God withheld rain from you when there were still three months to the harvest.
God allowed no rain to fall on one city,
no rain to fall on another city.
One field was rained on,
and the field dried up where it didn’t rain.

Amos 4:7

DayLight Prayer – Lord, I think that I am glad that I do not control the weather. I don’t know if I could pour rainy days in the right sequence, or limit the sunny days without causing a drought. Better that you send the sun and rain, and I thank you for that mercy. I bless the name of the Lord…for life-giving rain…and for life giving sunshine. Amen.

DayLight Scripture – God created people male and female. He blessed them and called them humanity on the day they were created.

Genesis 5:2

DayLight Prayer – Lord, I don’t think that I thank you very often for the other humans you have created. But if they were not here with me, I would despair in my loneliness. So thank you for the people you have given me in my life. Because of them, my world if full and overflowing. Thank you, Lord.  Amen.

DayLight Scripture – “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the one who is and was and is coming, the Almighty.”

Revelation 1:8

DayLight Prayer – Lord, When I am feeling less that perky…ah you know, a little down, I am so thankful to know that I am protected and cared for by the eternal one; my God, my Lord and my savior.  Amen.

DayLight Scripture – Hate stirs up conflict, but love covers all offenses.

Proverbs 10:12

DayLight Prayer – Gracious Lord, Come to me when I am conflicted. Assist me to allow love to cover all offenses I may want to give and all that I feel against me. Amen

DayLight Scripture – Hard work is worthwhile, but empty talk will make you poor.

Proverbs 14:23

DayLight Prayer – Gracious Lord, Thank you for giving me work, and for the strength and presence of mind to accomplish the things I need to. Thank you too for times of leisure, which refresh my spirit. Amen.

DayLight Scripture – Noah was six hundred years old when he went into the boat to escape the flood, and he did everything the Lord had told him to do. His wife, his sons, and his daughters-in-law all went inside with him.

Genesis 7:5-7

DayLight Prayer – Lord, I thank you for every single day you have given me to live. Some have been more enjoyable than others, but each one has carried a blessing of some kind. Your generosity is overwhelming and I love you. Amen.

DayLight Scripture – The cow and the bear will graze. Their young will lie down together, and a lion will eat straw like an ox.

Isaiah 11:7

DayLight Prayer – Lord, Blessed be Your name! When the day comes when there will be no more cause for anxiety for all of your creation, then your world will be made new completely. Bring it Lord, bring it! Let you kingdom come! Amen.

DayLight Scripture – Let God grant us grace and bless us;
let God make his face shine on us, so that God’s way becomes known on earth, so that God’s salvation becomes known among all peoples.

Psalm 67:1-2

DayLight Prayer – Lord, Today I think about all those who are longing to feel your presence. May you give them the blessing of your light upon them. Help me today too, Father, to be a light and blessings to someone. Amen.

DayLight Scripture – God has remembered his loyal love and faithfulness to the people of God; every corner of the earth our God’s salvation.

Psalm 98:3

DayLight Prayer – Lord, These days the world can look like and be a dark and scary place. We see people killed, maimed, starved, and thrown away like a mere commodity. You are hurt that we use and abuse one another like we do. I pray for myself and all of us who proclaim Jesus as our Lord and savior, that we will stand up and be who you desire for us to be. Help us God to live like we are eternal recipients of your grace, like we have love to share, and like we are who we proclaim ourselves to be: the bearers of Light and liberty for God’s world.  Amen.

DayLight Scripture – The lips of the priest should guard knowledge; everyone should seek Instruction from that one’s mouth, for that one is the messenger from the Lord of heavenly forces.

Malachi 2:7

DayLight Prayer – Lord, I know that I continually have a need for a priest, one who can give advice, hear my complaint, and keep me accountable. Thank you for all the priests in my life, and the wise instruction that I receive from them. It is your wisdom and your instruction that will keep us. Amen.