DayLight Scripture – Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?

Luke 15: 3-4

DayLight Prayer – Lord, How many times a day do we consider the lost sheep? Do we see them when we move from one place of focus to another? Do we think about them when we are eating our lunch, or getting our nails done, or walking across the putting green? Do we hope for them? look for them? find them and bring them home? Lord have mercy on us, and give us your heart…the heart of a shepherd. Amen.

Daylight Scripture – The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.

Proverbs 19:8

Daylight Prayer – Lord, Today I pray for persons who need wisdom and understanding. I am certainly among them. Help us to think about the decisions of our lives with great care. Get us off the phone, tablets, tv, and computer and encourage us to use our own minds and hearts and hands. Give us your tenderness, love and mercy to share. Amen.

Daylight Scripture – Blessed are those  whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Romans 4:7

Daylight Prayer – Gracious Lord, Sometimes we don’t want to ask for your forgiveness because we don’t believe we deserve forgiveness. It is true, we don’t. But, thanks be to God, your love is greater than what we deserve. Help us to let our faith take us to a place of forgiveness and restoration…today…right now! Amen.

Daylight Scripture – The legal experts continued to question Jesus. He said to the, “the one who is without sin can cast the first stone.”

John 8:7

Daylight Prayer – Lord help us to remember that we all are sinners, and none of us can cast stones at another. Lord, forgive us for our arrogance, and save us from our judgments and hurtful words…which feel like rocks hitting. Amen.

Daylight Scripture – But “when God our savior’s kindness and love appeared, he saved us because of his mercy, not because of righteous things we had done.”

Titus 3:4-5

Daylight Prayer – Lord, this season is so beautiful, the colors of harvest, the crispness of morning, the clear starry sky. Thank you for the glory of your creation, which demonstrates your power year after year. Like these great miracles, such is your love for us unto salvation. Amen.

Daylight Scripture – On that day: The deaf will hear the words of a scroll and, freed from dimness and darkness, the eyes of the blind will see. The poor will again find joy in the Lord, and the neediest of people will rejoice in the holy one of Israel.

Isaiah 29:18-19

Daylight Prayer – Holy God, I know that we still struggle day to day to keep faith in a world that seems to be very out-of-control. I pray for your strength to sustain us, and our loving fellowship to adhere us to one another, so that on that day, which Isaiah says will come, we will be found faithful. Amen.

Daylight Scripture – I’m thankful for all of you every time I pray, and it’s always a prayer full of joy.

 Philippians 1:4

Daylight Prayer – Lord, I am grateful for the people you place in my life. You have given me a family to be part of, and a community to thrive in, and a people of grace in which to grow. For all these, I ask your blessings and for their well being. Amen.

Daylight Scripture – The Lord is good, a haven in a day of distress. He acknowledges those who take refuge in him.

Nahum 1:7

Daylight Prayer – Gracious Lord, Today I pray for persons under the strain of distress. For the ones who are making life decisions, give them your wisdom and courage to choose well. Then I ask you Lord to seal their decisions with peace. Amen.

Daylight Scripture – Paul and his companions traveled throughout the regions of Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit kept them from speaking the word in the province of Asia.

Acts 16:6

Daylight Prayer – Lord, today I pray for those of us who want to speak out, give advice, tell our opinions, revise others thoughts, preach, persuade and otherwise sound off. Help us to listen to your Spirit before we do, since you know when the time is right better than we do. Amen.

Daylight Scripture – Come, see the Lord’s deeds. See how he has laid waste to the earth, bringing wars to an end in every corner of the world, breaking the bow and shattering the spear, burning chariots with fire.

Psalm 46:8-9

Daylight Prayer – Lord, my prayer today is for people for are living in war-torn countries. God, please grant them courage, safety, and peace. Come Lord Jesus, and break down the barriers the separate us and cause us to hate. Turn us into peacemakers rather than the war makers we are. Amen.