Having a daily prayer for difficult days when you don’t know what to pray is so important.
You can not accomplish His plan and His purposes for your days without asking Him to be a part of every moment, every circumstance.
You can not raise a budget, travel, work, raise a family, have a healthy marriage, or fulfill God’s plan without PRAYER.
Learning new depths of trust is one of the biggest lessons of life overseas.
And learning to pray in new ways becomes part of the trust process.
Honestly, for me, knowing what to pray, how to pray, when to pray is overwhelming because the needs seem insurmountable. The challenges are huge, the difficulties are great and the pain is sometimes hard to bear.
Which means that sometimes, simpler is better.
Having something written out to follow helps clarify your thoughts and focus your daily prayer.
This is mine.
Lord, this process is amazing. Life and work overseas is challenging, revealing, adventurous and quite unbelievable.
The daily difficulties are many and joy abounds. Yet, in all of that, I need you desperately, daily, continuously. This life can not be lived and this task can not be done without your mighty hand at work in my life.
Strengthen me with skillful hands and an upright heart.
Lead me with a light to my path and a gentle voice.
Protect me, my family, those who work with us and those we are ministering to each day. Send your angels to stand guard around me, our home, my family as we travel, work, walk, live and sleep.
Surround us with your presence and your love.
Build relationships and open doors in ways that only you can do. Show me your plan for today and help me to walk in direct step with you through every situation that comes my way.
Let nothing be done for selfish gain and forgive me when I move ahead of you. Forgive wrong attitudes, harmful speech, argumentative conversations and unhealthy thoughts. Show me areas that are not bowed to you and give me the courage to walk in holiness today.
Thank you for your grace, your mercy and your love. For surely, I could not live and work overseas without your constant presence at work in, around and for me.
Thank you for the calling on my life and the ability to work for you each day.
Thank you for this journey of missional living and the opportunity to share your Truth with those around me.
I give this day to you and lay all events, people, moments in your hands.
Trusting you for every provision and believing for miracles.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Precious and Valuable Daily Prayer
I wanted to share it with you because I know the struggle to fully put into words the feelings, needs and emotions of overseas life.
So, when your prayers seem scattered and the needs seem overwhelming, simplify. This is a daily prayer for difficult days.
Pray daily.
Seek His wisdom, plan and focus for that day.
If you would like a printable version, click here. {Feel free to print this and pray this daily over your missionaries}
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Giving you my daily prayer but with the challenge of writing our your own simple daily prayer for your life.
What is part of your daily prayer? How does praying simply help when life is overwhelming?
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I put on the armor of God in my daily prayer, that way I am prepared for battle. I also pray for each person I work with as well as family members. Praying always calms the spirit and helps give me the right perspective for the day. I think writing out a prayer for those times you don’t know what to pray is a great idea! Thanks!