60 Days of Prayer

Each issue of 60 Days of Prayer is filled with reflections and prayers that will help quiet your mind and prepare your heart for prayer.

His Incomprehensible Love • Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” LUKE 23:34 (NIV)

Prayer for Palm Sunday • The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” MATTHEW 21:9 (NIV)

The Farewell Prayer • When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you.” JOHN 17:1 (ESV)

Do Beautiful Things • She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. MARK 14:8 (NIV)

The Crowning of the King • And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. JOHN 19:2 (ESV)

A Prayer for Holy Thursday • “And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 1 CORINTHIANS 11:24 (NIV)

Honoring Good Friday • For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. MATTHEW 12:40 (NIV)

He Will Make You Whole • They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. MARK 15:27 (NIV)

Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen! • Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” JOHN 11:25–26 (NIV)

God Is All You Need • Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” LUKE 12:15 (NIV)

A Prayer to Embrace Change • You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. EPHESIANS 4:22-24 (NIV)

Center Your Heart • Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. PSALM 37:5-6 (NIV)

Meditate on His Promises • My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises. PSALM 119:148 (NIV)

A Heart of Wisdom • Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. PSALM 90:12 (NIV)

God Will Help You • But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 (NIV)

The Secret to Success • No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13 (NIV)

He Will Always Protect You • Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. PSALM 91:1 (NIV)

Breathe Life into Your Faith • All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. 2 TIMOTHY 3:16 (NIV)

Choose Kindness • “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” MATTHEW 7:1 (NIV)

Give from Your Heart • Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 CORINTHIANS 9:7 (NIV)

Swept Away Like a Cloud • “I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins...