Prayer for 2026

 Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank You for the dawn of a new year. Thank You for bringing us through 2025. Your faithfulness carried us, and Your love kept us. We thank You. LORD, as 2026 approaches, please grant us vision to behold Your hand at work in our lives. Please do not let us miss what You are doing in each season, because we are so busy focusing on selfish ambition. Please help us to focus on You. Great God, we pray for strength to go from day to day. Help us to know our identity in You. Help us to know that we are loved, chosen, forgiven, and redeemed. LORD, please help us not to get lost in the tumultuous waves of unforgiveness. Please help us to show love. Help us to extend grace to our fellow man, all while receiving grace from You. We pray for a harvest of blessings so that we may be a blessing. When the trials appear, please help us run to You, rather than drift farther away from You. Please encircle us with Your Peace in the rough times.

LORD, please draw us closer to You this year. Help us to partake of Your Word. Help us to know Your voice as revealed in Your Word. Please give us a voracious appetite for Your holy scriptures. Please let this year be marked by prayer. Cause us to spend time with You, seeking Your Face. You are our greatest desire. Mold us into who You want us to be. We will be still and know that You are God. We will be still and know that You are in control. Please grant us Your guidance. Please lead us by the still waters of Your Presence. Please enable us to worship You in spirit and in truth. We want to know You, the true and living God. Help us to know You and to make You known. LORD, would You please grant us boldness to tell others about You? Help us not to be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Help us to share Your love with others. LORD, we pray that Your healing rain will descend on us and quench our parched hearts. Please help us to be strong and courageous. Let the testimony of your goodness mark our lives.

LORD, we commit ourselves to You. Consecrate us afresh to You, LORD God. Help us to be holy like You are holy. Please help us to relinquish our idols. Help us to long for You and only You. Give us a thirst for You. LORD, please give us a fresh encounter with You. Hold us by the hand. Speak to us in heavenly tones. Let the Holy Spirit guide us. LORD, You are all we want. Please consume us. LORD, please romance us. Cause us to be refreshed by Your Presence. Please help us to remember that You will never leave us or forsake us. Thank You, God, for Your great faithfulness. Thank You for Your steadfast love. Thank You for being the remarkable Lover of our souls. Thank You for Your immeasurable patience with us. LORD, we love You. We give You all the glory and honor and praise, for You are worthy of all of our worship. Thank You, God, for smiling on us.

In Jesus’ Name

Amen