, go!

Goodbye to March 2025!

Next Bible/prayer prompts will be posted on Tuesday, April 1,2025 at midnight!

March 26-30, 2025

A song that fits our Theme…Open the Heavens…show us Your glory!

Dear Praying Friends, This is the second post this week and I’m writing this on my tablet rather than my computer. I feel that in all ways, God is always teaching me new things. I have asked Him to help me to be “teachable” because I understand that I can get stuck in my ways and become like the “Dead Sea” with no fresh, LIVING WATER, flowing in! And so I start here with a prayer:

Lord, help each of us to remain “teachable” so that You can have Your way in our lives.

AND… let’s continue to pray:

Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to BE STILL and KNOW!

Pray on, Saints! ~Gina

Wednesday, March 26, 2025: BE STILL! Jeremiah 29:11-13

Prayer Pointer: ” If you are in need of hope today, come to the only One who has that hope at the ready. Be an encourager of those who are despairing by the assurance of the love of Jesus today. It may be the hope they need.” ~Source Unknown

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, help me to know that You have plans for me. As I ask for a greater revelation of Your plans, let that bring greater peace and stillness into my life. Help me to cease striving and know that You are God. Thank You for listening to me. I want to seek You with all of my heart. (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to BE STILL and KNOW!

Think/Journal/Apply: What can I do today to make time to seek Him?

As You Have Time: Pray for your church (if you have one) and two other churches in Your community: Come, Holy Spirit!

Worship Song for Today: God Leads His Dear Children Along

Thursday, March 27, 2025: BE STILL! James 5:16

Prayer Pointer: Jesus is the living water that we need. When we put our faith and trust in Him as the Living Water, we can bank on the fact that the well will never run dry (Psalm 37:4).

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, please surround me with good and godly friendships where I can come and confess my struggles knowing that I will be loved and prayed for. Help me to be a good and godly friend to others. Help me to rest in the assurance of Your sweet friendship, Lord.(add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to BE STILL and KNOW!

Think/Journal/Apply: Do I have a good friend that can pray for me in a struggle I have today? Is there someone that I can support in prayer?

As You Have Time: Each week through National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 1, 2025, I encourage you to pray for our Nation on Thursdays. Today, as you are able, please take a moment and pray for FAMILIES IN OUR NATION. You can find our “I Can Pray for My Nation” prayer calendar that includes prayer prompts for all areas of our American culture. here.

Worship Song for Today: God Will Make a Way

Friday, March 28, 2025 : BE STILL! Ephesians 6:19

Prayer Pointer: He will never tire of us. He will never dissatisfy. He will never turn us away. He is the unending source of peace, joy, love, self control, truth, hope, and satisfaction (Galatians 5:22-23).

Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, when I arise from the “still” times with You, send me forth in Your might to proclaim You! (add your own prayers) Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to BE STILL and KNOW!

Think/Journal/Apply: What practical steps can you take today to remain more connected to Jesus?

As You Have Time: Pray for your CITY and Transformation for cities.Pray for the churches in your city to be renewed in their efforts to reach their cities with God’s Word. Ask God to guide churches as they seek to meet the needs of their city using programs like trauma healing ministry. The LORD says, “I will teach you the way you should go; I will instruct you and advise you.” (Psalm 32:8 GNT) ~American Bible Society

Worship Song for Today: Draw Me Close to You

Saturday & Sunday, March 29 & 30,2025: Sabbath

Continue praying and asking God to open your heart with a greater understanding of what it means to be still before Him.

Next Bible/prayer prompts: Monday, March 31, midnight! Join us!