DayLight Scripture – Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.

Psalm 42:5

DayLight Prayer – Lord, For all of us who are cast down today, I pray for your strength and hope. Help us to remember that life is a rhythm of patterns, and you are always there in the highs and the lows, the ups and the downs. You ride the waves of life’s rocky seas with us, securing us with your strong arms. I rejoice in the power of your strength. Amen.

DayLight Scripture – Everything was created through him;  nothing—not one thing!—came into being without him. What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out.

John 1:3-5

DayLight Prayer – Jesus my Lord, When I see the night sky, the wide dark, the flicker of stars, the expanse, I am sure…that you…only you could do such a thing, create such things. You created me, and you created each one of us…the same creator who created the firmament above us. Great is this creative, life making, love showering God of mine! Amen.

DayLight Scripture – She said, “Oh, such grace, such kindness—I don’t deserve it. You’ve touched my heart, treated me like one of your own. And I don’t even belong here!”

Ruth 2:13

DayLight Prayer – Lord,  Thank you for the astonishment I feel sometimes when I am ushered into you presence by your sweet Holy Spirit. I feel just like Ruth, thinking I don’t deserve the blessings that you pour out. I don’t deserve the way you fill my heart and treat me like one of your own. God, I pray for every one of your children who have wandered so far away that they don’t know how much you love them. Save them in Jesus’ name. Amen.

DayLight Scripture – …since we have been made righteous through the faithfulness of Jesus, combined with our faith, we have peace with God through him.

Romans 5:1

DayLight Prayer –  I know that our peace comes from you God. Send your peace. I pray for the people of the Middle East, asking for intervention, reasonable attitudes, and mercy. The children are innocent. Amen.

DayLight Scripture – You are my shelter and my shield— I wait for your promise.

Psalm 119: 114

DayLight Prayer – Lord, In the ordinariness of life I welcome the knowledge that you shelter me. Your promises are new everyday. When I am low, there you are to lift me, to send someone with a good word, or a sunset, or a gentle rain to soothe my spirit. Loving Father, I praise you. Amen.