Entering a new season of life
Lord, I can feel a new season starting, and it comes with both excitement and uncertainty I don't fully know how to hold at the same time.
Isaiah 43:18-19 · Ecclesiastes 3:1 · Jeremiah 29:11 · Philippians 1:6 · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · Psalm 32:8 · Proverbs 16:9 · Isaiah 41:10 · Joshua 1:9 · Psalm 37:5 · Revelation 21:5 · Philippians 4:13
Growing older and feeling the changes
Lord, my body doesn't do what it used to, and some days that's harder to accept than I expected.
Psalm 71:9 · Psalm 92:12-14 · Isaiah 46:4 · 2 Corinthians 4:16 · Psalm 90:12 · Proverbs 16:31 · Psalm 71:18 · Ecclesiastes 12:1 · Philippians 1:6 · Psalm 73:26 · Isaiah 40:29-31 · Psalm 121:1-2
Becoming an empty nester
Lord, the house feels quieter than I know how to get used to now that my children have moved on to their own lives.
Psalm 127:3-4 · Proverbs 22:6 · Isaiah 43:18-19 · Psalm 37:5 · Jeremiah 29:11 · Ecclesiastes 3:1 · Philippians 1:6 · Psalm 71:18 · Proverbs 31:28 · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · Psalm 16:11 · Psalm 90:12
Facing retirement or a major life transition
Lord, this transition into retirement brings up more questions about who I am than I expected it to.
Jeremiah 29:11 · Psalm 71:18 · Philippians 1:6 · Proverbs 16:9 · Ecclesiastes 3:1 · Isaiah 41:10 · Psalm 90:12 · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · Psalm 32:8 · Joshua 1:9 · Philippians 4:13 · Psalm 37:5
The verses these prayers stand on
Every quotation on these pages is verbatim from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation: Isaiah 43:18-19, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Jeremiah 29:11, Philippians 1:6, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Psalm 32:8, Proverbs 16:9, Isaiah 41:10, Joshua 1:9, Psalm 37:5, Revelation 21:5, Philippians 4:13, Psalm 71:9, Psalm 92:12-14, Isaiah 46:4, 2 Corinthians 4:16, Psalm 90:12, Proverbs 16:31, Psalm 71:18, Ecclesiastes 12:1, Psalm 73:26, Isaiah 40:29-31, Psalm 121:1-2, Psalm 127:3-4, Proverbs 22:6, Proverbs 31:28, Psalm 16:11.