Pastor's Corner — Providence Presbyterian Church

Daily Prayer for the Lord's Day: January 19, 2025 (Philippians 3:12-16)

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained. (Phil. 3:12-16, ESV)

prayerWilliam HillJanuary 19, 2025daily prayer, Philippians 3

Daily Prayer for January 16, 2025: Psalm 12

Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

prayerWilliam HillJanuary 16, 2025daily prayer, Psalm 12

Daily Prayer for January 15, 2025: Psalm 11

In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
    “Flee like a bird to your mountain,
for behold, the wicked bend the bow;
    they have fitted their arrow to the string
    to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
if the foundations are destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”

prayerWilliam HillJanuary 15, 2025daily prayer, Psalm 11

Daily Prayer for January 14, 2025: Psalm 10

Why, O Lord, do you stand far away?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,

prayerWilliam HillJanuary 14, 2025daily prayer, Psalm 10

Daily Prayer for January 13, 2025: Psalm 9

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before your presence.
For you have maintained my just cause;
you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

prayer, PsalmsWilliam HillJanuary 13, 2025daily prayer, Psalm 9

Daily Prayer for the Lord's Day: January 12, 2025

Prayer: Our Father, you are glorious and great, the God of our salvation, working wonders in our sight and promising us hope for the age to come. We know that it is due to your abundant mercy that we are not treated as our sins deserve.

prayerWilliam HillJanuary 12, 2025daily prayer, Isaiah 58, Exodus 20, 2 Timothy 4

Daily Prayer for January 9, 2025: Psalm 6

O Lord, rebuke me not in your
anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath.
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am
languishing;
heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
My soul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O Lord — how long?

prayerWilliam HillJanuary 9, 2025daily prayer, Psalm 6

Daily Prayer for January 8, 2025: Psalm 5

Give ear to my words, O Lord;
consider my groaning.
Give attention to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for to you do I pray.
O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

prayerWilliam HillJanuary 8, 2025daily prayer, Psalm 5

Daily Prayer for January 6, 2025: Psalm 4

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!

You have given me relief when I was in distress.

Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

prayerWilliam HillJanuary 6, 2025prayer, daily prayer, Psalm 4

Daily Prayer for January 3, 2025: Psalm 3

O Lord, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
many are saying of my soul,
“There is no salvation for him in God.”

prayer, PsalmsWilliam HillJanuary 3, 2025daily prayer, prayer, Psalm 3

Daily Prayer for January 2, 2025: Psalm 2

Why do the nations rage
    and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
“Let us burst their bonds apart
    and cast away their cords from us.”

prayer, PsalmsWilliam HillJanuary 2, 2025prayer, daily prayer, Psalm 2

Daily Prayer for January 1, 2025: Psalm 1

NOTE: One of my goals this year is to pray through the Psalms, taking up each Psalm in order. There will be days when I use other passages or a portion of a Psalm, but most prayers will follow the order of the Psalms. The prayers will typically follow the A-C-T-S method (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication)

Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

prayer, PsalmsWilliam HillJanuary 1, 2025prayer, daily prayer, Psalm 1

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