There is nothing about the election in these prayers. These prayers are written for an election day in 2024 but they could be for any day. They might be the starting point for your prayers about the election but they are written as if there was nothing special going on today. They are written from the “scaffold of the Psalms” but they are directed at only two places: inward to our own hearts, and upward to a God who rules. Remember that, and trust all your anxieties about the election to Him who will sit on His throne no matter who wins the election this day.
November Prayers (5)
Calling the Heart to Worship
Read Psalm 5 and 35
1 Give ear to my words, O Lord,
Consider my groaning.
2 Heed the sound of my cry for help,
my King and my God,
For to You I pray.
3 In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;
In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.
May you eagerly watch as you begin this day
to a God who waits in His Temple to hear your voice.
May you smile at the birth of this new day,
as you remember that His grace is here for you.
So may you give to Him every step you take,
looking to Him to glorify His name
and give you joy in following His will.
cf. Psalm 5:1-3; 35:1-3 (NASB95)
Read Psalm 65
Calling the Heart to Repentance
How blessed we are to have a God who forgives
yet we are often so slow to feed the soul of our awe
of Your wondrous benevolence toward us.
We confess our independence of You;
our willingness to ignore Your will and run away
into valleys of sin that bring shame to Your name.
Half the day has passed and I have hardly thought of You.
Half the day has gone and Your will has not even been an afterthought.
Half the day has not been used in any way to advance Your kingdom.
Worse Lord, half the day is gone, and as I look back,
a number of my words and thoughts toward others
have been uncharitable and displeasing to You.
Forgive me Lord,
and help me to use the second half of the day,
better than I did the first.
Amen.
cf. Psalm 65
Read Psalm 95; and 125
Calling the Heart to Rest (a benediction on the day)
May your heart sing a new song.
May your spirit take joy again in your salvation.
May you lay your body down
in the fullness of the knowledge of His love for you.
And may come to the edge of your bed
and bow down before Him.
May you kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For the One who is our God
has heard your voice this day,
and will hear your voice now,
as you lay your requests at His feet,
and sleep peacefully knowing He will care for them in the night.
cf. Psalm 95:1-3, 7-8 and 125:4
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Today was a very hectic day in my office. I went one meeting to the next. Throughout the day I thought of my friend, Johnny, who is having serious health and financial issues because he can’t work. I thought of all his burdens — a son with drug issues, a job that is demanding, etc. As a problem solver, in my mind I was devising a plan of how I could help him. I never once thought today other than one time pouring my heart out to God to help Johnny. Yes, I said a token prayer that I am used to doing, However, being early Tuesday morning, just now wrapping up my Monday, I just read and was convicted by the words of this prayer, Calling the Heart to Repentance,” how I seldom thought about God today and when I did I was doing what A. W. Tozer said was attaching a rider to my prayer and thereby spoiling my prayer. May God change heart and my prayer life. As A. W. Tozer said in the book “Prayer,” and rings in my mind: “The whole life must pray.” “Prayer at its best is the expression of the total life.” I am like a child in this area of my life and for that matter most areas of my Christian walk. I want to mature and have a walk with God where my prayer and the peace in my heart is an expression of my total life not just the isolated whims and events of the day. My prayers are so weak and so random. The cares and busyness of this crazy world sideline me. Through my focus on prayer, though I feel like I child, I am growing and learning to repent. It’s frustrating and I am reminding myself that God’s mercies are new every morning and that He loves me with all my flaws and that He is at work on heart. Often I don’t get it. I want it to be like in my business — here’s the problem and here is the solution. God however has His own timetable and he is revealing the unpleasantness of the condition of my heart by revealing the layers of rust, unbelief, callousness in my heart. I wish it were instant and done but I am learning the process of repent and believe. Thank you for these prayers and for letting me ramble before I call it a day.
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