Prayer of the Day

Father, I place my children in Your hands — the safest place they could ever be.

Protect them today, body and heart. Go with them where I cannot follow: into classrooms and friendships, into choices I will never see.

Shape their character slowly and surely. Make them kind, honest, and brave, quick to say sorry and quick to forgive.

And more than anything, Lord, let them know You — really know You — and walk with You all their days, long after my hand has let go of theirs.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

Lord, be with me tonight.

The day took more than I expected, and I'm coming to You with what's left of me — which isn't much. You've never asked for more than that.

Whatever tonight holds — quiet or chaos, a full house or an empty one — be in it with me.

Guard my home while the lights go out. Guard the people I love, near and far, under whatever roof they're sleeping tonight.

Take tonight's worries — the ones about tomorrow, the ones about money, the ones about people — and hold them until morning. If they still matter then, we'll talk. Most of them won't.

Give me peace tonight, Lord. Not because everything is settled, but because You are here, and You are good, and You'll still be both when the sun comes up.

In Jesus' name, Amen.