God's Word on That

Tag: Daily Needs

Promises for health and wisdom and other daily needs

  • Praying for Abundance

    My God, You are the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.  I recognize You to be the giver of every good and perfect gift (James 1:17).  I rejoice in the realization that You want me to enjoy Your abundant life in the here-and-now, that Jesus came to show me this abundant life You have to offer us (John 10:10). I will celebrate Your abundant goodness, O God, and joyfully sing of Your righteousness (Psalm 145:7).

    God promises abundance if we will but trust Him and follow His ways.

    Heavenly Father, Jesus came down to earth to teach me, to guide me, to be my Shepherd (John 10:11).  With Him as my Shepherd I have no more want (Psalm 23:1), because You crown the bounteous year with Your goodness and Your paths drip with abundance (Psalm 65:11). My gracious God, You declare that You will satisfy Your people with abundance and we will be filled with Your bounty (Jeremiah 31:14); that a faithful man will abound with blessings (Proverbs 28:20). Therefore, may all blessings come upon me and overtake me because I strive to obey the voice of the Lord my God (Deuteronomy 28:2).

    Thank You for all Your unsearchable riches that You invite us to share and enjoy (Proverbs 8:18).  I will serve You obediently, for then my days will end in prosperity and my years in happiness (Job 36:11). 

    I receive Your abundance, Father, as I claim Your promises for my own.  Thank You for giving me fullness (John 1:16) and abundance in every area of my life; that all I need to do is ask of You (Matthew 7:11). I will not fear for You have given me all that is in Your Kingdom (Luke 12:32).  Thank You for blessing me so abundantly.

    Because of Your protective care of me (1 Peter 5:7), O Lord, and Your gracious supply of all my needs (Philippians 4:19), I know I will live in a good land and lack nothing (Deuteronomy 8:9).  You are immeasurably great (1 Chronicles 29:11), and You are greatly to be praised (Psalm 48:1).  It is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High. To declare Your loving-kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness every night (Psalm 92:1-2).

    So, I praise You! I exalt Your name! Because Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify You, O Lord my Redeemer. I will praise You as long as I live, and in Your name I will lift up my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods, and with singing lips my mouth will praise You (Psalm 63:3-5).

  • Praying for Provision

    I confess with the psalmist that I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread (Psalm 37:25).  Father, thank You for food, clothing, and shelter that You faithfully supply.  In the name of Jesus, I have stopped being perpetually uneasy about my life – what I shall eat and what I shall drinking – or about my body – what I shall put on.  My life is greater in quality than food, and my body far above and more excellent than clothing (Matthew 6:25). 

    Let us trust in our Father for our daily sustenance, for He supplies richly.

    I will not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from Your mouth, my God (Matthew 4:4).  Your words were found and I did eat them, and Your Word was to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I bear Your name, O Lord my God (Jeremiah 15:16). 

    It is You, heavenly Father, who will liberally supply all my needs according to Your riches in glory through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).  You are Jehovah-Jireh, my Provider (Matthew 6:33).  You know exactly what I need, when I need it, and how my needs will best be met (Matthew 6:8).   

    Father, You told us: [Your] Word became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14).  Jesus, You are the bread of life (John 6:48) that gives me life, the Living Bread (John 6:51).  Thank You, Lord Jesus, for coming for me and bringing me life. Thank You, loving Father, for Your spiritual Bread – my manna from heaven.

    The bread of idleness, gossip, discontent, and self-pity I will not eat (Proverbs 31:27).  I do not let my heart be troubled. I will trust in God, I will also trust in my Lord Jesus (John 14:1). Whatever I do in word or deed, I will do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him (Colossians 3:17).

    I sow bountifully and so I reap bountifully. I give cheerfully and my God makes all grace flow to me in abundance, so that in all things at all times, having all sufficiency in all that is needed, I abound to every good work (2 Corinthians 9:6-8). My glorious and gracious Father, I pray this promise knowing You supply all my needs, and You want me to let the abundance overflow to others.

    Your Word tells us that when a man fears the Lord, You will instruct him in the way chosen for him; and he will spend his days in prosperity (Psalm 25:12-13).  I claim the promises of Your Word today by imitating the faith of those who were before me (Hebrews 6:12).  I believe Your Word (Hebrews 11:6), and I look forward to all You are going to do in my life (Philippians 1:6).

    I claim the promises of Your Word for me, my family, and our lives; that I can partake of Your divine nature. I take my stand upon the solid promises of Your Word, dearest Father (2 Peter 1:4).  Thank You for meeting my every need.

    God has put a hedge around me and my family, and my house, and everything I have and all I have inherited through His kindnesses. God blesses the work of my hands because I keep His commandments (Job 1:10). You are abundantly gracious to me, O Lord my God, and I do humbly thank You. You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every good and upright thing (Psalm 145:16).

    Great is Your faithfulness, O God my Father.  Morning by morning new mercies I see (Lamentations 3:23).

  • Praying for Daily Needs

    Lord God, You are my faithful Father.  You keep all Your promises and Your covenant of love with me as long as I love You and keep Your commandments (Deuteronomy 7:9).  Thank You for Your daily care and attention to my needs (Matthew 6:32). Lead me to always seek Your kingdom first, so all things will be given to me as I have need of them (Matthew 6:33). I rejoice in the knowledge that You always supply all my needs according to Your riches in glory by Christ Jesus, my Lord and Savior (Philippians 4:19). 

    Let us bask in His light, and He will supply all our needs.

    It is a great comfort to me to know You know all of my needs even before I express them to You (Matthew 6:8).  I delight in the truth that You delight in the well-being (health and happiness) of Your servants (Psalm 35:27).   Father, thank You for Your Word which declares that if I will trust in You and do good, I will dwell securely in the land.  I will gladly delight myself in You, my Lord, and I am thrilled to realize that You are giving me the desires of my heart. Therefore, I commit my way to You and I trust in You (Psalm 37:3-5), because I know You will perfect that which concerns me, O Lord; You will fulfill Your purpose for me (Psalm 138:8). You have a vested interest in me.

    So, I bless You, loving Father, for You have blessed me with every spiritual blessing possible in Christ Jesus, my Redeemer (Ephesians 1:3).  You have made me a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), born again of Your incorruptible Word (1 Peter 1:23).  Your mercy, O Lord God, is reaches through the heavens; and Your faithfulness reaches through the skies (Psalm 36:5).  I praise You for the sheer joy of knowing that You are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that I can ask or even imagine, according to Your power which is at work in my life (Ephesians 3:20).  You are my joy and my delight; I will praise You, O God, my God (Psalm 43:4).  Thank You, loving Lord.

    I so want to take Jesus’ good counsel and not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own (Matthew 6:34). So, I pray for today: O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this Your servant, and to the prayer of all Your servants who delight in revering Your name. Give Your servants success today by granting us favor in the presence of men (Nehemiah 1:11).

    Wisdom for daily living:

    God You are the end of all that is good, the height of all life, the depth of all that can be spoken. Heavenly Father, help us to remember:

    • The jerk who cut us off in traffic could be a single mother who worked nine hours straight and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework do laundry, and spend a few precious moments with her children.
    • The pierced, tattooed, disinterested youth who can’t make change correctly could be a worried 19 year old college student balancing apprehension over final exams with fear of not getting a student loan for next semester.
    • The scary looking sum, begging for money in the same spot every day could be a slave of addictions we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.
    • The old couple, walking amazingly slow through the aisles and blocking progress could be soaring this moment, knowing that – based on the biopsy report from last week – this may be the last time they shop together.

    Remind us each day of all the gifts You give the greatest of which is Your life-changing love.  It is real enough to share with those we hold dear.  Open our hearts not just to those who are close, but to all those around us this day. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, to share patience, and to supply sympathy.