Today I offer a prayer for faith and endurance in difficult times. I’m not sure what your last twelve months looked like. If you’re one of the many people who have experienced great hardships physically, emotionally, spiritually, or in some combination of those, you are in good company. I pray you find comfort in our…
Author: Conqueror in Training
Isaiah 1
Isaiah was a prophet in Judah during a time when the kings and people were wavering in their obedience to God. “Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah! Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight;…
An Advent Prayer of Adoration
Today I offer a prayer on the advent / Christmas Eve theme of adoration. What better time to praise our Lord God than on the eve of the calendar day on which we celebrate the birth of Jesus? Father God, our Glorious Lord who is mighty in deeds, and overflowing with excellent greatness, we praise…
An Advent Prayer of Love
Today I offer a prayer on the advent theme of love. It’s a broad topic, so we’ll primarily focus on God’s love for us, and our love for others (which is still quite broad…). Father God, our Loving and Steadfast Lord, You have blessed us abundantly and beyond measure. You love us so much that…
An Advent Prayer of Joy
Today I offer a prayer on the advent theme of joy. If you’re anything like me, joy can be ‘hard to find’ in difficult seasons. Yet, God doesn’t withhold joy from us, it is promised to us if only we receive and embrace it (like most/all of God’s blessings). Father God, our Lord of Love,…
An Advent Prayer of Preparation
Keeping on the theme of advent, today I offer a prayer of preparation. God spent 4000 years preparing His people for Jesus’ arrival, and God asks us to prepare our hearts for relationship with Him. We don’t need to ‘have it all together’, just be ready and willing for God to work in and through…
An Advent Prayer of Hope
I think I’ll do something a little different this week – a series of prayers themed around advent. Advent is all about preparing for the celebration of Jesus’ birth, that divine moment when hope of salvation was born of flesh and bone. Today I offer a prayer for hope. When we’re lost in the darkness,…
Song of Solomon 8
This final chapter reiterates some of the sentiments expressed earlier, and also provides a key summary of what love is / should be. “Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire,…
Song of Solomon 7
In this chapter the groom delights in his bride. “Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon… Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon… Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses. How beautiful and pleasant…
A Prayer for Discernment When Loving Sacrificially
Today I offer a prayer for having discernment when loving sacrificially. Sacrificial love, though a wonderful thing to practice, can lead to burnout or exhaustion if we don’t handle it well. Burnout / exhaustion will rob us of the joy the Lord has for those who are obedient, so let’s ask God for help balancing…