66 in 52: A One Year Chronological Journey Through the Bible

Tag: Prayer

  • Day 006: Compassion Fatigue (Job 12:5)

    Day 006: Compassion Fatigue (Job 12:5)

    As Job’s suffering drags on, his friends grow weary of compassion and quick with contempt. I see myself in their frustration more than I want to admit. Yet where my patience runs out, Jesus “always lives to make intercession” for us.

  • Day 304: Son of Trash, Son of Treasure (Mark 10:46-51)

    Day 304: Son of Trash, Son of Treasure (Mark 10:46-51)

    Bartimaeus means “son of Timaeus,” a name that could suggest either honor or uncleanness—“son of treasure” or “son of trash.” The crowd saw a nuisance by the roadside. Jesus saw a man worth stopping for. He still does.

  • Day 288: How I Love You (A Prayer of thanks from Mark 5)

    Day 288: How I Love You (A Prayer of thanks from Mark 5)

    In Mark 5, Jesus pauses on the way to help an important man in order to listen to an overlooked woman tell “the whole truth.” This prayer of thanks celebrates the Savior who isn’t in a hurry, who listens, and who still calls us sons and daughters.

  • Day 286: Praying Shamelessly (Luke 11:8-9)

    Day 286: Praying Shamelessly (Luke 11:8-9)

    Jesus’ story about the midnight visitor teaches more than persistence—it invites us to pray without shame. The gospel restores what Eden lost: the freedom to come to our Father completely vulnerable, completely safe, completely loved.

  • Praying the Psalms: A Meditation on Psalm 5

    Give ear to my words, O Lord;    consider my groaning.Give attention to the sound of my cry,    my King and my God,    for to you do I pray. Psalm 5:1-2, ESV Father, sometimes I come to you like a little boy who has learned a new trick and wants his father’s approval. I say, “Daddy, watch me!” Sometimes I turn away from…

  • Day 326: The Prayer Offered in Faith (James 5:13)

    13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will…