DayLight Scripture –

Then I heard the Lord’s voice saying: Who should I send? Who will go for us? I said: Here I am. Send me.

Isaiah 6:8

DayLight Prayer –

Lord, everyday people are sent by you into places of danger, places of hardship, places of struggle. May you enable us to hear you when you call and strengthen us to say: Here I am. Send me. Then, gracious Lord, give us courage to go. Amen.

DayLight Scripture –

The abundant Spirit whom God poured out on us through Jesus Christ our savior has made us right with God. Now we are part of God’s eternal family.

Titus 3: 6-7

DayLight Prayer –

Today, O Lord, may the Holy Spirit continue to course through us, filling us with God’s amazing grace. May we live in the truth that God has saved us, and that death is for us a mere shadow without any substance at all. Amen.

DayLight Scripture –

So those who were scattered went on their way proclaiming the message of good news.

Acts 8:4

DayLight Prayer –

Lord, our days of toil and time seem to indeed break and scatter us. So Lord, I pray that today we will be scattered like good seeds upon the soil of any who need you. Let the good news grow in them; let it bear fruit that saves. Amen.

DayLight Scripture –

A person’s desire should be loyalty to a promise. Better to be poor than to break promises.

Proverbs 19:22

DayLight Prayer –

Lord, help me today to keep all my promises. Pour into my wayward attitudes the divine faithfulness of your son Jesus and help me to remain loyal to my words. Amen.

DayLight Scripture –

Be careful that no one takes you captive with pretty words that sound reasonable or by the offer of following a tradition or by any teaching that is not Christ-centered.

Colossians 2:8

DayLight Prayer –

May God be my teacher today, and may I be shown Jesus’ way, Jesus’ truth, and Jesus’ life. God, let that vision be my own reason today; that I am Christ-centered in everything I do. Amen.

DayLight Scripture –

Because of our God’s merciful compassion, the dawn from heaven will visit us to shine on those who live in darkness and in the deadly shadows; that light will guide us into ways of peace.

Luke 1: 78-79

DayLight Prayer –

Gracious Father, for those of us who feel that we are stumbling around in the deadly dark with grief overwhelming us…I ask you to open the dawn before our eyes and give us the Way to see peace. Only you can cause the dawn. Amen.

DayLight Scripture –

The one who welcomes you, welcomes me, and the one who welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me.

Matthew 10:40

DayLight Prayer –

Lord, please help us be aware that you present those we meet. Let us offer a hand to them in welcome and friendship. May our faces be to them…open and attentive…even amid our doubts about character or intent. Teach us to be fearless in showing love. Amen.

DayLight Scripture

Jesus said, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be destroyed; it is the same for a house divided, it will fall.”

Luke 11: 17

DayLight Prayer

Today, may those in leadership in places of power, in government, in social organizations, in media outlets, in ministries, in churches and in homes, take full advantage of the wisdom and inspiration God so freely offers to those who seek to become wise and inspired. May we allow God to heal our brokenness and stand us on our feet…so we can go forward. Amen.

DayLight Scripture

Jesus is the image of God whom we can’t see; he is the first, born over all of creation.

Colossians 1:15

DayLight Prayer

God, as we think on life today, our relationships, our pain and hurt, our tasks, our duties, our problems, our joys, our accomplishments, our recreations, our sorrows…let us also think on Jesus, who is God, but was willing to take on life too.  Amen.

DayLight Scripture

Take words of sorrow with you and return to the Lord. Say to God: “Forgive all our sins, and accept the good so that we may repay you with lips of praise.

Hosea 14:2

DayLight Prayer

May God hear the sorrow of our repentant hearts, and may God forgive us as we forgive one another. May God’s blessings be such that all our sorrow vanishes and praising God rules the day.  Amen.