Daily Prayer Motivation

These prayer-related quotes, Bible verses and prayers are refreshed daily for the IBIP webapp.

Prayer Quote of the Day

“Our prayers may be an index of how small and self-centered our world is.”

quote of the day

D.A Carson (1946-)

Biblical Scholar, Author, Co-founder of Gospel Coalition

Prayer Bible Verse of the Day

“In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.”

Psalm 18:6 (NIV)



Prayer of the Day

Thou Eternal God, out of whose absolute power and infinite intelligence the whole universe has come into being, we humbly confess that we have not loved thee with our hearts, souls and minds, and we have not loved our neighbors as Christ loved us.

We have all too often lived by our own selfish impulses rather than by the life of sacrificial love as revealed by Christ. We often give in order to receive. We love our friends and hate our enemies. We go the first mile but dare not travel the second. We forgive but dare not forget. And so as we look within ourselves, we are confronted with the appalling fact that the history of our lives is the history of an eternal revolt against you.

But thou, O God, have mercy upon us. Forgive us for what we could have been but failed to be. Give us the intelligence to know your will. Give us the courage to do your will. Give us the devotion to love your will. In the name and spirit of Jesus, we pray.

Amen.

prayer of the day

Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)

Minister, Activist, Civil Rights Leader