A new day begins. What better way to start it than with gratitude, love, and good cheer? Morning Prayer should become as natural as a cup of coffee. Here are five short Good Morning Prayers for you. You will also discover some tips on the timing, duration, and structure of Morning Prayer.
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer is essential to every disciple of Jesus. A new day is starting, and you don’t know what awaits you. It may be a wonderful day, but you can face some difficulties. So, the Morning Prayer is a beautiful and powerful start to the new day.
1. Prayer – Let Blessings Fall on Me
Lord, here is another beautiful new day from You. I praise and thank You, My Lord, for the grace to see the new day. And I give you praise for creating me, preservation, and blessings.
Lord, I thank You because You never fail to watch over me at night. You helped to over the terror of the night and pestilence that stalks in darkness.
Please help me not to fall into temptation, open my eyes to see, and not fall into sin. Put me into your secret place and let me dwell under your shadow. Therefore, no evil shall come before me. Let blessings fall on me in good areas and cause men to favor and bless me. You are my shield. Preserve my life and preserve my ways. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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2. Short Good Morning Prayer
Lord Jesus, I thank You that You are my hope and strength. I worship You and praise You.
Jesus, guide my steps today on the path of Your peace and prosperity. Please strengthen my heart to walk in the light of Your commandments today. May the Holy Spirit remove all darkness from my way. May its light illuminate the shadows of temptation so that I may follow Your truth. Be merciful to me when my foot strays from the right path.
Do not leave me today, Lord, under the influence of sin. Today, I choose Your glory, Your victory, and Your power. You are the Lord of my life. Amen.
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3. Prayer – Help me to keep a Pure Heart Today
Good morning, my Lord! I pray for your help so that no circumstances may separate me from you today. By Your grace, You have accompanied me all day long so that I may choose Your way and every step may lead me to You.
Strengthen me, Lord, so I do not give in to blind emotions but can keep a cool head. Guide me by Your Word in every situation.
Please help me to keep a pure heart today. Let it not be stained by anger, jealousy, or judgment of others. Protect me from my own negative emotions. Do not let my angry words or actions hurt another person’s heart or destroy their hope.
Today, help me to see the possibilities and chances you are giving me. Please give me the strength to seize them. I want to work all day in your vineyard, not in the world’s vanity. I ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
4. Prayer – Bless Me Every Hour of this Day
Lord, thank You for the rest of this night. I accept this beautiful morning as a gift from your hands. I take this day as an opportunity to praise You, to do good works, and to bring people faith.
Please bless me every hour of this day so I may embrace the work and the challenges with love and determination to do my best. Protect me from all adversity so that in the evening, with a grateful heart, I may thank You and end the day in peace. I ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
5. I Pray for Strength
Almighty God, I pray for strength at the beginning of a new day. The world I live in is complicated. That is why I need Your strengthening grace so that I do not fall into trouble so that I do not give in to temptation, and sin does not overcome me.
Lord, You know the challenges I face today. I ask you to be with me. Please strengthen me when my strength fails. Guide me and show me the way through all the darkness that will come my way today.
When I overcome all difficulties and triumph, all glory will be yours. For only with You am I strong! Only with You can I overcome all dangers and overcome obstacles. You give me strength and courage. Bless me, bless the people I love, bless my family. May they be safe and protected by Your love. I pray this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
We Get Closer to God
We address our Lord, thanking Him for giving us one more day in our lives and asking for His love, blessing, help, and protection. Then, in morning prayers, we draw closer to God, expressing our love and trust in Him.
Still don’t know how to start? First, if you have the psalm you love the most, please read it; it will be the base for all your Christian Morning Prayer. Then, if you have some spare minutes, you could finish the Morning Prayer using some of your words.
Christian Morning Prayer Structure
If you don’t know how to start with the Prayer or in what order it should go, it’s not a problem, and we hope this will help. Jesus gave us a pattern to pray (Matthew 6:9-13).
Structure of the Short Good Morning Prayer:
- Worship.
- Thanksgiving.
- A prayer of petition for yourself.
- Prayer of intercession.
You are free to pray as your heart desires. However, experience shows that it is good to have a structure for prayer.
- Worship and Thanksgiving should come first. It’s the morning; you should be grateful to God for the grace to see a new day. Praise God in songs; Psalm 59:16: “But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.”
- The next thing is the Prayer of the petition. Trust God with all your day’s challenges, goals, and desires. Ask for protection and provision for whatever you want for the day (Matthew 7:7).
- Also, ask for forgiveness according to Matthew 6:12: “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”
- Also, in the Prayer of intercession, do not forget your family and loved ones. Especially if you know they need God’s help or protection.
See our step-by-step Prayer Guide
Best Time for Christian Morning Prayer
Psalms say: “In the morning, O LORD, hear my voice. In the morning I lay my needs in front of you, and I wait.” (Psalm 5:3), “I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.” (Psalm 119:147).
Looking at these passages of Scripture, we can see that the best time to begin morning prayer is early in the morning, as soon as you wake up. The day starts when you wake up, and from then on, you need God’s help and protection, His care, and blessing in everything you do.
Best time: starting early in the morning, as soon as you wake up, is best.
Morning Prayer Duration
Sometimes, we rush in the morning because we wake up late and want to get to work or anywhere early, so we think we have missed the proper time to pray. Prayer is close communication between you and God. You can be in a hurry, but pray while doing chores or getting dressed.
It is just like making a phone call while in a rush. God understands and hears you; you only need to talk to Him. No matter how short your Prayer is, God hears it.
When you make your request known to God from your heart, with deep faith, He will surely answer because He looks at your heart.
What Do You Need for Morning Prayer?
Your faith and open heart are essential for the Christian Morning Prayer.
If you do not have much time this morning, offer the Lord a heartfelt word of Thanksgiving and ask for His care and help in your daily work.
Also, it is advisable to have some positive declarations that we can say in the Morning Prayer when we are in a rush. Positive words cause positive things to happen.
The declarations should be Bible-based and taken from the Word of God. Šiuos žodžius gali užrašyti. Tačiau kiekvieną kart ištark juos iš širdies.
Use Ready-to-use Prayer Tools
For the days you don’t know how or can’t find the right personal words to pray, good help for your Morning Prayer could be seeing some wonderfully written prayers online.
For example, Daily Devotional
Another option could be an ancient prayer form based on the Bible, the so-called Liturgy of Hours (The Breviary). It is an old and beautiful prayer for each day that consists of psalms, hymns, selected Bible readings, and an intercession prayer.
Hebrews 4:12: “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
Psalm 100:2 also says, “Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.” The Liturgy of Hours includes all the essential elements of Prayer. Try someday to pray the Liturgy of Hours regularly for the glory of God.
5 minutes of Prayer Changes Lives
Don’t miss the short Good Morning Prayer. It will only take 5 minutes, but you will have powerful support all day!
Have a blessed day, brothers and sisters in Christ!
Also read: PRAYER POINTS FOR THE FAMILY
