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.
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!
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?
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!
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?
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
Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to walk as “blessed”!
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!
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
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!
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.
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
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!”
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 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”!
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”!
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)
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?
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!
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!
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!
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.
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
Dear Praying Friends, A couple days ago I said, “Lord, I’m pretty weary of this world right now.” Maybe I’m articulating how you are feeling, too. The answer that I sensed Him giving was a simple one: “Stay close to Me!” All this month we have been focusing on the need for “stillness” before the Lord. As the days go on, I take to heart what I believe the Lord is telling me: “Stay close to Me!” I hope you will do the same.
This month, let’s continue to pray:
Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to BE STILL and KNOW!
Prayer Pointer:Listen to me, beloved. The highest desire that can possess any human heart is a longing to see God.” -J. Vernon McGee
Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, You tell me in Lamentations that it is good to wait quietly for You. I have a hard time doing that sometimes, so I ask You to help me to stay close to You all this day. (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: When was the last time I really let God comfort me?
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!
Prayer Pointer:A disciple is someone who is willing to be taught and is eager to learn more. A teachable heart starts with the acknowledgement that we do not know everything. If we can keep an open mind, we can learn a lot from the people that God has placed in our lives. -Deb Koster in Being Teachable: Developing a Teachable Spirit
Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, the earth seems anything but silent right now. Help me to be silent, waiting under the shadow of Your wing for Your answers to come. (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: How can I share God’s comfort with someone else today?
As You Have Time:Pray for the Nation of Cyprus Pray for 2025 as we work on improving our strategies to reach more people. Pray for our staff members, Emanuel, Despo, Toni, Maria, and our volunteers ~Every Home for Christ
Rhythms of Grace… Praying Kingdom Prayers for Everywhere!
Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to BE STILL and KNOW!
Dear Praying Friends, I am always amazed when God changes things up! I have to admit that I get a bit “religious” in my prayer life, always tending to do things the same way. I imagine that even God might get “bored” with my prayer life sometimes because it can lack fire and passion. But the God I serve is a BIG GOD, much BIGGER than my imagination can even grasp. This week, I feel that the Lord is saying, “You are talking about being still, so now be still!” So this week, I am only going to post one scripture/prayer prompt and ask you to let it settle into your spirit all week long. Use it as often or as little as the Holy Spirit directs. If you know Jesus, you have the Holy Spirit to guide you. And YES…do take some time to just “be” with the Lord!
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
Monday, March 17-23, 2025: BE STILL!
Prayer Pointer:Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; Psalm 37:7a
Prayer “Fuel”: Lord, this week, as I wait upon You, help me to wait upon You. You know that in this busy world, waiting and stillness are hard to practice. Teach me, Lord, how to truly be still before You and to wait upon Your direction for my steps. (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 might I eliminate from my schedule this week to give me more time to be still with 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!
Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to BE STILL and KNOW!
Continue praying and asking God to open your heart with a greater understanding of what it means to be still before Him. Continue “practicing” His presence!
Next Bible/prayer prompts will be posted on Monday, March 24, 2025 at midnight!
Show Us Your Glory, Lord… Help Us to THRIVE in 2025 and help us to BE STILL and KNOW!
Rhythms of Grace 